Brijabasi Spirit

Hare Krishna, This weekend New Vrindaban hosts the North American GBC and Temple Presidents’ meetings which means we have a host of senior devotees giving the morning Srimad-Bhagavatam classes. Now, via our webcam and live audio features, you can tune in and participate from anywhere in the world! Please visit www.krishna.com/nv at 8:00 am EDT [...]

Coming back to New Vrindaban after being away since August, we (that’s Ananda Tirtha and family) were pleasantly surprised to notice many improvements: This one was a long time in the works but the end result is a vast improvement on the previous cluttered room. While it’s sad that Jamuna’s Health Food store is no [...]

Attention all temple managers, gift shops, and anyone looking for a great gift! Today we received the shipment of the 24 Hour Kirtan DVDs! Please click on the picture below for full details: This offer is mostly directed to the North American area, but international orders are also welcome (especially Australia as we’ll be going [...]

Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to the holy name! Thank you so much for attending the second annual 24 Hour Kirtan Festival at New Vrindaban this June. We think you will all agree that the event was a grand success and has become a permanent [...]

Date: June 22, 2008 (immediately after the 24 Hour Kirtana) Verse: Nectar of Instruction, Text 8 Speaker: HH Radhanath Swami Location: New Vrindaban, WV, USA Courtesy of Ekendra Prabhu, you can download the audio file (19MB but not the best quality) of this lecture from: here Right click on “Radhanatha_08-06-22.mp3″ and “Save Link/Target As.” ____________________________________________________________________________ [...]

Please visit www.krishna.com/nv NOW to view and listen to live audio of the 24 Hour Kirtan Festival. As I type, the New York Kirtan Party lead by Ananta Govinda Prabhu is singing. Complete schedule follows: ALREADY COMPLETED: 8:20 am Opening ceremony at the yajnasala in front of the temple 8:30 am Kirtan begins with group [...]

Things are hotting up here in New Vrindaban on the eve of the 24 Hour Kirtan tomorrow (Saturday) morning. . . devotees are pouring in from all over the country–senior swamis, young gurukulis, and everyone in between. Catch some of the action live tomorrow on our webcam: www.krishna.com/nv Kirtaniyah sada harih! Click on the image [...]

New Vrindavan staff: The 2nd Annual 24 Hour Kirtan Festival New Vrindavan, USA June 21-22, 2008 Join a worldwide sanga of devotees and spend a weekend immersed in the nectar of the holy name. Featuring many of the best kirtaniyas in the US and abroad, and with a host of senior devotees expected such as [...]

by Visvambhar On August 18th, the first 24 Kirtan festival was held in New Vrndavan. Hundreds of participants flocked from all corners of the east coast, driving as far as 15 hours, to attend this historical event. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting the holy names, no specific time or place is [...]

Saturday August 18 to Sunday August 19 IN THE TEMPLE ROOM 9:00 AM–12:00 PM: The New York Kirtan Party lead by Ananta Govinda Das 12:00–3:00 PM: The Alachua Kirtan Party lead by Visvambhar Das 3:00–4:00 PM The Washington DC Kirtan Party lead by Gaura Vani Das 4:00-7:00 PM The Vrindavan 24 Hour Kirtan Party lead [...]

Gopal Das is here to prepare for the upcoming 24 hour kirtan. He’s already recruited Dwijamani Prabhu to be the sound technician and is teaching mrdanga every evening in front of the temple to whoever is interested. Note that the kirtan will be from 9 am Saturday to 9 am Sunday and the night kirtan [...]

The other day one of my friends left his body. He was probably one of the most unusual friends I have ever had (and I have had some weird friends I can tell you!) and certainly the oldest. He was a turkey and actually had a few names, from Gobbledaksayi Vishnu, to George and then [...]

June 11 was the first day of this year’s Bhakti Sastri course! Many devotees from around the US, the Caribbean, and from as far off as South Africa and even Mayapur have come to New Vrindaban to study Bhagavad-Gita in the Dham. His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami conducted the classes for the first week. Maharaja, [...]

My fellow devotees, I am just one of the many inmates incarcerated across America who relied on Muktakesa das for support, guidance, and friendship. He was fully dedicated to his work with the ISKCON Prison Ministry and the news of his recent passing was both shocking and heart wrenching, and yet, as I reflected on [...]

Kitchen Crew at work Sri Sri Gaura Nitai in evening arati Abhiseka Matajis dancing Cakes and more cakes Rupanuga Prabhu’s gulabs And last but not least, Dayananda in the pot room at 10 pm. . . .

Dear Devotees of New Vrindaban Community, This is a short note to inform everyone of a couple of improvements in the worship of our beloved Radha Vrindaban Chandra, Gaura Nitai, Nathaji, Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra and Lord Nrsimhadeva. 1. We are now closing the curtains and altar doors during bhoga offerings to facilitate the Lord’s enjoying [...]