The temple authorities will be performing elaborate ceremonies and sacred rituals according to Vedic traditions in the coming weeks.
June 11, 2022The snatchers took gold chains from more than 15 women, most likely taking advantage of the big crowd.
May 4, 2022The coin will be released virtually at 4:30 pm by PM Modi through video conferencing, a PMO note giving details of the scheduled program stated here.
August 31, 2021While devotes of the popular Hindu god have been known to undertake many kinds of activities to win the favour of their cherished deity, this is perhaps the first time that creative talent has been directed towards reinterpreting the costume of a god from the Hindu pantheon, with its trademark colours and innovative new patterns.
November 17, 2020Ganguly had visited Belur Math on Wednesday and handed over 2000 kgs of rice to help the needy and assured of continuing the good deed all around the state in the upcoming week.
April 4, 2020Ganguly had earlier donated 20,000 kilograms rice at the Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramkrishna Mission.
April 4, 2020On Saturday, Kejriwal thanked the administration of the various Gurdwaras dotting the city, the Radha Soami Satsang Beas and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for the massive efforts these organisations have put in to feed poor people and migrant labourers stranded due to the lockdown.
March 29, 2020“We thank the CM Mamata Banerjee for providing us all necessary help in taking preventive measures and make the Gaur Purnima festival a grand success that was attended by close to two lakhs visitors”, said Suboto Das, media spokesperson of Iskcon, Mayapur.
March 11, 2020Unblemished renditions of creative artists at two dance festivals held recently in Kolkata captivated the spectators.
August 10, 2019A similar fervour was seen at Mayapur, the kirtan capital of the world and spiritual headquarters of ISKCON.
July 13, 2019A one-day national seminar on the “Genesis of living being” was organised by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan at its Munshi Memorial Hall here on Tuesday. The participating speakers at the seminar discussed the relevance of debate for the evolution theory, Darwin’s “doubts”, relevance of Indian education and evolution, the genesis of living beings in Indian …
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February 28, 2018West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited a series of Hindu holy places north of Kolkata on Monday, 12 February. The Trinamool Congress supremo offered prayers at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple at Mayapur where she interacted with the priests and monks devoted to the service of Lord Krishna. She said that …
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February 12, 2018With a month left for ‘Gour Purnima’, the biggest festival for the Gaudiya Vaishnavs of Mayapur, devotees from across the world are arriving at the global headquarters of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) there. This is the centenary year of ‘Nabadwip Mandala Parikrama’, which was started by Bhakti Sidhanta Saraswati Prabhupad in 1918, an …
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February 3, 2018Over six lakh people are expected to attend a 11-day Gita Mela organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) at its spiritual hub in Mayapur in West Bengal’s Nadia district from Saturday, the religious order said. The Mela, organised to reach out to the large number of people from across India and abroad …
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December 20, 2017More than 1500 devotees from eastern India will take part in the ‘Gita Jayanti Utsav’ at the global headquarters of the ‘International Society for Krishna Consciousness’ at Mayapur in Nadia district from November 28 to 30. The aim of the Utsav is to spread the message of Bhagavad Gita to all sections of the society, …
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November 25, 2017For the first time, the ISKCON Temple in Chowpatty here will celebrate Janmashtami — Lord Krishna’s birthday — with a tricolor theme as it coincides with the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, an official here said on Saturday. Besides, more than 750 other International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temples worldwide are fully geared …
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August 12, 2017Final touches are being given to the preparations for the rath yatra festival beginning on Sunday at the ISKCON headquarters of Mayapur. More than 100 devotees have been toiling at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) premises at Mayapur since 'Akshaya Tritiya' festival in summer for preparing the chariots of the deities of Jagannath, …
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June 24, 2017