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New East London Center Attracts Local Community

ISKCON devotees in the UK opened a long-awaited new outreach center in Redbridge, East London this August 15th. The center will host weekly Sunday programs with talks on the Bhagavad-gita, arati and prasadam food, as well as regular kirtan evenings and sangasâ€”small groups facilitating structured study of Vedic philosophy. The charity organization Food For All […]

New Altar Offering for Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara

After more than 18 months of planning, the much anticipated moment arrived on Sunday 22 August when a breathtaking new altar was finally unveiled and officially offered to Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara to commemorate Their 40th anniversary. It was a moment that held the devoted congregation of ISKCONâ€™s London Radha Krishna Temple completely […]

How Prabhupada took Londonisvara

His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami: In London we had another interesting negotiation. By the time I got to London, in September of 1969, Prabhupada was about to get 7 Bury Place. But what is a temple without Deities? Prabhupada instructed us to install Radha Krishna Deities when the temple opened in December, but we didnâ€™t […]

London’s Ratha Yatra illuminates the city

Highlight: Londonâ€™s ‘Ratha-yatraâ€™ Festival of Chariots returned to the streets of the capital on Sunday 20th June 2010. London was illuminated by the wonderful colours and sounds of the annual Hare Krishna festival, a vibrant celebration of Indian culture and spirituality in our city. Thousands of festival-goers, pilgrims, and devotees from all over the world […]

St. Patrickâ€™s day London Parade

This was the first year the devotees got involved in St. Patrick’s day parade London. It was a major success and we plan to bring the Rathayatra cart for next year – with a green canopy. Unfortunately our movie is not the best, as it does not give credit to the first class sound of […]

Diwali in London evening of thanks

Bhaktivedanta Manor hosted a special thank you evening for all those who organised Diwali in London (DIL) in 2009. In attendance were representatives from the ten Hindu organisations that were involved, as well DIL Committee Members and Trustees. ISKCON was the Chair of the DIL Committee in 2009 and was also a founder member eight […]

Hare Krishna festival lifts Londoners’ spirits

Over 25,000 people participated in the 37th London “Ratha-yatra Carnival of Chariots” last Sunday 17th July 2005. The annual Hare Krishna festival was a colourful display of London’s multicultural and multi-faith community. Three 40-foot high colourful chariots carrying the deities of Lord Jagannatha, Lady Subhadra and Lord Balarama were hand-pulled by a 5,000 strong procession, […]

The secret is out

The true glory of any civilization and culture lies not only in the majestic set up, elegant accomplishments and refined customs but indeed in the form of deep wisdom which it offers the world. The ancient teachings of the Vedas remained unknown to the mass of people for centuries. Contemporary teachers, however, began racking their […]

40 years of ISKCON in London

1969 was the year that the late George Harrison of the Beatles produced the chart-topping â€œHare Krishna Mantraâ€ single, and the Hare Krishnas made their first appearance on British television, singing live on Top of the Pops. It has been forty years since ISKCON made its first mark on the streets of London. The unmistakable […]

Angel's ChicKrishna Conscious novel aims at best-seller lists

Bushey, England, 21 July 2008: Arjuna Krishna-Das (aka Arjunanatha dasa) has just published his first novel, Angels ChÃ®c. Set in an alternate reality Liverpool, India, Tibet and the heavenly planet Chandraloka (the Moon), Angelâ€™s ChÃ®c is the first novel to blend social realism, science fiction, fantasy and Krishna Consciousness, and is set to become the […]

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