News from November 2010

Headteacher Hunt

The I-Foundation – the education charity behind Leicesterâ€™s first Hindu state school, which is due to open next September – has launched a global hunt for a head teacher. To attract the very best candidates, the group is offering an extremely competitive package to become the first headteacher of the Krishna-Avanti Primary School (Leicester), although […]

British Prime Minister Receives Bhagavad-gita

At the recent Diwali function at held at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Srutidharma Das the President of Bhaktivedanta Manor presented a copy of Bhagavad Gita As It Is to the British Prime Minister David Cameron. On receiving the Bhagavad Gita the Prime Minister said, â€œI remember coming to Bhaktivedanta Manor and I enjoyed […]

Grand opening of the Five Star Hilton for Krishna cows

On 6th November His Holiness Bhakti Cari Swami and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, the Attorney General for the British government opened the new farm complex, called New Gokul, at Bhaktivedanta Manor. Other dignitaries present included ISKCON author Rachor Prime, His Excellency Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise the Ambassador of Nepal, Lord Dolar Popat, Joyce […]

Kirtan rings out from Kilimanjaro

On reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at 10.30am on Thursday 7th October, group members let off a kirtan that resounded into the ether â€“ a chant for the welfare of the devotees in Africa. Having battled altitude sickness, meager provisions and bitter cold weather, the group members had had their personal limits tested to […]

New Gokul farm at Bhaktivedanta Manor to officially open

At Â£3 a litre, New Gokul will be selling the most expensive milk in the UK. However, demand is already outstripping supply. Hailed as a blue-print for the future of farming, the cows at the New Gokul project have been described as living in the â€œHilton of farmsâ€. The care received by the 44 cows […]