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NV Devotees to attend Frost Burn Festival in Slippery Rock, PA


Dear Devotees,
      
We tried to take a break in the winter, but Burning Man ended up in our back yard. A regional festival called Frost Burn http://www.frostburnpgh.com/index.html is happening next weekend right near
Pittsburgh. We have a good troop from New Vrindavan planning a festive time. We will have a ratha yatra cart, kirtan, prasadam, and […]

Festival of Inspiration Update


by festivalofinspiration.org
Sri Web site is “just now coming” with a slightly different address (www.festivalofinspiration.org) but here is a glimpse of what you can expect to happen during North America’s most popular Krishna family get-together during the Appalachian Spring in New Vrindaban, 2008 and you can be sure that more is on the way!
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Things Were Looking Good in 1983


The current RVC temple was opened in 1983 with a lavish installation ceremony that was well attended and publicized. At that point, it still seemed that New Vrindaban would become the successful place of pilgrimage in the West that Srila Prabhupada had envisioned.

This is a picture from the installation festivities showing Radhanath Swami giving […]

Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day Celebration Info


by Mandali dasi

Dear devotees!
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
  Once again we are graced with the opportunity to engage in the glorification of our dear most Lord Sri Nityananda Prabhu, the bestower of the Holy Name!
 This year His Appearance Day Celebration is on Monday February 18th.
As part of the great celebration, the pujari […]

Dirt


By Hladini Devi Dasi
O-Dirt—You’ve been plaguing my life since time immemorial!
O-Dirt—I know you’ve become attached-But PLEASE GET OUT OF MY LIFE!!!
I’ve consulted the most ardent authorities as to how to rid myself of you-
But I turn my back, and you are once again embracing my torn and ragged self.
WHAT MUST I DO??? To become free […]

Mud


by mrupa
In the earlier days, Mud was a personality in its own right in the universal form of the dhama.
Mud was almost all pervasive; it didn’t only live behind the cow barn, but one step out of any doorway. A throughway of it ran down the middle of Bahulavan and poured down two driveways […]

Ladies Get-Together


Saturday, February 2nd, the ladies of New Vrindaban gathered together at Mother Gopa’s house for kirtan, prasadam, catching up with each’s other news, and a little game.
Based on an idea from a book called, “Eat, Pray, and Love”, we played a word game to communicate our thoughts, hopes and dreams. […]

The Best Cook in New Vrindaban Is…..


The First Annual Lord Jagannath Cooking Contest and Food Festival took place this past Friday, February 1st to the delight of numerous devotee taste buds here in New Vrindaban Dham.
The program began in front of Lord Jagannath’s altar, with a few wondrous devotional tunes sung by our local maestro, HG Devananda Pandit Prabhu, followed by […]

RVC Temple Improvements


Dear Friends of Lord Krishna,
Many of you who have visited the temple room of Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Candra have seen several changes taking place. I will not go into a lengthy description of details but rather try to give you the general idea we have in mind.
The conception is to give […]