BY: SUN STAFF - 27.1 2021
Golden Winged Lion
Banner of the Parasikas (Pahlavas)
A serial presentation of India's great history, religious movements and temple architecture.
The Pahlavas
"The Pahlavas are a people mentioned in ancient Indian texts like the Manu Smriti,...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 27.1 2021
Brahmanas
Dramas depicting the pastimes of the Vaisnava saints - Bhaktimal Natak Mandali.
In today's segment, we offer a complete play manuscript performed in the late 1940's by the Bhaktimal Natak Mandali troupe in Mathura. The story centers on...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 27.01 2021
Sri Krsna Pusya Abhiseka is observed on January 27th.
On the purnima of the month of Pausa, Narayana (December-January), the last day of the astrological month (Pushyami nakshatra), one is instructed to bath the Deity in five seers of ghee (approximately 2.5kg of...Read more...
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By Srutakirti dasa - 27.1 2021
“No matter what was going on, Srila Prabhupada always related it to his service to Krsna.”
Srutakirti dasa, ISKCON Mayapur
During my first trip to Mayapur with Srila Prabhupada, the guesthouse had not been built, so our quarters were very...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 26.1 2021
Krishna Lifting Govardhana Hill
Pahari, North India, c. 1775
Selected Verses in Praise of Govardhana Hill, from Bhakti Ratnakara by Sri Narahari das.
Sri Raghava took Srinivasa and Narottama to see the places near Govardhan where Krsna had performed his lilas...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 26.1 2021
The mystic poet-saint Kabir weaving khadi cloth
Dramas depicting the pastimes of the Vaisnava saints.
Bhaktimal Natak Mandali
In his book, The Miracles Plays of Mathura, author Norvin Hein describes the theatrical religious performances found on his...Read more...
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By editor - 26.1 2021
ISKCON Leadership Sanga, Sri Dham Mayapur. Gaurapurnima 2020, Day 2. HG Nrsimhananda prabhu seminar: “Centralization vs Organization”.
Definition of bureaucracy: a system for managing an organization that is operated by a large number of officials...Read more...
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By editor - 26.1 2021
“Please accept my respectful humble obeisances at Your lotus feet. I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk…”
A letter dated 3 August 1968, to His Holiness The Pope, Paul VI Vicar of Jesus Christ State of Vatican City Rome, Italy
“If you...Read more...
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By editor - 26.1 2021
ISKCON Leadership Sanga, Sri Dham Mayapur. Gaura Purnima 2020, Day 1. Respectful Dialogue not defeatism debate • Vada, not vitanda or jalpa ▪ In cooperation, Krsna appears. Assuming that there is a right answer (and that you have it). Assuming that others have...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 25.1 2021
Coins of the Indo-Parthian Kings of Gondophares
King on horseback (left), Lord Shiva holding trident on right
circa 30-50 A.D.
A serial presentation of India's great history, religious movements and temple architecture.
The Indo-Parthians
With the rise...Read more...
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