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I am currently travelling around the world with Kadamba Kanana Swami taking care of his needs and making sure to increase his preaching efforts. While travelling I take photos, record classes and music and upload all this media to the blog for your pleasure.Author Archive | jananivasa
A Sacred Space in Simhachalam
Article written by Rukmini Devi Dasi Simhachalam, Germany: “We’re at the edge of the world,” Maharaja commented, “just beyond those hills, after those last trees, it becomes ethereal.” At the German farm, one definitely gets the feeling that the rest of the world just doesn’t exist – except via the internet. It’s a befitting home to [...]
Vyasa Puja 2013: Audio, Part II
Please find below lectures and kirtans given by Kadamba Kanana Swami before and after the Vyasa Puja event. To download them, just right-click on each title and “save target as”. Prior to the Vyasa Puja Maharaja gave several lectures based on the Srimad Bhagavatam. KKS – BVB – SB 1.17.24 [...]
Vyasa Puja 2013: The aftermath
By Rukmini devi dasi With the intensity of the Vyasa puja and Queensday gone by, devotees gradually journeyed back home. The days that followed at Radhadesh mellowed to a more gentle pace. In the late morning, we would gather in different places – sometimes outside in the Radhadesh gardens or an inner room of the [...]
Queensday 2013: From Amster-MAD to Amster-DHAM
By Rukmini devi dasi Amsterdam is the capital city of the material world. On the Queen’s birthday, people flood the streets, taking the celebration of such a culture to the max. Slicing through the craziness was a group of two-hundred Vaikuntha men and women. With bright, smiling faces and dressed in flowing orange, they danced [...]
Vyasa Puja 2013: The Event
By Rukmini devi dasi Great personalities are like trees. Their roots penetrate deep into scriptures, seeking nourishment. Hence they develop overpowering compassion. Their burning desire is to give to others profusely, without holding back. To do this, they are willing to tolerate any difficulties, as trees generally do. Sun or snow, the tree accepts its [...]
Vyasa Puja 2013: Holy name, Holy people and Holy places
By Rukmini devi dasi Despite the previous late night (27 April), at mangal arati the temple room was packed to capacity with devotees from Croatia, Czech, Germany, Slovakia, Norway, Sweden, Serbia, England, Australia and South Africa. At the class that followed later, Maharaja spoke from the fifth canto of Srimad Bhagavatam on the relationship between varnasrama and devotional service. He [...]
Vyasa Puja 2013: Let the festivities begin!
By Rukmini devi dasi Looking like something out of ‘Lord of the Rings’, the majestic Radhadesh castle emerges stoically from the lush green countryside. The grey stone quickly gives way to the exquisite darshan of Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha. If Radhadesh’s natural richness doesn’t leave you breatheless then the charming smile of Gopinatha most certainly will. [...]
Rama Navami in Sweden
Kadamba Kanana Swami spent the last week in Korsnas Gard (Krsna’s Garden) at the BBT headquarters in Sweden, close to Scandinavia’s capital, Stockholm. Maharaja gave daily Bhagavatam classes there in the morning and in the evenings, he made his way to the Hare Krsna Centre in the middle of Stockholm to participate in other programs. [...]
The concluding days in South Africa
Kadamba Kanana Swami spent the first few days following Durban Ratha Yatra in recuperation, taking occasional walks along Durban’s beachfront and also connecting with the local devotees. On Thursday (4 April), he gave the morning Srimad Bhagavatam class, highlighting how the Bhagavatam is the essence of all Vedic scriptures. “Srimad Bhagavatam is complete knowledge of [...]
A historic Ratha Yatra in Durban
The Durban Ratha Yatra festival has evolved into one of the biggest, if not the biggest, of its kind outside of India. In its momentous 25th year of existence, the freshly incarnated festival was hosted under the motto Culturally many – Spiritually one and was pioneered by Indradyumna Swami. The Festival of Chariots, as it [...]
Cape Town visit
Kadamba Kanana Swami spent the last week in Cape Town, South Africa (19-27 March) and during that time participated in several preaching programs. On most days during his stay, Maharaja gave Srimad Bhagavatam classes which were rich in both philosophical depth and practical realizations: On Wednesday afternoon (20 March), Maharaja spoke at a Bhakti Yoga [...]
Lectures in Cape Town, March 2013
Please find below the various classes given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami during his recent stay in Cape Town. To download the classes just right-click on each title and “save target as”. To read the article and see the pictures of Maharaja’s Cape Town visit, please click here. Srimad Bhagavatam KKS – [...]
Catching up
Difficult circumstances hindered regular updates on the blog. Not only did I not report on Maharaja’s travels for three weeks but was unable to post daily darshan of Giriraja as well. However, things have now changed and regular blogging will continue once again. We have included a slide-show depicting Maharaja’s travels from Vrndavan to Mayapur [...]
Back home, back to Vrndavan
From London, Kadamba Kanana Maharaja flew via Amsterdam to India. He reached the Delhi airport early on Friday morning (22 February). After a few hours of rest at the Delhi temple, he then made his way to the Krsna Balarama Mandir in Vrndavan which was approximately 150 km away. Maharaja entered a low pace program [...]
Stopover in England
From a snow-filled Simhachalam, Kadamba Kanana Swami made his way up north to the United Kingdom. His first stop there was in Leicester, where he stayed at the home of Puskara and Hara for two days. Using that as his base, Maharaja attended a six-hour kirtan program on Saturday afternoon (16 February) that was dedicated to [...]
Snow-struck Simhachalam
For the last week, Kadamba Kanana Maharaja stayed at the German farm, Simhachalam. This project is unique in the Hare Krsna movement in that it is the only temple that solely and opulently worships a massive Prahlada-Nrsimha deity. For many years, the temple has been stagnant due to a lack of devotees staying at the farm. The main [...]
Daily darshan of Giriraja Govinda!
For the last three months, Kadamba Kanana Swami has been travelling around the world accompanied by the Supreme Lord in the form of a Govardhana Sila, called Giriraja Govinda. You can now catch a personal darshan of the Lord on a daily basis. For this purpose, a new item has been added to the menu [...]
Festivals in Czech and Slovak
Arrival in Czech Continuing with the tour of Europe, Kadamba Kanana Swami made his way from Germany to the Czech Republic where he was warmly welcomed by an enthusiastic harinama party at the Prague temple. The visit began with the weekly Sunday program. Maharaja started-off with an ecstatic kirtan which was followed by a lecture [...]
Recordings from Czech and Slovak, February 2013
Please find below, recordings of all kirtans and lectures given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami during his recent tour through Czech and Slovak. To download a class, just right-click on a title and “save target as“. Classes KKS – SB. 4.19.4 – 3 February 2013 in Prague KKS – CC. Adi. 1.2 – 3 [...]
