Suvendu visits Mayapur, takes part in religious rituals
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday visited the ISKCON headquarters at Mayapur in Nadia district.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday visited the ISKCON headquarters at Mayapur in Nadia district.
Monks from ISKCON in Kolkata were seen chanting bhajans as they headed to vote, with a strong message encouraging citizens to step out and participate in the election process.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that he was attending a religious congregation at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Mayapur in West Bengal's Nadia district not in his official capacity but as a follower of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Gaudiya Vaishnava Association, an association of monks of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu order, constructed Shree Shree Gaur–Nitai Temple at Sreenathpur in Mayapur of Nadia district with the aim of propagating the humanistic spiritual philosophy of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu that upholds equality, love and devotion beyond the barriers of caste and creed.
Ahead of Assembly polls, political sparring intensified over the forthcoming five-lakh-voice Gita chanting event at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. A strikingly different scene has played out at Mayapur in Nadia.
Jailed ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das’s Bangladeshi lawyer Rabindra Ghosh is still under medical observation of a team of doctors at SSKM Hospital where he was rushed to on Tuesday evening, showing symptoms of chest pain and dizziness, hours after meeting Trinamul Congress leader Kunal Ghosh.
The ISKCON temple in the city on Tuesday held prayers for Hindu minorities facing violence in Bangladesh.
Reports that two Hindu families in Bangladesh, said to be supporters of the Awami League, were subjected to brutal and barbaric attacks allegedly by radical extremists have caused widespread outrage in Bengal.
ISKCON's headquarters in Mayapur has become a testament to the unwavering enthusiasm of devotees and tourists, undeterred by the barbaric attacks by fundamentalists on minorities and ISKCON in Bangladesh.
The Jagannath temple at Digha will be inaugurated on 30 April, 2025 on the holy day of Akshay Tritiya, announced chief minister Mamata Banerjee today.
