News from ISKCON-Londons Radha Krishna Temple The June Edition 2011

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June Highlights
Rath Yatra 2011 The London Green Fair, Regents Park Maha Sankirtana Festival Book Distribution University Chaplaincy Event KC Lounge Bhagavad Gita Courses Cooking Workshop at Imperial Govindas Restaurant

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Festivals
Rath Yatra 2011
Sunday 12th June was extra special as it was the day of Ratha yatra; where Lord Jagannatha, Baldev and Subhadra, after recovering from their cold, go out of the temple on a procession from Hyde Park to Trafalgar square. After months of planning on the morning of the 12th volunteers set up marquees at Trafalgar square and set up the Rathacarts at Hyde Park. Although the sun didnt shine this year the devotees still danced in ecstasy for the Lord. A special thanks to Bhakta Vinay and Bhakta Dhaval for coordinating with RY team & organising quality help needed for the Ratha yatra, and a special thanks to all those devotees for taking part despite the wet weather. Rathayatra 2011 ki jaya !!!

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Festivals
The London Green Fair, Regents Park
The London Green Fair was a free festival that reflects the green aspirations and achievements of London as a whole, as well as providing an enjoyable and engaging day out for people from all walks of life. We applied to have a stall six months ago, and

three weeks before the festival started we had confirmation that our application was accepted. All the wonderful work of Bhakta Kartik. On the weekend of the 4th and 5th we had two full days of fun preaching in the park. Sri Rangavati devi dasi, Lavanga Latika devi dasi and Bhaktin Petra volunteered to set up the stall. The weather was warm with a strong breeze. The stall was nice and colourfully decorated. The amazig kirtan attracted so many people. Devotees came from West London and Soho street came to take part.

The fair was a nice experience many people were attracted to our stall and kirtan. On the Sunday we were approached by one man who was very complimentary. He said out of all the stalls our stall was the most attractive, colourful and happy. He went on to say that he is an atheist. If you would like to find out more on how join the Weekend Warrior event team please contact Amala Mangare Devi Dasi on 07740982856, without delay. Hare Krishna!

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Maha Sankirtana Festival

On the Saturday the 25th the Soho Street was blessed with a Maha Sankirtan Festival. With Vaisesika dasa in town, the devotees took to street for an all day festival. Many members of the public were attracted by the book distribution and harinamas that went on all day.

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Book Distribution
During June we collected 8052, distributed 3873 books for 2767.50 book points. The scores are as follows:

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Isvara Krsna Dasa Bhaktin Kavita Sri Rangavati dasi Bhakta Damodar Shetty Bhakta Mango Lavanga Latika dd Bhakta Aryan Bhakta Pritesh Bhaktin Shibani Bhakta Kishan Ladies Sanga Bhakta Bas Maidenhead Nama Hatta Kashinath dasa Bhakta Shiv Gaura Kishore Dasa Yoga school Aditi DD Gayatri devi dasi Bhakta Kestutis

Days Lakshmi
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4.00 5.00 4.00 10.00 20.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 20.00 12.00 10.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 24.00 26.00 25.00 57.00 43.00 82.00 88.00

Book Maha Big Medium Big Medium Set Small Points Hard Hard
1.00 1.25 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.25 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 5.00 5.50 9.00 9.00 10.00 15.00 15.50 20.00 26.75 3 4 2 5 5 11 5 1 9 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 15 4 12 6 20 40 2 12 38 75 4 5 6 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 10 2 1 3

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Tattva Jnana Dasa Bhakta Ajay Russian Bhakti Vriksha Harinam Party Bhaktivinode dasa program Bhakta Pasha Vijaya Das Rathayatra Team Cooperate bank score weekend warriors Bhakta Robert Revel Sachi Kumar das Virabhadra dasa Sharada dd Uddhava Damodara Dasa Sachikishor das NPKTSP Bhakta Laurie Sundara Nitai das Bhakta Alexey

Days Lakshmi
1 1 1 5 1 8 4 2 1 4 9 15 15 3 17 3 2 14 12 19 70.00 100.00 118.00 118.00 174.00 181.00 101.00 140.00 275.00 284.00 230.00 324.00 531.00 407.00 519.00 555.00 425.00 755.00

Book Maha Big Medium Big Medium Set Small Points Hard Hard
34.25 36.00 36.50 36.75 42.25 53.25 55.50 58.50 60.75 73.25 121.00 136.00 157.00 177.25 180.00 199.75 203.00 234.50 85 45 53 4 4 20 29 18 3 57 10 45 73 75 66 107 164 46 26 5 2 65 2 66 1 13 4 3 26 22 50 13 12 25 241 6 1 10 13 12 15 26 1 1 4 18 146 139 89 43 22 26 43 83 2 504 26 102 112 6 120 18 50 269 50 1

Bhava Bhakti Counsellee group 2

1,002.00 275.00 1,233.00 448.25

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University Chaplaincy Event

For the first time, we hosted a monumental event at the Bhaktivedanta Manor which attracted over 30 university chaplains from multiple universities across London. It was a particular honour to welcome the head chaplain for London universities, Reverend Stephen Williams. The chaplains were treated to a full day of activity, including discussions on the welfare of Londons

student population, tours, cow milking, mantra meditation and a sumptuous feast. The event was administered by Sachi Kishore, Gopal Lila and Saunaka Rishi prabhus, with guest appearances by Kripamoya prabhu and Sruti Dharma prabhu of Bhaktivedanta Manor. The event proved to be a huge success, allowing chaplains from across London to not only appreciate but to experience a taste of Hindu culture to better equip them with the tools necessary to administer to the needs of students under their care.

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KC Lounge
The Friday Programme attendees enjoyed a range of activities during June. The main events are highlighted below:

Cooking workshop
Based on previous successes, another cooking workshop was held this month, attracting around 25 guests. The group was taught various recipes and trained to offer prasad. The evening was a huge success and received many repeat requests.

Debate
The group also held discussions around the topic of dreams and material nature, utilising clips from the popular movie Inception.

Lila kirtan
Finally, a new event was launched this month, when Sundara Nitai dasa and our Youtube sensation Ben Loka presented the first KC Lounge lila kirtan event. The pastime of Prahlada Maharaja held a captivating hold on the group, and this night proved a huge success, attracting around 20 guests.

Kirtan night
The group was also treated to a wonderful evening of kirtan with their favourite maestro Radha Londonisvara dasa.

Promotion
Furthermore, the month of June saw the launch of our KC Lounge website to better integrate and promote our group.

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Bhagavad Gita Courses

Further to the success of previous discourses, the Yoganet School sent two separate classes of

15 students each to the Iskcon Soho centre for introductory courses on Bhagavad Gita. As per previous sessions, the groups were further treated to arati ceremonies and prasadam, with many students purchasing books and submitting their contact details for further communication.

Cooking workshop at Imperial

The first cooking workshop was held at Imperial College, and the event proved a great success, not

just on the day, but also in the relationships and ambitions nurtured as a result of the success. The other university chaplains at Imperial were so impressed with the outcome of the event that discussions are now underway to expand this programme into a regular event at the college.

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Govindas Restaurant takings for June 2011: 54,792.71 from the above amount: Catering 1437.50 & Books 103 *************************************************** Total for Govindas restaurant: 53,252.21 *************************************************** * 30 working days. * Restaurant average per day: 1889.40. * Restaurant made 10,048.63 more compared to June 2010. This is our best score ever.

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