400th Anniversary of Caitanya Caritamrta

Hare Krsna ​Devotees​ Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! ​Sunday, May 17th 2015 ​marks the 400th anniversary of t​he completion of the Sri Caitanya Caritamrta. This auspicious day ​ affords us all​,​ as members of ISKCON​, the opportunity to celebrate​ the glory of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devoted servants, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami (the author) and Srila Prabhupada, who translated it … Continue reading 400th Anniversary of Caitanya Caritamrta

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Catch The Reading Bug

CATCH THE READING BUG- 17TH Nairobi International book fair

Submitted by Dwaraka Vasini dasi

fair 007Among the 76 exhibitors at this year’s International book fair  ( 17 to 24 September 2014 ) was our very own ISKCON stall that displayed most of Srila Prabhupada’s books.

According to the organizers, a total number of 16,652 students visited the fair, from various schools within Nairobi and the outskirts.

To attract the students to the ISKCON stall the young vaishnavi’s gave out a cupcake for every book sold. In this way crowds and crowds of student’s flocked the stall and got the mercy of Srila Prabhupada both in the form of his books and also Krishna Prasadam.

It was amazing to see how children are easily attracted to Krishna’s photo on the covers of these books. Continue reading “Catch The Reading Bug”