Articles tagged under: ISKCON

Akshay Patra Foundation staffers on strike; No mid-day meals in Vadodara schools

September 13, 2023
Akshay Patra Foundation staffers on strike; No mid-day meals in Vadodara schools

Vadodara: The students of a government school in Vadodara will be deprived of the mid-day meal today due to the employees of the Akshay Patra Foundation, which provides meals in the school, being on strike over the long pending demands. The Akshay Patra Foundation, run by the ISKCON, serves mid-day meals to approximately 625 schools in Vadodara district. Around 300 employees of the foundation have gone on strike due to irregular payment of salaries. The employees complain that even when wo...Read More

In pictures: ISKCON holds protest march in Gujarat against Islamist attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

October 23, 2021

Ahmedabad: ISKCON today morning held a protest march in the city against recent brutal attacks on minority Hindus in Muslims majority nation Bangladesh, the killings of Hindus and burning of their houses. The Sadhus and others from ISKCON presented a memorandum to district collector against recent Jihadi Islamist attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh View this post on Instagram A post shared by DeshGujarat (@deshgujaratinsta) Read More

Gujarat CM inaugurates mega mid-day meals kitchenbuilt by Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar

January 15, 2021
Gujarat CM inaugurates mega mid-day meals kitchenbuilt by Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar

Jamnagar: Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has set up a new mega kitchen building along with all required cooking facilities in Jamnagar for The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a non-government organisation (NGO), which implements the Mid-Day Meal Scheme of the Gujarat government. This new three-storied building was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijaybhai Rupani today. Also present at this inauguration were distinguished dignitaries: Minister...Read More

Gujarat based leading ISKCON saint Jashomatinandandasji passes away

October 24, 2020
Gujarat based leading ISKCON saint Jashomatinandandasji passes away

Ahmedabad: Shri Jashomatinandandasji, president of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Mandir Ahmedabad and Zonal Secretary of ISKCON Gujarat passed away today at 5.00 pm after prolong illness pertaining to Covid-19 infection. He was admitted for last few days in Science City road based Shalin hospital due to Covid-19 infection with co-morbid conditions, said Kalanath Chaitanya Das, vice president of Kathwada ISKCON temple. Shri Jashomatinandandas was 72-year old. ...Read More

Rajkot to get Gujarat’s second largest ISKCON temple

April 11, 2019
Rajkot to get Gujarat’s second largest ISKCON temple

Rajkot: The second biggest ISKCON temple in Gujarat will be inaugurated on Sunday, April 14. The temple has been named as Radhanil Madhav Dhaam. Constructed at a cost of Rs. 51 crore over 30,000 square ft land the temple will have murtis of Radhanil Madhav, Jagannath Baldev, Subhadra, Sita, Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman, Prahlad Narsimh, Gaur Nitai and Prabhupad. A four-day mahotsav has been organized to mark opening of the temple. Future plans involve mid-day meal kitchen, gau shala, A...Read More

Border district Kutch to have ISKCON temple near Adipur

July 11, 2018
Border district Kutch to have ISKCON temple near Adipur

Bhuj: Bhoomi Pujan for proposed ISKCON temple near Adipur was performed on Monday. The temple will come up behind Lilasha Kutiya in Hare Krishna Park over 2400 vaar plot. Along with the temple, Vedik Culture Centre will also come up. Large number of devotees from all over Kutch attended the ceremony which was performed by ISKCON Gujarat head Jashomatinandandas, ISKCON Meera Road's Gudakesh Prabhu and project head Murtimanasdasji. DeshGujaratRead More

Coming up in Gandhinagar, a two lakh sq ft ISKCON temple

April 24, 2017
Coming up in Gandhinagar, a two lakh sq ft ISKCON temple

Ahmedabad: Presented in attached picture is concept design of proposed 200,000 sqft(4.59 acres) ISKCON temple in Gandhinagar - Gujarat created by Mumbai-based architect Sanjay Puri. Some of the highlights of this upcoming temple as per Puri quoted in a report are: -Mechanised trolley will transport your pair of shoes in 5,000sqft shoe area to the exit point. -Rooms for prasadam (prasad-distribution), meditation, priest quarters, library, museum, memorabilia, free-meals restaurant and p...Read More

Raje inaugurates centralised kitchen of Akshay Patra in Ajmer

August 14, 2016
Raje inaugurates centralised kitchen of Akshay Patra in Ajmer

Ajmer:Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje here today inaugurated a central kitchen of NGO 'Akshay Patra,' which runs the world's largest mid-day meal programme. This kitchen can cater to 24 thousand students at a time. Later, the CM inaugurated Smart Class Room Scheme in Senior Secondary School, Topdara, here, Collector Gorav Goyal said. At a public meeting at regional College ground here, she appealed people to made Total Sanitation Programme a success. The CM informed that Bhakti Sangeet...Read More

Akshaya Patra conferred Nikkei Asia Prize 2016

May 30, 2016

Bengaluru The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been honoured with the Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan for its contributions in the field of "Economic and Business Innovation." Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, received the honour at the award ceremony of Nikkei Asia Prize at Tokyo yesterday. The winners have been awarded three million yen each along with a certificate by Naotoshi Okada, President, CEO of Nikkei Inc, an Akshaya Patra release here said. Madhu Pandit ...Read More

ISKCON opens kitchen for free mid-day meal to thousands of school children

May 05, 2016

Mumbai International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), which provides mid-day meal free of cost to thousands of school children every day, today opened a state-of-the-art kitchen at the Municipal-run R N Cooper hospital here. The ISKCON Food Relief Foundation's Kitchen at Cooper Hospital in suburban Vile Parle was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, according to a press release. This kitchen will make healthy and hygienic food for the patients of Coo...Read More