1st Rathayatra festival of ISKCON VVNagar.
Jagannath Puri, a city in Orissa, India, is a great holy city in India which was, before His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami came to the United States in 1965, practically unknown outside India. However, Srila Prabhuapda brought the L
Video from the UK Rathayatra website. Footage of Jagannatha Puri Rathayatra, Srila Prabhupada at London Rathayatra in 1973 and at other USA Rathayatras.
Film of 1967 Rathayatra Festival in San Fransisco. This is only the 2nd Rathayatra festival held by ISKCON in the western world. It is the first time a full scale Chariot was pulled on the streets anywhere outside of Jagannatha Puri. Shows
This video shows the festival after the Rathayatra in Melbourne, Australia in 1974. Srila Prabhuapda is present and gives a very nice address to the guests. There is nice kirtan, sumptuous prasadam and chanting and dancing.
Perhaps the best ever film of a Rathayatra festival. This film features Srila Prabhuapda chanting and dancing in ecstasy in front of Lord Jagannatha. It is a huge scale Rathayatra festival with three big carts that have an arrangement so th
A short but amazing film of Visnujana Swami leading the kirtan party at the ISKCON 1974 San Francisco Rathayatara festival. The ecstatic kirtan is followed by a short section of Srila Prabhupada's Rathayatra address. Unfortunately there a
Hare krishna....../nThe kirtan beginners !!
Dramatic enactment of the life of Srila Bhaktsiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, the Spiritual Master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Per
Performed by ISKCON Pune, on 27/1/2009. 24th March 1984 - The date which marked the beginning of a historical era, not only for ISKCON, but for the world at large. This drama unfolds the ghastly event which took place at ISKCON Mayapur o
Performed by ISKCON Pune, on 27/1/2009. 24th March 1984 - The date which marked the beginning of a historical era, not only for ISKCON, but for the world at large. This drama unfolds the ghastly event which took place at ISKCON Mayapur o
A very ecstatic Rathayatra festival in Melbourne, Australia. Srila Prabhupada is dancing in front of the carts and everyone is having a great time!
Various television news clips covering ISKCON's Rathayatra festival in Sydney Australia in mid 1980's. Includes interviews with Bhavananda.
A nice short news story on the Sydney Rathayatra Festival mid-1980s
At the beginning of the 1983 Sydney Rathayatra festival an Indian lady fell in front of Lord Jagannatha's cart and the wheel ran over her head and killed her. This is one of the many television news reports of the sad incident.
Rathayatra Festival in Russia, Kaunas, 1989
A very beautiful play describing a devotee's trip to Vrindavana. This devotee is blind and when he arrives in Vrindavan a young boy befriends him. After sometime he realizes that this frind is actually Krishna.
A wonderful film showing the Australian Hare Krishna devotees in Melbourne building the Jagannatha Rathayatra carts for the 1975 Rathayatra festival. It is a very beautiful film and shows the carts come from nothing to the glorious finished
The entire 1975 Philadelphia Ratha-Yatra festival from beginning to end. A unique combination of color film and videotape now for the first time in HD 1080p. Stunningly restored with state of the art AI technology. Philadelphia Ratha Yatra
A play performed at ISKCON New Dwarka showing how Krishna kidnapped the beautiful Rukmini who was already offered to the demoniac Sisupal by her father King Rukmi. Rukmini was very distressed to hear this because she was already in love wit
All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga. New Year House Program 2nd January 2009 Bhaktivedanta Institute Tirupati Part-1. Hare Krsna. Dandavat Pranam.
A long play about a young man in the 1960's in the USA who is searching for the meaning of life in the days of the hippies and flower power. It is based on the life of Danavir Maharaja I think. The music is by the famous Mangalananda dasa (
The son of a newspaper editor joins the Hare Krishna movement in 1978. At the time there was huge propaganda against the Hare Krishna movement, claiming it was brainwashing, and parents of devotees had started hiring deprogrammers who wou
Regarding the poisonous effect in our Society, it is a fact and I know where from this poison tree has sprung up and how it affected practically the whole Society in a very dangerous form. (Prabhupada letter to Hansadutta September 2, 1970
The painful story of how the early Hare Krishna Devotees were treated because of their attempts to spread Krishna consciousness in the then communist Russia. This is a play performed by the disciples of Radhanatha Swami at ISKCON Chowpati.
A promo of the play Parama Karuna by FOLK Theatre which was performed during Brahmotsava on April 1, 2010 in ISKCON, Bangalore. We will be coming up with the video DVDs soon.
Devotees of ISKCON present this play. PAMHO, this is short for Please accept my humble obeisances. This is an extremely funny play put on by Hare Krishna devotees at a festival in 1983. A humorous look at the growing pains of the Hare Kri
Following Srila Prabhupada Part 4 covers July 1972 till July 1973. In this twelve month period Srila Prabhupada visited Amsterdam, England, the United States, India, Jakarta, but overall spent a lot of time preaching in India. The film sta
This unique production of the Indian classic, The Ramayana was produced by ITV, ISKCON Television at New Vrindavan by the American devotees of the Hare Krishna Movement. It is very nicely produced using Srila Prabhupada's Palace of Gold a
Radhanatha Swami's disciples at ISKCON Chowpatty very expertly perform this drama about the pastimes of Lord Krishna known as His Damodar Lila. This is remembering the occasion when once when Krishna was naughty mother Yasoda attempted to
An first class film documenting the second ISKCON Ratha-yatra festival in San Francisco 1968. Features the famous Jayananda Prabhu and includes building the carts and the actual festival--pulling Lord Jagannath to the beach. Also includes a
This is part of a drama performed by the devotees at ISKCON Chowpatti temple which describes Lord Caitanya taking sannyasa
Documentary film showing how the Hare Krishna's organize dozens of Ratha-yatra festivals all over North America every summer. There is a traveling festival party who set up the festivals in every city. They travel to every major US and Cana
ISKCON Devotees at New Mayapur, France, present The Ramayana as a stage play. Very nice production in French.
Fantastic play put on by the Australian New Govardhan ISKCON farm devotees. The appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva. Features many of the New Govardhan devotees including the gurukul students.
A rather irreverent presentation of the 'old days' in ISKCON with enthusiastic devotees transforming into old blooped ISKCON devotees. Making fun of the mood of pure devotional service that permeated ISKCON when Srila Prabhupada was persona
The French ISKCON devotees present the drama of the appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva on stage. A nicely presented show, but not as good as the Australian devotees production of this play, in my opinion.
The Russian Hare Krishna devotees distribute prasadam, food that has be cooked by devotees with love and devotion and offered to Krishna. This video was recorded in 1992.
In Following Srila Prabhupada Part 7 we see Prabhupada's visit Chicago, Illinois where he arrives at the airport greeted by hundreds of ecstatic devotees. Then he proceeds to San Francisco for the 1974 Rathayatra festival. We see Srila Pr
