Africa’s final score for the 2022 Live to Give Campaign was 18 945 Bhagavad Gitas distributed! Our goal was 15 600. Country Total no. of Bhagavad Gitas Distributed Benin 100 Botswana 280 Congo 34 Cote de Viore 23 Ghana 1910 Ivory Coast 100 Kenya 5020 Malawi 18 Mauritius 4760 Nigeria 2315 Reunion Island 298 South…
Srila Prabhupada 40th Anniversary – Landmark Event
On the 20th October 1975, during a short but spiritually vigorous trip to SA, Srila Prabhupada spoke to a packed audience at the famous Great Hall at WITS University. In honour of His 40thanniversary in SA, ISKCON Sandton together with the Srila Prabhupada 40th anniversary committee are commemorating this magnum opus event. 12:00 – 14:00 · Museum of…
Ratha Yatra at Gauteng Social Cohesion Carnival 24/09
ISKCON has been invited to be part of the Gauteng Social Cohesion Carnival! Endorsed by the Deputy President, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Tourism and Arts and Culture, as well as the Department of Communications, the Department of Traditional Affairs, and City of Tshwane, the carnival will include a vibrant parade with…
ISKCON South Africa 2014 Annual Report
ISKCON SA 2014 Annual Report Hare Krishna It is a great pleasure to present to you the ISKCON South Africa Annual report for 2014. The theme for the 2014 report is #ISKCONinAction. We pray it reflects the love, dedication, inspiration and compassion that the many members of ISKCON represent in their every day actions along…
Jayadvaita Swami Speaks at South Africa’s Constitutional Court
The Intersection of Law and Spirituality by Mukundanghri dasa The 10th of December 2014 marked the 18th Anniversary of the signing of the South African Constitution. This day was also the commemoration of the disappearance of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. These two seemingly arbitrary events in history converged in the shape of a lecture…
ISKCON South Africa Youth Launch the 10 Book Challenge
“Upon the shoulders of you the leaders of this Movement falls the responsibility of saving this earth planet from the present dangerous position. So the work is in your hands…“ Inspired by this quote from ISKCON Founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada the youth of ISKCON in South Africa spearheaded by the Krsna Balaram Youth Group…
Bhakti Yoga Society wins Most Outstanding Student Society of 2014
ISKCON’s Bhakti Yoga Society (BYS) operates on campuses at some of the most prestigious universities in South Africa and is program dovetailed for university students. This year the society was awarded the accolade for the Most Outstanding Student Society for 2014 at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS), one of Africa’s leading universities at a sepcial…
ISKCON Connect KZN – 30 Aug ’14
ISKCON South Africa’s National Council take great pleasure in inviting all the devotees in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) to participate in ISKCON Connect KZN on the 30th of August , 15h00 at the Sri Sri Radha Radhanath Temple. This will be a dynamic and interactive event and is a wonderful platform for devotees to come together to share…
Personal Appeal for Help for Ukraine Devotees : HH Partha Sarathi Das Goswami
20 August 2014 Hillcrest, South Africa I just received an urgent report and request from the GBC of the Ukraine, His Holiness Niranjana Maharaja. The situation in Ukraine is very intense as many hundreds of devotees had to leave their homes and basically run away from the rebels. Devotees’ houses have been occupied by rebels…
Pioneering Hare Krishna Leader Recognised as a “Star after Sixty”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the more inspirational and pioneering spiritual leaders in recent religious history, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada – the founder of the Hare Krishna movement in the West, has been recognised for his extraordinary achievements after the age of sixty. Named as one of the top ten most amazing individuals in…