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MakaraSankranti – The Dawn of Uttarayana

Makara Sankranti is a popular festival celebrated throughout India. Here is an article on Makar Sank...

Ekadasi – The Divine Purpose

The day of Ekadasi is considered very auspicious. It is a day of fasting. It is meant for practicing...

Raghunatha Dasa Goswami

It is usual for a person born to vast fortune to indulge in as much of the fine comforts of this wor...

Shayana Ekadasi

Ekadasis are special. They are blessed days given by scriptures and great sages to help us advance i...

Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana

Srila Baladeva Vidyabhushana was great acharya in the lineage of Lord Chaitanya who wrote many schol...

Jayananada Prabhu: An American Saint

When Srila Prabhupada went to the United States of America to preach Krishna Consciousness, he attra...

Varaha Jayanti

In the vast universe, gigantic planets float in space by the power of Lord Sankarshana. It is His e...

Sri Ramananda Raya

Sri Ramananda Raya was one of the four personalities with whom Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu discussed th...

Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami

Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami was born in 1496 in a family of physicians in the village of Jham...

Lalita Sakhi

Lalita Sakhi is one of the eight Varistha (chief) Gopis, Ashtasakhis in Krishna’s Vraja Lila....

Sita Thakurani – consort of Advaita Acarya

Srimati Sita Thakurani was the wife of Sri Advaita Acarya Prabhu, and she lived in Santipura....

Srila Jiva Goswami – A Brief Sketch

The disciplic succession of Lord Chaitanya has numerous gems each a great authority on the superlati...

Srila Rupa Goswami – Disapp day

Rupa Goswami (1489-1564) is considered the chief among the six Goswamis of Vrindavan....

Srila Rupa Goswami

Srila Rupa Goswami and his elder brother Sanatana Goswami came to Vrindavan to fulfill the desires o...

Odana Sasti

At the beginning of winter, there is a ceremony known as the Odana-sasthi....

Panihati ChidaDahi Utsava – A Story

Raghunatha dasa was a young man, wealthy and renounced....

Sri Nimbarkacarya Appearance

Sri Nimbarkacarya comes in the line of the Kumara Sampradaya and is believed to have lived around th...

Srila Narahari Sarakara Thakura

Sri Narahari Sarkar Thakura was born at Sri Khanda. Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami describes that th...

Kashishvara Pandit

Kashishvara Pandit was a disciple of Isvara Puri and son of Vasudeva Bhattacarya, who belonged to th...

Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami

Sri Bhugarbha Gosvami was a disciple of Sri Gadadhara Pandit....

Abhirāma Ṭhākura

Disappearance day of Śrī Abhirāma Ṭhākura falls on 3rd May 2021 this year....

Kamada Ekadashi

The glories of Kamada Ekadashi are found in the Varaha Purana in a conversation between Maharaja Yud...

Sri Govinda Ghosh – Disappearance day

Govinda Ghosh was one of the three brothers Govinda, Vasudev and Madhav, who were all dear associate...

Bhaimi Ekadashi

Bhaimi Ekadashi is also known as Jaya Ekadasi....

Narottama Dasa Thakura

Narottama Thakur was Champaka Manjari (a manjari is a personal maid-servant of the Gopis headed by S...

Rama Ekadasi

The glories of Kartika-Krishna Ekadasi or Rama Ekadasi have been narrated in the Brahma-Vaivarta Pur...

Sri Vīrabhadra Gosāñi – Appearance day

The topmost among all the branches of Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu was Sri Vīrabhadra Gosāñi....

Papankusha Ekadasi

The glories of Papankusha Ekadasi or Ashwina-Shukla Ekadasi are narrated in the Brahma-vaivarta Pura...

Parama Ekadasi

Sri Yudhisthira Maharaja said, “Oh Supreme Lord, what is the name of that Ekadasi that occurs duri...

Padmini Ekadasi

Yudhisthira Maharaja said, “Oh Janardana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the l...

Purushottama Masa

The lunar year is shorter than its solar counterpart since Chandra completes his round of twelve sig...

Deva Shayana Ekadashi

The glories of Ashada-Shukla Ekadashi – also known as Padma Ekadashi or Deva-shayana Ekadashi – ...

Sri Vakresvara Pandita – Disappearance day

Sri Vakreshvara Pandit was Lord Caitanya’s very dear servant and is considered to be the fifth bra...

Hera Pancami

The Grand temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri is famous for its unique ritualistic practices as well as...

Indira Ekadasi

Indira Ekadashi occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Aswina (September-...

Amalaki Ekadashi

The glories of Phalguna-Shukla Ekadashi, or Amalaki Ekadashi, are found in the Brahmanda Purana in a...

Śrī Vāmana Dvādasi: Appearance of Lord Vāmanadeva

Lord Vamanadeva’s appearance day is celebrated as Sri Vamana Dvadasi. This year it falls on 7th Se...

Yogini Ekadashi

The glories of Ashada-Krishna Ekadashi, or Yogini Ekadashi, are found in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana ...

Pandava Nirjala Ekadashi

Ekadashi is an important day in the lives of devotees of Lord Krishna....

Rukmini Dwadashi

The Shukla paksha Dwadashi tithi, in the auspicious month of Vaishakh, is the holy appearance day of...

Apara Ekadashi

Apara Ekadashi is considered very powerful in eliminating sinful reactions. This article describes t...

Papamochani Ekadashi

The Ekadashi that occurs during the dark part of the month of Chaitra is named Papamochani Ekadashi....

Mohini Ekadashi

The glories of Mohini Ekadashi are narrated in the Kurma Purana in a conversation between Maharaja Y...

Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaj

Srila Jagannatha Dasa Babaji Maharaja, a prominent spiritual master coming in the line from Sri Chai...

Vijaya Ekadashi

Yudhishthira Maharaj said, “Oh Lord Sri Krishna, O glorious son of Vasudeva, please be merciful to...

Sri Rasikananda

In the Christian year 1590 (Sakabda 1512), on the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of ...

Sat-tila Ekadashi

Sat-Tila Ekadashi is also known as Trisprisha Ekadashi....

Sri Lochana Dasa Thakura

Sri Lochana Dasa Thakura was born in 1523 in Kograma, in the Katwa block of Burdwan district. This v...

Sri Jagadisa Pandita

Jagadīśa Paṇḍita, the fifteenth branch of Lord Nityānanda’s followers, was the deliverer of...

All Glories to Balam Rice and Cow Ghee

A Story by Srila Bhaktisidddhanta Saraswati Thakur about a Landlord in whose house no Servant could ...

Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir A Historic Undertaking

President of India, Sri Pranab Mukherjee delivering his speech at Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir...

Srimati Radharani – The Highest Devotee Of Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He resides in His transcendental abode Goloka Vr...

Akhilesh inaugurates project to build India’s tallest temple

A project for building a 70-storey temple, billed to be the tallest shrine in the world, was inaugur...

Shilanyas of Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev S...

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura – Disappearance day 12th Dec 2022

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Pranati...

Srila Vrindavana Dasa Thakura Disappearance Day

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakura, is the initiated disciple of Lord Nityananda and author of Sri Caitanya...

Five Topics of the Bhagavad-Gita

Five Topics of the Gita with Introduction, Importance of the five topics and how they affect our wor...

Ṣaṭ-Sandarbha of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī

Ṣaṭ-Sandarbha of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī...

How to observe ekadasi as per Srila Prabhupada’s instructions ?

Ekadasi is a powerful opportunity for us, the souls trapped in material existence, to perform recomm...