Supreme Court Declares: ISKCON Bangalore is Independent – A 24-Year Legal Battle Finally Ends

 A Historic Verdict That Reshapes the ISKCON Landscape in India In a landmark ruling that settles a 24-year-long legal tussle, the Supreme Court of India has declared that the ISKCON temple in Bengaluru is the rightful property of the ISKCON Society Bangalore, not ISKCON Mumbai. The judgment, delivered on May 16, 2025, by a bench comprising Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih, brings clarity to a decades-old ownership dispute...

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Intermingling False and Real Gurus

ISKCONIRM: In previous issues, we have exposed various attempts by ISKCON guru and GBC HH Hridayananda Dasa Goswami ("HD") to minimise Srila Prabhupada. This article continues with this theme. All quotes in the shaded boxes are taken from an initiation talk given by HD on 29/5/18. All emphases adde...

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Kumaraswamy-Congress govt forcing ISKCON to use onion, garlic in midday meal

My Nation: Bangalore/ New Delhi: ISKCON's Akshaya Patra Foundation, which provides midday meals to 4.43 lakh children every day in Karnataka, has been asked by the HD Kumaraswamy government to add onion and garlic to the food it serves. Why? Because the state government believes these two ingredients will significantly boost the nutritional value and taste of the foods served to the children. Even if that is against the religious belief...

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Akshaya Patra raises nearly $500,000 at New Jersey gala

Volunteers and co-chairs of the New Jersey chapter of Akshay Patra. (Top Row, L to R): Abhishek Mishra, Abha Kulkarni, Dr. Rachana Kulkarni, Rupa Kothari, Kavita Shanware, Ashmi Patel, Varun Phondge and Dhanashree Phondge (Bottom Row, L to R): Dr. Anand Kulkarni, Kiran Kothari, Haresh Patel and Tushar Phondge NEWS INDIA TIMES:  Akshaya Patra Foundation USA raised nearly $500,000 to help feed underprivileged children at their annual New...

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50 per cent of cases being filed by blackmailers: NGT

The National Green Tribunal took today strong note of frivolous petitions being filed in the name of the environment and said 50 per cent of the cases were filed by blackmailers. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the tribunal would deal with only those cases which have an important question relating to environment and ecology. "Nowadays 50 per cent of cases are of blackmailers...Earlier, we used to issue notices...But...

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Notice to Iskcon on plea against 70-storey temple

TIMES OF INDIA: NEW DELHI: A plea seeking a stay on the construction of a 70-story temple in Mathura by ISKCON led the National Green Tribunal on Thursday to seek a response from the religious society and the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA). The plea alleged that construction of 'Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir' by ISKCON in the vicinity of Yamuna would harm the environment and also impact the groundwater level in the area. A bench headed...

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ISKCON temple moves HC for Kathwada yatra

TIMES OF INDIA: AHMEDABAD: A temple from Kathwada approached Gujarat high court seeking directions to the state government and police authorities to grant it permission to take out Rathyatra, a procession of Lord Jagannath, on July 14 in the eastern part of the city. Kathwada ISKCON temple (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), located in the periphery of Ahmedabad, sought permission from the police authorities to take out a Rathyatra...

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Hyderabad becomes home to Telangana’s first golden temple

On the main ‘Kumbhaprokshana’ day on Sunday, rituals such as ‘Poornahuti’, ‘Prana Prathistha’ and ‘Samporkshana’, among others, were performed in the presence of Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy. Telangana Today: Hyderabad: Telangana’s first golden temple at Hare Krishna Movement (HKM) — Swayambhu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamykshetram — at Banjara Hills Road 12 was inaugurated by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday. The once old and small temple...

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Iskcon will soon provide free education to 25,000 children

TIMES OF INDIA: Iskcon Bangalore president Madhu Pandit Dasa, on Saturday, said after the success of Akshay Patra Foundation, Iskcon will soon venture into the education sector by providing free education to at least 25,000 underprivileged children on one single campus. Madhu Pandit Dasa, also the chairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation, said 32 kitchens are being built across the country under Akshaya Patra programme. “We are already running 36...

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London’s poor get a taste of Akshaya Patra

Times Of India: Akshaya Patra’s first kitchen in London serves 2,000 vegetarian meals to poor students and the homeless. At Kentish Town in northwest London, around 40 poor men queue up for a paper plate of steaming vegetable stew and rice. “It’s a life-saver in this freezing cold,” explains Andrew Moran, 53, one of the group. “A lot of people would starve otherwise.” No one is aware an Indian charity is funding their meal. For the past two years,...

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