Box 30003 Oakville, On L6H 7L8 CANADA. @2020 - CanIndia.com is a division of World Media Corp (Canada) Inc. All Right Reserved.Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The store allows a limited number of customers at a time according to state rules for small businesses, designates four separate browsing areas to assist social distancing, provides one-time use gloves and recommends contactless payment.During the Memorial Day weekend, pilgrims were able to attend the standard morning program and japa introduction, visit the cows, and even attend a swan boat festival, all with masks and proper social distancing. Only every second room is used, and the rooms receive deep cleaning after every guest departs, with every surface they touch disinfected.A new gift shop, Matchless Gifts, also opened on the Memorial Day Weekend, selling a wide variety of devotional paraphernalia and clothes. Meanwhile the temple, after being completely closed for three weeks in April, reopened with restrictions in early May. But for now, ISKCON and New Vrindaban residents are being happily maintained.“Of course, we are hankering to have all our guests back,” Jaya Krsna says. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada.
The buffet has been closed, with food only served a la carte at the table. Fifty-five guests are allowed in the temple room at a time, standing in six-by-six foot squares.The News Agency of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness We are waiting to see what Krishna’s plan is.” “Our whole temple is set up to receive guests from around the country, take care of them, enlighten them with Krishna consciousness, and if possible connect them to their local centers,” says president Jaya Krsna Das. We believe in cultural revival and bringing it together on one platform to celebrate Krishna and his Leelas,” Dasa said. “All the visitors were very appreciative that they could come, and were very cooperative in following all the steps we had in place.”So far, no New Vrindaban residents have contracted Coronavirus; with pilgrims now coming from all over, devotees are asked to continue protecting themselves and visitors by following all the same rules that the guests do.Now that Memorial Day Weekend has been a success, the 24 Hour Kirtan is up next, on June 20. ISKCON also operates the world’s largest vegetarian food relief program through its Annamrita projects. ... We have strived to conduct various activities to preserve the glorious culture & heritage and promote the authentic spiritual traditions of our Vedic culture. New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) As the entire world deals with the tough Corona times, the festive season is already knocking on our doors. Due to COVID-19 rules, the usual more than 500 devotees will not be able to attend. what is the chant (mantra) that you hear? “Janmastami is a very important festival both because so many visitors come to our temples, and because it is normally a time where we receive many financial contributions that help us get through the winter,” says Jaya Krsna, who has been discussing such issues on weekly phone calls with other temple presidents of the Eastern U.S. “For now, nobody really knows what the situation will be in August. Drag the Text #2. Fortunately, because New Vrindaban had devotee staff on an official salary, they were able to easily apply for unemployment benefits, which were increased during COVID-19. The panel discussions would include various well known people of the country like Hema Malini, Anupam Kher, celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor,” he added.
Activities. Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, is celebrated on the Ashtami (eighth day) of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the month of Shravana or Bhadra (in the Hindu calendar. On the cultural front, Iskcon has arranged for various musical concerts by well known Bhajan singers Anuradha Paudwal and Anup Jalota and some other musicians.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organisation.