We will be very soon blessed by the visit of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj in Mauritius. His Holiness will be here from 22nd May to 27th May 2012. Click here to learn more about his schedule.

The Jagannath Madir (CPD) of Morcellement St. Andre is celebrating its annual Snana-yatra from Saturday the 2nd of June to Monday the 4th of June. Ratha-yatra will follow 2 weeks later on Saturday the 23rd of June starting at Abercrombie and ending at Bois Pignolet (Terre Rouge). His Holiness Bhakti Gaurava Narayana Swami had been invited to Mauritius especially for these festivals. Maharaja is from Orissa and for the past 30 years has dedicated his life for serving Prabhupada's mission by travelling and preaching all over India and abroad. He recently completed the editing of the Chaitanya Charitamrta in Hindi. He is an ocean of nectar of Lord Jagannath's pastimes. The programme will be as follows.

Sundara Lala prabhu, well-known senior Mauritian preacher, will be giving several interesting seminars in April and May at Petite Riviere, Rose-Belle and Vrindavan Garden, Phoenix. The schedule of talks is as follows:

Bhagavat Puran Conference
At Chamroo Lane, Petite Riviere
7pm to 9.30pm each night

Three senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada will be in Mauritius from the 12th of April to the 30th of April 2012: His Holiness Bhakti Caitanya Swami (GBC Chairman and GBC for Mauritius), His Grace Yadubar prabhu (Srila Prabhupada's cameraman) and His Grace Kripamoya prabhu (Congregational Preaching Minister for Europe).

The Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya is celebrated as Gaura-purnimaand this year fell on March the 5th. In Mauritius the temples organised kirtan all day, abhishek of Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and an evening programme culminating in a feast for all our guests.His Grace Sarvabhauma prabhu spent three weeks at Sri Sri Krishna Balarama Mandir, Bon Acceuil giving a series of lectures in adjoining villages, on Lord Caitanya and Lord Rama's pastimes.

In February and March 2012 Mauritius was blessed with the association of His Holiness Krishna Dasa Swami, His Holiness Jayadvaita Swami and Mukunda Datta prabhu (ACBSP). You may hear an evening lecture given by His Holiness Krsna Dasa Swami, at Hare Krishna Land here, a morning Srimad Bhagavatam lecture given by His Holiness Jayadvaita Swami here and a morning Srimad Bhagavatam Lecture given by His Grace Mukunda Datta prabhu here.

On the eve of Christmas 2011, the Nitai Gaura-Nataraja Harinam group started a new weekly harinam in the southern region of the island. The harinam is held every Saturday evening from 5.30pm to 7.00pm. The Gaura Nataraja Harinam team has been organising successful weekly harinams in the Phoenix region for many years.

During a visit to the Krishna Avanti School on March 29th, Queen Elizabeth II appreciated the school’s unique values and principles, based upon the teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Out of four London locations the Queen visited on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee—commemorating sixty years of her reign—Harrow, the North London Borough where the Krishna Avanti School is located, was the very first.

On the 21st of March Vanipedia celebrated its first 4 years online. During this time over 300 devotees participated in thematically mapping Śrīla Prabhupāda’s teachings. And while Vaniquotes is still a work in progress, we have already attained a major achievement by creating over 13,000 categories and 72,000 pages and compiling over 1,680,000 quotes.

You may read the Newletter of the Bhaktivedeantat Swami Goshala in Vrindavan Vol 12- Issue 4 - April 2012 here

On 15th February Sutapa das brahmacari had the opportunity to meet Her Majesty The Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

By now you must be familiar with the recent ruling by the City court in Tomsk, Siberia, in favor of ISKCON. Some ill informed elements have escalated this matter further to the upper Court and it is imperative that the authenticity of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, be established in Russia.

Nearly fifty years into ISKCON’s mission of spreading Krishna consciousness throughout the world, it’s rare that we truly break new ground. So it’s heartwarming to see a group of eight devotees brave sub-zero temperatures to bring Srila Prabhupada’s books into small towns and cities in the Canadian Maritimes, where few have ever heard of Krishna.

The 2012 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Governing Body Commission (GBC) for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) began in Mayapur, West Bengal with the GBC body participating in ISKCON’s first International Leadership Sanga (ILS). The GBC recognizes that good, strong leadership is key both to ISKCON’s improvement and its ongoing success.

In Bhagavad-gita, Krishna promises Arjuna: (Ye Yatha Mam Prapadyante, Tams Tathaiva Bhajamy Aham, Mama Vartmanuvartante, Manushyah Partha Saravasha) that He will award him if, he surrenders.

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