Articles that include photos and galleries of events, festivals and travel stories around the world.
In the build-up to the Ratha Yatra Festival in Durban which takes places from 25-28 March, Snana Yatra took place on 06 March. Kadamba Kanana Swami was the guest speaker…
Written by Harsarani dd A day in Leicester As the cold and freezing mornings of the winter season were set to leave, the sun slowly pushed its way through with…
Written by Nandan Class at the Manor Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.22 Continuing his discourse on demonic psychology, Maharaj clarified that demons existed in previous ages as well. If one reads the…
Written by Nandan Morning Class at the Manor, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.21 As mentioned before, Maharaj does have the bearing of an all knowing wizard. Not just on spiritual matters but…
Written by Nandan Class at the Manor, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.19 After a short and sweet recital of the Jaya Radha Madhava prayers, Maharaj gave a nice class about how to…
Kadamba Kanana Swami was released from hospital yesterday. His state of health is fragile and he continues his recovery at the Durban temple. With great physical effort, Maharaj made his way to…
Updates on the status of Kadamba Kanana Swami’s health will come from him. For now, we will share some photos and audio recordings. Maharaj has often said that preaching gives…
Written by Nimai From Sweden, Maharaj travelled to Radhadesh in Belgium where the Radhadesh Mellows Kirtan Festival took place (29-31 January). Devotees travelled from all over Europe and UK to…
Written by Klara In Czech, the whole month of December was relatively warm. But just when Kadamba Kanana Swami was to arrive, it started to snow! An overlay of snow…
Written by Nimai The Drakensberg Mountains are about midway between the cities of Durban and Johannesburg. Spiritual retreats with Kadamba Kanana Swami started there in January 2005 and took place…
Written by Vasanti dd Arrival – 18 December The air was buzzing with activity at the ISKCON Cape Town Temple of Sri Sri Nitai Mayapurchandra. Devotees had flown in from…
During the month of Kartik, we’ve had extensive coverage of Kadamba Kanana Swami’s activities in Vrindavan and Mayapur, written by Nandan and Rukmini, for which we received great appreciation. Maharaj…
Written by Nandan On Sunday morning (15 November), Maharaj led a beautiful Guru Puja in the Panca Tattva building. This was especially auspicious because it was Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance day.…
Written by Rukmini dd Giriraja – The giver of shelter “The main point for me in the Govardhana Lila,” said Kadamba Kanana Swami as he sat perched upon his bed…
Written by Rukmini dd Kirtan amongst the sages in Vrindavan Like the forest of Naimisaranya adorned with sages, Vrindavan, in the soft radiance of Kartik, blossoms with an impressive bouquet…
Written by Nandan Visit to Rama-Ghat and Chir-Ghat It was 8 am in the morning (Sunday, 1st November 2015) and everyone was getting ready to get on the bus outside…
Written by Nandan The disappearance day of Narottama Das Thakur Maharaj sang the morning Guruvastakam prayers in Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi. It was gentle, soothing and perfectly in sync with the…
Written by Nandan Arrival in the Holy Dhama Kartik month in Vrindavan was truly something to behold! Even if one hadn’t been there, most devotees would have heard the stories…
We have a series of catch-up posts coming up on Kadamba Kanana Swami’s travels during July and August… Written by Nadia Karuna dd From the Radhadesh Summer Festival in Belgium,…
Kadamba Kanana Swami has been touring Australia since 29 September. Here is the first batch of recordings courtesy of Nimai. Photos and more details of his activities will follow. To download, right-click on…
Written by Vasanti dd As the transcendental dust-storms (caused by the lotus feet of the devotees jumping in ecstasy for Lord Jagannatha) were beginning to settle down in Soweto and…
The day after the Ratha Yatra in Soweto, despite aching feet and bones, festivities continued at the temple in Pretoria with the celebration of Radhastami (21 September). Due to it…
Written by Candrasekhara Das While South Africa commemorates the 40th Anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s visit to the rainbow nation, October 2015 has special significance for the Durban Yatra since it…
Written by Rukmini dd It was dull, with almost a drizzle on Ratha Yatra morning (20 September), as the devotees who worked though most of the night put the finishing…
Written by Nicole Kadamba Kanana Swami arrived in Johannesburg on 08 September. After a day of rest, he joined the Krsna Balaram Youth Group in Randburg for their weekly bhajan…
After the Kirtan Festival in Spain, Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Sweden (25-28 August). During his short visit, Maharaj did programs on every day. On 27 August, two devotees received…
Written by Gopali dd From the kirtan festival in Villa Vrindavana, Italy, Kadamba Kanana Swami travelled to Vienna on 14 July. Paramesvar picked him up from the airport and brought…
Written by Bhaktin Klara Summer Camp The camp took place from 01-06 July in the heart of the Czech Republic, near the town Kamenice nad Lipou. This was the second…
Written by Bhakta Matthew From the very start, Villa Vrindavan, in the region of Tuscany, on the outskirts of Florence was a wonderful backdrop for a weekend of glorifying the Lord…
Written by Vasudev Das New York and New Jersey (27-28 June) Maharaj left Gita Nagari early on Saturday morning (27 June), because he had a preaching program scheduled at 26…
Written by Ananda Vrindavan Dasi Gita Nagari (25-27 June) On 25 June, Maharaj bid farewell to deities and devotees of New Vrindavan, whose hearts he surely won even with this…
Written by Ananda Vrindavan Dasi After more than three years, Kadamba Kanana Swami visited the USA again, this time focusing his visit on the communities of New Vrindavan, Gita Nagari,…
During his recent two week visit to the USA, Kadamba Kanana Swami participated in the twenty-four kirtan festival in New Vrindaban, West Virginia (20-21 June). Here are some photos and…
Kadamba Kanana Swami visited England from 10-17 June and 29 June-02 July. Presented below are recordings and photos from his various engagements. We have published many articles previously describing the…
Written by Nandan Morning Class at Bhaktivedanta Manor (14 June) CC Madhya 13: Ecstatic dancing of Caitanya Mahaprabhu in the Jagannatha Puri Ratha Yatra So today was the day that…
Written by Bhakta Nandan Arrival in England (10 June) The time is 6.38 pm at Luton Airport. A handful of Maharaj’s disciples are waiting in anticipation at the arrivals lounge,…
Written by Michael Travelling around with Maharaja was incredible! Being able to observe what it means to live as a travelling, Krishna conscious guru is something like the process of…
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 April 2015, Durban, South Africa, Ratha Yatra Lecture: The Golden Incarnation) Srila Prabhupada said that attentive chanting means to hear oneself chant. For me, hearing myself…
Simhachalam, a devotee farming community in lower-east Germany, was Kadamba Kanana Swami’s next destination after Radhadesh. Upon arrival at the farm on Thursday afternoon (30 April), Maharaj was greeted at…
Written by Bhakta Nandan Even if one is not personally travelling with Kadamba Kanana Swami, still it is incredible to read about and view Maharaj’s adventures as he goes about…
With the latest news from Australia, reporting from the scene, we have Michael. After being delighted by a breakfast consisting of toasted bread; throat-soothing ginger, lemon and cinnamon teas; and some…
By Kadamba Kanana Swami Getting ready for Brisbane Ratha Yatra. The mercy of the Panca Tattva is there in every town and village of the world and as we travel,…
The recent travel posts of Kadamba Kanana Swami have not been published according to the sequence in which they happened. It is mostly because our team has not been able…
By Kadamba Kanana Swami Madhava at home showed Sacinandana Maharaja the best of that little paradise called Mauritius, but when Madhava sat down for his kirtan, he was not from…
The Kirtan Mela in Mauritius took place from 10 – 12 April. Although it is a small island, over 5000 devotees participated and there was a lot of coverage on national…
Social media has been flooded with video clips and photos of the Kingsday Harinama. Below are links to a few. You will need a Facebook account to access some of…
Written by Bhakta Nandan Spreading the mercy By most accounts, Belgium is a pretty unassuming country in terms of vibrancy, history or scenic beauty; it would not rank highly with…
Written by Rukmini dd Exchanges of love People celebrate the coming of a new year and give closure to the previous one in different ways. Some line up their resolutions…