ISKCON NYC’s presiding deities Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

ISKCON New York City will be hosting a Temple Deity Worship training from June 20 – 29th, 2025, facilitated by Nrsimha Kavaca Dasa, ISKCON’s Global Minister of Deity Worship, Murli Manohara Dasa, Deity Worship Ministry Representative for the UK, Vraja Mohan Dasa, Deity Worship Ministry Representative for NorthEast (Zone 2) NA and assisted by a few others.

This intensive and immersive course, typically taught over a period of three weeks at the Mayapur Academy, will give devotees a thorough introduction to the knowledge, skills, and values of deity worship that will help them to understand and appreciate this service as an integral part of the philosophy and practices of devotional service, and to assist them in carrying out the essential elements of daily temple worship.

In an October 7, 1974 letter, Srila Prabhupada said, “This is a very important business, Deity worship. The more the Deity is decorated, the more your heart will be decorated with Krishna consciousness.” 

The NYC training will follow six key modules, including Purity, The Form of the Lord, Authenticity, Sambandha, Arati and Skills, and Sodasopacara Puja. The unique bootcamp will take place at the historic ISKCON temple in Brooklyn, where Sri Sri Radha-Govinda Deities have resided since November 1, 1982, and have given Their abundant mercy to committed devotees and temple visitors ever since.

Rasa Devi Dasi, Deity Worship Ministry Representative for North America said, “Radha Govinda Mandir is a fitting place to host this course because here reside the first Radha Krishna Deities that were worshiped in ISKCON,” she continued, “Our team is not only striving to extend our support to all the North American centers but also invested in providing more training opportunities for pujari’s and aspiring pujari’s by facilitating and organizing such courses. We are looking forward to serving all the devotees who will be coming and serving during this vital training.”

You can see the flyer below for more details or download it here. To register for the event, use the form here. For questions, contact the IDWM team here.