Bangalore/Mumbai: The International Society for Krishna consciousness, better known as ISKCON, is in the throes of controversy. Members are battling a host of serious charges, the most recent ones includes fraud and criminal conspiracy. ISKCON, arguably India's biggest exporter of Lord Krishna to the western world, is struggling to keep its spiritual identity intact as scandal, corruption, and infighting threaten to tear its foundations apart. The ISKCON newsletter - with...
08:43 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: In India, religion dominates people's lives to a great extent that at times, it dictates people's professions too. However, there are a few times when devotion is not constrained by religion. Abdul Rashid is such an example. The 58-year-old designer is the man behind the beautiful clothes and decorations of the idols of Lord Krishna and his beloved Radha at the ISKCON temple at Juhu. The decoration of the...
05:36 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Moscow: Undeterred by a Siberian court's rejection of their plea seeking a ban on a translated version of the Bhagvad Gita, Russian prosecutors are planning to file an appeal against the verdict on the holy book dubbed by them as "extremist literature". Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk argue that the Russian translation of "Bhagvad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred towards non-believers, an issue which...
05:43 PM, Jan 26, 2012
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12:08 PM, Feb 10, 2009
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11:43 AM, Feb 04, 2009
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Lok Sabha MPs condemned the grenade attack at a temple in Imphal that killed four people and injured 34 on Janmashtami. ...
06:42 PM, Aug 17, 2006
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