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    • Annual Tour of Vraja Mandala’s Holy Places Begins
      ISKCON's 23rd annual Vraja Mandala Parikrama, coordinated by gurus Lokanath Swami and Radha Raman Swami, began this year on Sunday October 4th and will run until Monday November 2nd.
    • Annual Pilgrimage to Puri
      Over the past six years the parikarama has been conducted very successfully, with an increasing number of attending devotees from all over the world. Last year more than 6.500 devotees participated, listening to sannyasis and Srila Prabhupada`s disciples speaking about the pastimes of Lord Jagannatha and Lor Gauanga every day.
    • Vrindavana Parikrama 6356 Miles Away From Vrindavana
      Every day in the Holy land of Vrindavana thousands of pilgrims flock to visit the sacred spots where Lord Krsna performed His earthly pastimes. For those around the world who cannot travel regularly to Vrindavana, ISKCON temples and communities provide spiritual shelter from regular material society. Govindadvipa in Ireland is another community that has modelled its rural surroundings on the original Vrindavana geography.
    • ISKCON Vrindavana Announces Annual Pilgrimage Schedule
      Now that Janmastami and Radhastami Festivals have finished, thoughts turn towards Kartika. The Puranas glorify the month of Kartika (October-November) as very special for making spiritual advancement, and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham—the area surrounding Lord Krishna’s birthplace of Vrindavana.
    • Vrindavana Awaits!
      As the sacred month of Kartika fast approaches, devotees around the world make their travel arrangements for the long journey to Vrindavana. The sacred land of Radha and Krishna's eternal pastimes is the holiest of pilgrimage places for Gaudia Vaishnavas.
    • Srila Prabhupada's Govardhana Parikrama Celebrations
      Srila Prabhupada Govardhana-parikrama and the Srila Prabhupada Gokula-pilgrimage aim to unite all of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON members and followers with the members and followers from all sister Gaudiya-vaishnava institutions.
    • Mayapur and Vrindavana Festival Schedules Announced
      Springtime is approaching soon, and for Vaishnavas that means the world famous annual Vrindavana and Mayapur festivals, in the sacred birthplaces of Lord Krishna and Gaudiya Vaishnavism founder Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu respectively. It also means one of the biggest festivals on the Vaishnava calendar—Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Chaitanya.
    • Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule
      Kartika is glorified in the Puranas as very special for making spiritual advancement and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham. In fact this month is known as Damodar, since in the middle of this month, the Lord performed His very enchanting Damodar Lila.
    • Vrindavan Krishna Balaram Mandir Kartika Parikrama Schedule
      Kartika is glorified in the ancient sacred Puranas of India as very special for making spiritual advancement, and the best place to be in Kartika is Sri Braja Dham.
    • 10,000 Devotees to Attend Jagannath Puri Pilgrimage

      This pilgrimage tours the sacred land of Jagannath Puri, Orissa (also known as Sri Ksetra), where the famous Jagannath Temple is located, and where Gaudiya Vaishnavism founder Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu lived and performed many of his pastimes.

    • Indradyumna Swami's Parikrama 2013

      A video-journal of Indradyumna Swami's recent Vraja Mandala prakirama.

    • Silver Jubilee Celebration of Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama

       The 25th Navidvipa Mandala Parikrama  will take place from 5th to 11th March 2014. For further information go to: www.navadvipaparikrama.com

    • Ten Thousand to Attend 25th Annual Navadvipa Pilgrimage

      Ten thousand devotees are expected to attend the special 25th anniversary Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama from March 5th to 11th this spring.The Navadvipa area of West Bengal is considered sacred as it is the place where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu -- believed to be an incarnation of Lord Krishna, or God Himself -- lived and taught his message of chanting God’s Holy Names.

    • Indradyumna Swami's Parikrama 2013

      A beautiful video of the 2013 Vraja Mandala praikrama led by Indradyumna Swami.

    • Indradyumna Swami Parikrama Varshana

      May, 2014.

    • Invitation to Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2015

      ISKCON Mayapur invites everyone to join our Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2015 from 22nd to 28th February 2015.

    • Memorable Moments of The Navadwip Parikrama 2015

      This twenty-one-minute video shows carefully selected moments from ISKCON's International Navadwip Parikrama 2015. The event took place on 22-28 Feb, and was organised by the ISKCON World Headquaters at Mayapur Dhama. A video by Vasudev Das.

    • New Book: Vraja-mandala Darsana

      ISKCON’S very first literature on Vraja Mandala Parikrama, the book promises its readers a walkthrough of Vraja through its 608 colorful pages and poetically gives one the immersion experience of the sights and the smells of the twelve forests of Vrindavan. It contains 30 chapters each for a day of parikrama with 246 photographs, 107 paintings and 28 precise route maps obtained from Google Earth. 

    • Vrindavan Parikrama
    • November Puri Parikrama Still Accepts Registration

      This year's Jagannath Puri parikrama will be from the 27th to the 30th November. The parikrama usually consists of a majority of Hindi and Bengali speaking devotees, so this year the organizers have decided to have an even bigger international group specifically for English speaking devotees.

    • Govardhana Parikrama

      There are devotees of the Lord who circumambulate Govardhana hill two, or even three times, a day. Athough busy with visiting other holy places in Vrajamandala Indradyumna Swami's group of 350 devotees also managed to do parikrama around Giriraja twice during their stay in Vrindavan.

    • The Forest Of Talavan

      Talavan is one of the12 major forests of Vrindavan. Nestled in the paddy fields of Talavan is a beautiful temple dedicated to Lord Balarama, who killed the ass-demon Denakasura there. Indradyumna Swamiand his parikrama party enjoyed a wonderful day at Talavan having long kirtans and recounting the numerous pastimes that took place in that transcendental abode.

    • Invitation to Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2016

      Adivas day (Opening ceremony at Yoga Pita):  10th of March. Registration: from 8th to 10th of March, Parikrama starts: 11th of March, finishes: 18th of March. For online registration and information: www.navadvipaparikrama.com. For Contact:  register.parikrama@gmail.com 

    • A Visit to Mathura

      Indradyumna Swami and his parikrama group visiting Mathura.

    • Parikrama to Historic Madan Mohan Temple

      The Madan Mohan Temple, established by Sanatan Goswami, was the first temple to be erected in Vrindavan on the order of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu 500 years ago. Near the temple is the sacred samadhi of Sanatan Goswami. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.

    • Badrinath in Vrindavan

      It is said that all holy places in India exist in their original forms in Sri Vrindavan Dhama. Indradyumna Swami and his parikrama group visited Badrinath (Badrikasrama) a two-hour drive from Vrindavan town through the countryside. As they approached Badrinath they were surprised to see a small mountain range. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.

    • The Beautiful Vrinda Kunda

      Vrinda devi helps Purnamasi plan and orchestrate Radha and Krsna's daily pastimes in Vrindavan. Indradyumna Swami's parikrama party had the good fortune to visit her kunda (pond) and discuss her glories and chant her holy names in that beautiful and sanctified abode. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.

    • Vrindavan's Sacred Parikrama

      The famous 3-hour parikrama around Vrindavan encompasses walking around thousands of temples, as many samadhis and a multitude of cows, brahmanas, sadhus and sacred places of all kinds. Some Vraja-vasis do it once or even twice a day. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.

    • Gopinath!

      The beautiful deity of Gopinath was discovered at Vamsivat in Vrindavan 500 years ago by Madhu Pandit and Paramananda Bhattacarya. Madhu Pandit served Gopinath with great love and devotion for many years. Centuries later Gopinath was moved to Jaipur where He has been worshipped along with Srimati Radharani ever since. The temple is popular with the people of Jaipur, who come together daily to chant Radha Gopinath’s glories. Indradyumna Swami's parikrama party eagerly visits the temple each Kartika. A video by Ananta Vrindavan.

    • Govardhan Parikrama from the Air

      A video by Anton Aleksandrov.

    • Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama 2017

      According to the Bengali Vaishnava tradition walking in Sri Navadvipa Dhama is the greatest opportunity to connect with the Supreme. Parikrama Coordinator Bhaktipurushottama Swami says: “parikrama means to dive all the senses at once in full bhakti practice. It is a complete absorption. Thus the devotees experience full Krishna-consciousness and this sensation conquers the mind. That is the main reason why the acharyas emphasised the performance of Parikrama. It is very important.”

    • Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama Starts in 30 Days

      Kartik Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama offers devotees the opportunity to visit the nine islands of Navadvipa (West Bengal, India) in the association of sincere devotees and to hear the glories of the Lord in His pastime places from many senior Vaishnavas. 

    • Paramahamster - Dandavat Parikrama

      Our "Paramahamster" comic strip follows an enthusiastic devotee as he navigates a 9 - 5 work day in the corporate world. Please check back weekly for new episodes!

    • Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama – Reviving Mahaprabhu’s Pastimes

      Since its inception by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada in 1918, the Gaudiya Vaisnavas have been performing parikrama around Sri Navadvipa Mandala. 2018 will mark the one hundred year anniversary of performing Sri Navadvipa Mandala Parikrama.

    • The Award-winning Documentary About the Yamuna Released in Six Languages

      The Stolen River, the multiple award-winning documentary about the River Yamuna has been released for public screening in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. The film is now available in six languages: English, Italian, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. 

    • Mental Muscle

      Most times we can’t make up our mind. Even when we do, we keep changing our mind. When there are challenges, we lose our mind.

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