Articles tagged as Maharastra

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  Govardhan Eco Village Creates Vrindavan Biodiversity Park

  Visitors can book a full experience, walking through the elaborate recreation of Vrindavan, as devotee guides take them back 5,000 years ago to the pastimes of Lord Krishna described in the Vedic scriptures.

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  Amravati Witnesses First ISKCON Vaishnavi Padayatra

  On March 10, International Women’s Day, the Amravati, Maharashtra, ISKCON Girls’ Forum (IGF) successfully completed the movement’s inaugural Vaishnavi one-day padayatra.

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  Elegant Jagannatha Ratha-yatra Graces Amravati

  On February 11^th, a Ratha-yatra festival was held in Amravati, the second largest and most populous city in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region in India. The roads were decorated with rangoli by the Pune devotees, flowers were showered on the chariot from a bridge above, and the ISKCON Girls’ Forum distributed books along the route.

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  ‘Get Set Go’ - Students' Handbook Launched

  Krishna Dhan Das, a mechanical engineer and President of ISKCON Nasik temple, has written a book "Get Set Go – Students’ Success Handbook" for the overall development of students. The book is published by Vishwakarma Publishers from Pune.

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  Maharashtra State in India Grants Jews Minority Status

  "Our loyalty also lies with India, this being the country that accepted us almost 2,500 years ago, and one of the only countries in the world which never persecuted the Jews in all these years,” Mr. Samuel said.

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  Muslim Student Wins First Prize in Gita Contest in Kohalpur, India

  ISKCON have been conducting Gita Talent Search (GTS) exam every year in different cities. This year, a Muslim student from Radhabai Shinde English Medium School, Mehboob Kalawant bagged the first prize. According to his parents, during the period he was preparing for this exam and studying the Gita, he stayed away from non-vegetarian food.

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  ISKCON Extends Its Support to Ban on Slaughter of Cows

  ISKCON's Govardhan Ecovillage is saying that rearing these animals would add much more to the economy rather than killing them.

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  GBC College - First Residential Session Completed

  The first ISKCON GBC college for leadesrsip and management held at Govardhan Ecovillage, Maharastra, India was a great success. “It’s been a life-changing experience to attend these GBC College sessions,” said Gauranga Simha Das, Co-director for ISKCON Mayapur. “This training has motivated me in such a way that I want to rededicate myself to serving the movement of Srila Prabhupada with more seriousness and vigor. 

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  India's Maharashtra State Bans Beef

  The Indian president has approved a bill which bans the slaughter of cows and the sale and consumption of beef in the western state of Maharashtra.

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  Varnashram Ministry Impressed by Nilachal Dham on Tour of Indian Farms

  Recently, Arjuna Krishna Das and Ram Lakshman Das took a month-long tour of seven farm communities across India to report on and unite them all. Both devotees represent ISKCON Daiva Varnashram Ministry, which promotes the development of spiritual eco-communities in India. Their travels took them first to ISKCON Juhu’s satellite farm project Nilachal Dham.

• Govardhan Eco Village

  A video about a revolutionary farm community in Maharastra, India.

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  Children’s Picnic At Govardhan Eco-Village, Wada, India
  The Gopal’s Fun School serves as an introduction to Krishna-consciousness for the children in various local areas in Mumbai and Thane. In order to give the children a glimpse into Vedic lifestyle and culture, they were taken to GEV which is a farm community spread over a scenic landscape of 60 acres at Wada near Mumbai, India.
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  Hindu New Year Marked by Ratha Yatra in Solapur

  ISKCON Solapur held its annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra on Tuesday, 16th March 2010 coinciding with the celebration of the first day of the Hindu New Year. Solapur is located in the state of Maharashtra, India, about 10 hours southeast of Mumbai by train. Thousands of the 1.4 Million citizens of Solapur lined the streets of their city to receive their Lordship. Along the route colorful welcome gates had been erected and regularly the cart had to stop for receptions of fruits and flowers offerings. Bands and firecrackers resounded along with the traditional kirtan reverberation.

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  Fifteen Newspapers Cover First Solapur Rathayatra
  On April 6, Lord Jagannatha’s chariot parade rolled out on the streets of Solapur, Maharastra, India for the first time. Thousands packed the streets, watching as devotees pulled the ropes of Jagannatha’s cart, waved flags, danced and chanted the Hare Krishna mantra.