In April, three-hundred gathered in Ealing for the first of several Hare Krishna Festivals to be held in public halls in the coming months. Classical dance, film, philosophy, mantra music and even a magic show were amongst the cultural presentations appreciated by the diverse audience before they tucked in to the spiritual vegetarian cuisine provided by the Food For All team. Bhaktivedanta Manor is collaborating with the UK Hare Krishna Festival Team as an outreach initiative to offer people an introductory Krishna Conscious experience locally.

Universities, Food for Life and Temple programmes

Every year in celebration of Sri Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the book distribution team at Bhaktivedanta Manor make a special effort to distribute sets of Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Sri Caitanya-caritamrita is the main work on the life and teachings about Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Prabhupada miraculously translated the entire Sri Caitanya Caritamrita with its 11,519 Bengali verses into English together with elaborate purports within a period of only 18 months. These books are a rare gift to the world and Srila Prabhupada expressed that it was his desire that every respectable home have a full...

Committed to the Holy Names

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Devotee makes front cover

  The congregation has come together to plant native species trees on Bhaktivedanta Manor’s grounds in honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and to contribute to the UK’s vision of being carbon neutral by 2030. Narahari Rupa Das, Head Gardener at Bhaktivedanta Manor, enthusiastically led a group of keen nature lovers to plant native species such as Silver Birch, English Oak, Hawthorn, Hazel and Rowan around the newly constructed perimeter path around the lake.  A mighty 70 trees were planted in just two hours to mark the Queen’s impressive 70-year reign which is part of her Green Canopy Project to...