HERE A DEVOTEE OF ISKCON (THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS) IS PERFORMING THE ABHISHEK CEREMONY IN MUMBAI, INDIA. ISKCON WAS FOUNDED BY SWAMI PRABHUPAD AND IS NOW FASTLY GAINING MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE DEVOTEES PERFORM SELFLESS SERVICE TO LORD KRISHNA, THEIR ENTIRE LIVES ARE LIVED FOR KRISHNA. FOOD COOKED IN THE HOME IS OFFERED TO KRISHNA BEFORE IT IS EATEN. THEY PROUDLY ASSOCIATE WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE. I'VE HAD THE HONOUR OF ASSOCIATING WITH THEM SINCE 2004 AND I'VE BEEN IMMENSELY IMPRESSED. HERE A DEVOUT TEENAGER, OF TAMILIAN ANTECEDENTS, IS SEEN PAYING OBEISANCE TO CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU ON THE LEFT AND LORD NITYANAND MAHAPRABHU ON THE RIGHT. THE MOVEMENT WAS STARTED OVER 500 YEARS AGO BY CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU IN MAYAPUR IN WEST BENGAL. CHAITANYA SIMPLIFIED THE FORM OF HINDU WORSHIP BY PREACHING THE SANKIRTAN SYSTEM. IN BRIEF, JUST CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA AS A GROUP. HINDU PURISTS OF THAT ERA CONSIDERED SUCH MOVEMENT BLASPHEMY, THEY FELT ONLY BRAMHINS HAD THE RIGHT TO CHANT THE MAHA MANTRA AND THEY THREATENED TO CONVERT HIM TO ISLAM. UNDAUNTED, CHAITANYA TRAVELLED THROUGHOUT INDIA PREACHING SANKIRTAN. TODAY, MAYAPUR IS A HUB OF ACTIVITY, ON A TYPICAL DAY, ONE CAN COUNT AT LEAST 20 NATIONALITIES THERE...ALL ON PILGRIMAGE. ISKCON ALSO RUNS A PUBLISHING COMPANY, NUMEROUS RESTAURANTS A FEW FARMS AND HOSPITALS.
HERE A DEVOTEE OF ISKCON (THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS) IS PERFORMING THE ABHISHEK CEREMONY IN MUMBAI, INDIA. ISKCON WAS FOUNDED BY SWAMI PRABHUPAD AND IS NOW FASTLY GAINING MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE DEVOTEES PERFORM SELFLESS SERVICE TO LORD KRISHNA, THEIR ENTIRE LIVES ARE LIVED FOR KRISHNA. FOOD COOKED IN THE HOME IS OFFERED TO KRISHNA BEFORE IT IS EATEN. THEY PROUDLY ASSOCIATE WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE. I'VE HAD THE HONOUR OF ASSOCIATING WITH THEM SINCE 2004 AND I'VE BEEN IMMENSELY IMPRESSED. HERE A DEVOUT TEENAGER, OF TAMILIAN ANTECEDENTS, IS SEEN PAYING OBEISANCE TO CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU ON THE LEFT AND LORD NITYANAND MAHAPRABHU ON THE RIGHT. THE MOVEMENT WAS STARTED OVER 500 YEARS AGO BY CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU IN MAYAPUR IN WEST BENGAL. CHAITANYA SIMPLIFIED THE FORM OF HINDU WORSHIP BY PREACHING THE SANKIRTAN SYSTEM. IN BRIEF, JUST CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA AS A GROUP. HINDU PURISTS OF THAT ERA CONSIDERED SUCH MOVEMENT BLASPHEMY, THEY FELT ONLY BRAMHINS HAD THE RIGHT TO CHANT THE MAHA MANTRA AND THEY THREATENED TO CONVERT HIM TO ISLAM. UNDAUNTED, CHAITANYA TRAVELLED THROUGHOUT INDIA PREACHING SANKIRTAN. TODAY, MAYAPUR IS A HUB OF ACTIVITY, ON A TYPICAL DAY, ONE CAN COUNT AT LEAST 20 NATIONALITIES THERE...ALL ON PILGRIMAGE. ISKCON ALSO RUNS A PUBLISHING COMPANY, NUMEROUS RESTAURANTS A FEW FARMS AND HOSPITALS.
HERE A DEVOTEE OF ISKCON (THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS) IS PERFORMING THE ABHISHEK CEREMONY IN MUMBAI, INDIA. ISKCON WAS FOUNDED BY SWAMI PRABHUPAD AND IS NOW FASTLY GAINING MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE DEVOTEES PERFORM SELFLESS SERVICE TO LORD KRISHNA, THEIR ENTIRE LIVES ARE LIVED FOR KRISHNA. FOOD COOKED IN THE HOME IS OFFERED TO KRISHNA BEFORE IT IS EATEN. THEY PROUDLY ASSOCIATE WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE. I'VE HAD THE HONOUR OF ASSOCIATING WITH THEM SINCE 2004 AND I'VE BEEN IMMENSELY IMPRESSED. HERE A DEVOUT TEENAGER, OF TAMILIAN ANTECEDENTS, IS SEEN PAYING OBEISANCE TO CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU ON THE LEFT AND LORD NITYANAND MAHAPRABHU ON THE RIGHT. THE MOVEMENT WAS STARTED OVER 500 YEARS AGO BY CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU IN MAYAPUR IN WEST BENGAL. CHAITANYA SIMPLIFIED THE FORM OF HINDU WORSHIP BY PREACHING THE SANKIRTAN SYSTEM. IN BRIEF, JUST CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA AS A GROUP. HINDU PURISTS OF THAT ERA CONSIDERED SUCH MOVEMENT BLASPHEMY, THEY FELT ONLY BRAMHINS HAD THE RIGHT TO CHANT THE MAHA MANTRA AND THEY THREATENED TO CONVERT HIM TO ISLAM. UNDAUNTED, CHAITANYA TRAVELLED THROUGHOUT INDIA PREACHING SANKIRTAN. TODAY, MAYAPUR IS A HUB OF ACTIVITY, ON A TYPICAL DAY, ONE CAN COUNT AT LEAST 20 NATIONALITIES THERE...ALL ON PILGRIMAGE. ISKCON ALSO RUNS A PUBLISHING COMPANY, NUMEROUS RESTAURANTS A FEW FARMS AND HOSPITALS.