Submitted by Shivananda Sena dasa Offering our respectful pranams to Sri Guru, Gauranga, our guru parampara, guru varga, the six gosvamis, pancha tattva, and the Divine Couple, who have all descended and remain with us in the form of Their Holy Names and Kirtan, and to our readers and all who may come across this […]

With some apprehension, I ventured out to Raiford prison under the expert guidance of Bimala dd and the shelter of HH Sripad Avadhuta Maharaja. Upon arriving, I was pleasantly surprised by the clean and organized environment. We jettisoned all our paraphernalia and went through the security check just like at the airport, but we kept […]

By the causeless mercy of Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada, the much awaited  Bhubaneswar temple was finally inaugurated on the auspicious premises of Akshaya- tritya. Beginning with the ceremonial rituals we started with sacrifice in the morning with all the Puri temple brahmcharis and Shudadavaiti Maharaja (from Sri Caitanya Matha) performed the sacrifice with all […]

A few days ago I saw a clip on Facebook of some people dancing and singing in the streets of Baltimore to bring joy there after such devastating racial riots. By Gurudeva’s inspiration, the idea came in me of how nice it would be if we could go to Balitmore and have Harinama and book […]