Category Archives: Hare Krishna

Head Shaving Has Gone Prime Time

Published: Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 11:55 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 11:55 p.m. Although I am married with no plans to be single, I recently signed up for several online dating sites as research for a book I am writing Continue reading

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Late start for Dalai Lama's appearance

Dalai Lama speaks at UCSD Even though the tickets clearly stated that doors would close at 9 a.m., perhaps 1,000 people were still in line shortly before that time, with others steadily arriving behind them. Continue reading

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Residents reassemble for fight against temple

Residents reassemble for fight against temple Planning Board to soon decide on jurisdiction over Hare Krishna plan BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE About 25 township residents gathered at the Cheesequake First Aid Squad hall to discuss efforts to halt the progress of a proposed Hare Krishna temple on Route 34. The March 21 meeting was hosted by United Old Bridge Residents, a group formed by concerned residents three years ago to hire an attorney and act as a legal entity in planning and zoning hearings on the project proposed by the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON. The religious organization is seeking township approval to construct an approximately 23,300-square-foot, one-story temple with a basement and a 4,200- square-foot, two-family priests quarters on a 6.3-acre property on Route 34 between Highview Terrace and Sheila Court Continue reading

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Festival of Colors celebrated by thousands

SPANISH FORK — In a cloud of color that in 2011 made national headlines, the Hare Krishnas celebrated on Saturday and Sunday the annual Holi Fest, commonly known as the Festival of Colors. Thousands gathered at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Lotus Temple in Spanish Fork as bands led the crowd in the Maha Mantra: “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Continue reading

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Decorated chariot rolls through St. Augustine

Decorated chariot rolls through St. Augustine Hare Krishna followers pulled the statues of three deities in a red chariot covered in bright yellow, red and white flowers and decorations. Two women sat on the front of the float, which carried Jagannatha, Balarama, and Subhadra, deities carved from wood with brightly painted faces and embellished crowns Continue reading

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Thousands expected to converge on Colors Festival in Spanish Fork

SPANISH FORK, Utah (ABC 4 News) If you love bright colors, a big party and getting dirty, you may want to join the massive crowds heading to Spanish Fork this weekend. They’re going to the Colors Festival at the Hare Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. Organizers are expecting over 50,000 people Continue reading

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Rendezvous Blog: Hindu Victory Could Ease Indian Anger With Russia

An attempt by Russian prosecutors to ban the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu holy book, prompted a rare upset in relations between Moscow and New Delhi. A court threw the case out but some say it reflected a wider intolerance of religious minorities. Continue reading

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India Ink: A Hindu Victory in Russia Could Heal Rift With India

A Russian provincial appeals court on Wednesday definitively rejected an attempt to ban a version of the Bhagavad Gita. Continue reading

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Nagara Sankirtan marks ISKCON Hare Krishna Utsav

Clad in saris, a group of foreigners sang and danced to their supreme mantra of Hare Rama, Hare Krishna as part of Nagara Sankirtan that started at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram, traversed through the main thoroughfares before culminating into a cultural programme at Siddhartha auditorium. The procession, organised as part of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Hare Krishna Utsav 2012, was cynosure of all eyes in the city on Wednesday. Led by the ISKCON Guru H.H Continue reading

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Russia court dismisses Hindu ban

21 March 2012 Last updated at 01:18 ET A Russian court has dismissed an appeal to ban an edition of the Hindu holy book Bhagvad Gita, in a case that triggered protests in India. In December, a court in the Siberian city of Tomsk had rejected a plea by prosecutors to rule the edition “extremist”. That would put it in the same category as Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Continue reading

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