Radhanath Swami Visits Moscow
Placing Faith in the Small Things – Mumbai’s 100th Prerana Festival
Radhanath Swami Speaks to Young Students of the Bhagavad-gita
Radhanath Swami Hosts a Western Yoga Group at Govardhan Eco-village
Radhanath Swami Speaks with “City of Joy” Author Dominique Lapierre
Radhanath Swami Address 100,000 Mumbaites at the Annual Ratha Yatra Festival
Radhanath Swami Inaugurates Eco-village
Return to Busboys & Poets
AIDS Awareness Talk with Chetan Bhagat
The Elkins Estate, PA
March 28, 2012
The recent release in Russia of The Journey Home has been well received in a country that has a long history of interest in Indian spirituality. On the 20th of March Radhanath Swami arrived in Moscow and on same day gave two interviews. The first, to the Moscow-based daily newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets, one of Russia two largest newspapers, with a circulation approaching one million. The second interview was given at the popular radio station Echo of Moscow which features news and talk shows focusing on social and political issues. A...
March 27, 2012
It was born on 27th July, 2002 and in ten years it has turned one-hundred. March 18th marked the 100th “Prerana” – the monthly youth festival started and refined under the guidance of Radhanath Swami, at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai. Prerana (Hindi for “Inspiration”) was conceived as a regular gathering of students, for providing inspiration to remain an instrument of God’s grace, irrespective of the corruption, pollution, and other stresses of the modern Mumbai lifestyle. This initiative started small with less than two hundred young men. Today, more...
March 14, 2012
On February 26, Radhanath Swami appeared at the award-giving ceremony of the Gita Champions League, at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan in Mumbai, India. The Gita Champions League (GLC) was the brainchild of the local branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, who wanted to promote the values and wisdom of the Bhagavad-gita among school children. With nearly 5000 participants, the contest turned out to be a fun and inspiring way to help everyone absorb their minds in the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. The ceremony was the culmination of a...
February 24, 2012
26th January 2012 – a day when the entire nation of India was celebrating the Republic day, a group of western yoga students arrived at Govardhan Eco-village. Govardhan Eco-village is spread across 60 acres near the Sahyadri mountain range, a two hour drive from the city of Mumbai. The group of 16 yoga students from different parts of the US, was led by Gopi Manjari Devi, the founder of Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs NY. Also accompanying them was the angelic singer of Vedic hymns, Gauravani, of the famed band ‘As Kindred...
February 20, 2012
It was a meeting between two people who complemented each other with their life story, hitchhiking adventures, desire to serve society and their love for India. Dominique Lapierre, author of ‘City of Joy’ and Radhanath Swami were invited by Ajay Piramal, Chairman – Piramal India Ltd. and his wife Swati Piramal, Director – Strategic Alliances & Communications, for a family event that at their residence in Mumbai. The hosts requested them to share some words of wisdom on the theme of ‘Happiness, Love & Forgiveness’. Dominique Lapierre spoke first. He shared that he values Happiness as...
January 20, 2012
A sea of over a 100,000 people gathered to join the annual Jagannath Ratha Yatra Festival at Shivaji Park, in Mumbai, India on 7th January. The Jagannath Ratha Yatra (cart festival of Lord Jagannath) is a centuries-old festival which takes place in Jagannath Puri, India. It celebrates the return of Krishna (Jagannath) along with His brother and sister (Balarama and Subhadra) to Vrindavan, the place of the pastimes of His youth. Organized by the Radha Gopinath Temple the festival featured a...
January 8, 2012
On December 24th Radhanath Swami presided over the official opening of the Govardhan Eco-village and Farm Community (GEV) spread over a scenic landscape of 60 acres near the Sahyadri mountain range, a two hour drive from the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The inauguration ceremony was marked with the presence of Mr. Nana Saheb Patil, the Ex-secretary of the Agricultural Ministry for the Government of Maharashtra, and 150 senior members of the Radha Gopinath temple congregation. . Under the inspiration and guidance of Radhanath Swami a dedicated community began...
December 9, 2011
On a summer evening – June 25th, 2011, Radhanath Swami was again warmly received at popular Washington DC restaurant – Busboys and Poets. The venue is famous for hosting a range of speakers, focusing on writers, artists and activists, and has established itself as a gathering place for vibrant discussion and exploration of community and social issues. Kirtan group ‘As Kindred Spirits’ were on hand to play their take on traditional Indian devotional songs as everyone arrived, and later accompanied Radhanath Swami as he led the audience in call and...
December 31, 2010
On December 14th, 2010, author Chetan Bhagat joined Radhanath Swami at an AIDS Awareness event organized by the Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation in Mumbai, India. Scores of college students listened as Bhagat, whom Time Magazine considers one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People”, described how important it is to cultivate spirituality in youth. “We need good academics, great career and a good partner, but we also need good values,” said Chetan. He explained that the political and economic corruption that India today faces is in fact a crisis...
November 30, 2010
David Dobson (a student of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada) opened the doors of The Elkins Estate to Radhanath Swami and David Newman (Durga Das) on Saturday evening. Durga Das and his band of talented musicians, playing a diverse array of instruments, inundated the packed room with meditative mantra music. Humility was an underlying theme throughout Radhanath Swami’s presentation. He described how real humility is to be proud of being connected to beautiful miracles that we see all around us – which is actually only a spark of God’s splendor. He...