Articles tagged as 50th-anniversary

• Service Opportunity: International Coordinator for ISKCON's 50th Anniversary - 2016

  ISKCON is just a few years away from celebrating its 50th anniversary. The worldwide community starts to gear up for a grand celebration and offering of service to ISKCON-founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

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  ISKCON Begins Plans For 50th Anniversary

  On July 11, 1966, Srila Prabhupada officially registered his International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York. At the time, he had one small storefront on New York’s Lower East-Side, and a handful of students. Today, there are nearly four hundred ISKCON centers all over the world, and thousands of ISKCON devotees. ISKCON is now gearing up for its 50th anniversary, with plans for celebratory events all over the world throughout 2016.

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  Swami Plans Walk to Key Areas of ISKCON’s History for Society’s 50th

  Intrepid ISKCON Guru and GBC Bhaktimarga Swami, known colloquially as “The Walking Monk,” is planning his next big adventure. The Swami has already trekked across his native Canada three times, and has walked in Ireland, Israel, Guyana, Trinidad, Fiji and Mauritius, promoting spiritual thought and healthy living.

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  Fifty Padayatras to Celebrate ISKCON’s Fiftieth Anniversary

  ISKCON’s Padayatra Ministry has been active since its creation in 1991, and padayatras (walking festivals, usually with bullock carts) are  still happening today in different parts of the world. The Ministry's goal is to celebrate  ISKCON’s 50th birthday with 50 padayatras, starting from March 2014  till the end of 2016.  

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  ISKCON India Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Prabhupada’s Leaving for U.S.

  ISKCON celebrates both Prabhupada’s leaving Kolkata on a steamship on August 13^th, 1965, and his arriving in Boston.

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  ISKCON’s 50th Plans Ramp Up, Search On For New Coordinator

  As plans for ISKCON’s 50^th anniversary in 2016 ramp up, thel 50^th Anniversary Committee is on the lookout for a new international coordinator.

• 50th Year Celebration of Srila Prabhupada's Jaladuta Yatra at Kolkata

  Srila Prabhupada, founder acharya of ISKCON, navigated through the tumultuous ocean on a cargo ship, Jaladuta on 13th August 1965 (50 years ago), to the western world with a mission to propagate Krishna Consciousness in the western world. Today the Hare Krishna movement has spread all over the world and millions of people have become part of it.

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  Day 5 of the ISKCON GBC Meetings Focuses on ISKCON's 50th Anniversary

  The fifth day of the Annual General Meeting of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission focused on celebrating the 50^th anniversary of ISKCON.

• Message from the GBC Chairman: 2015 Year of the TOVP

  In a gesture expressing unity of purpose for the service of ISKCON Founder-Acharya,  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Praghosa Das, the newly appointed Chairman of the GBC, has announced in Mayapur that 2015, the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the Western world, is the Year of the TOVP.

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  New Coordinator Talks Exciting Plans for ISKCON’s 50th

  After a worldwide search, the Executive Committee for ISKCON’s 50^th Anniversary Celebrations has appointed Romapada Das as its International Coordinator.

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  Sri Lanka to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Prabhupada’s Journey to U.S.

  ISKCON worldwide is gearing up for 2016, when the society will celebrate the 50^th anniversary of its registration in New York City. 

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  Baroda Temple Forms Committee to Steer 50th Anniversary Celebrations

  Basughosh Das, President of the Baroda temple said, “We want to encourage the congregation to take an increasing part in the 50^th Anniversary celebrations. 

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  "ISKCON's 50th Anniversary Celebration Ki Jaya!"

  In celebration of ISKCON's 50th Anniversary, the Executive Commitee of ISKCON's Governing Commission reccommends all ISKCON centers all over the world to include 'ISKCON's 50th Anniversary Celebration ki jaya!' in their daily prayers.

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  ISKCON 50 Inspiration Series Videos Launched on Incorporation Day

  The ISKCON 50 Global office launched the Inspiration Series videos on July 13^th, the exact day that ISKCON was incorporated as a legal entity fifty years ago in 1966. The Inspiration Series is a set of over 16 short videos that feature ISKCON leaders explaining the importance of the 50th anniversary of ISKCON and encouraging devotees to participate enthusiastically all over the world. 

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  ISKCON-London To Reach out to New Audiences With Ambitious 50th Anniversary Events

  "The opening of the Radha-Krishna Temple was a historic occasion for the bhakti-yoga tradition – a long-standing order of the previous spiritual teachers had been fulfilled.”

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  A Legacy Begins: New Commemorative Photo Book Launched to Mark ISKCON UK’s 50th Anniversary

  Titled A Legacy Begins, the beautifully presented photo book features rare, original photos from Gurudas’ personal archive documenting the years 1968 – 1973, from when the seven pioneers first arrived in London, iconic pictures of the devotees meeting The Beatles.