by Sevateam | May 26, 2025 | history
Heart-Melting Harikatha The greatest gift Srila Gurudeva gave in New Braj was his sweet harikatha. “Come with me to Vrndavan,” he would invite the devotees at the start of his evening classes. With peacocks cooing in the distance, Gurudeva would begin to speak on the...
by Keshava Kanta | Jun 14, 2024 | history
Beginnings: Annakuta Mahotsava and the New Braj Gurukula By Srila Gurudeva’s mercy, Badger did indeed become New Braj. Once, during a morning walk, Gurudeva saw two puddles next to the path. “See,” he told the devotees, “these two puddles are Radha Kunda and Syama...
by Keshava Kanta | Jun 7, 2024 | history
“I Heard Heart’s Crying: Turning Badger Into Braj” In the “First Disappearance Day” Anniversary Edition of The Rays of the Harmonist (2011), Pran Kishor Prabhu, one of Srila Gurudeva’s first Western siksa disciples, recalls Gurudeva’s first arrival...