Bhuj: The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will construct a new temple in Bhuj. The Khatmuhurta ceremony for the temple took place on June 26th, followed by the traditional Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannath. Kalanath Chaitanya Prabhu, head of ISKCON Ahmedabad, conducted the ceremonial aarti accompanied by Harinam Sankirtan. Following the Khatmuhurta, Advaitsinh Prabhuji, Vice President of ISKCON Ahmedabad, led the aarti, followed by devotees participating in Jalabhishek. ...Read More

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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