Radio Mayapur Podcasts

Radhikaraman Das is a long-time resident here in Mayapur and a good friend of Ganga Prabhu. Together, they discuss Radhikaraman’s life and times as a Vaishnava devotee.

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Samba’s life has been one of discovery and adventure. The book he has written, The Krishna Carpenter, available on Amazon, is about different ways of seeing the world, education, and what we really need to learn. It’s about Krishna because Samba is a devotee of Krishna. Samba Das, now living in Mayapur, West Bengal, India, has been a carpenter, a traveller, a builder, and an expert in the science of Krishna Consciousness for half a century. Here in the Radio Mayapur studios, we have learned much more about this interesting and inspirational man.

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Bhakti Rasayana Sagar Swami was born in Baku. In our family, God was not denied, but they also did not follow religious practice. My grandfather was a wealthy landowner. During the revolution, everything was taken from him, then, it seems, they were shot, therefore, in the family, communism was considered a great evil. Everything that the school gave, I did not accept as the truth, especially since I was familiar with the reverse side of the “coin”. Most surprisingly, it was this that helped me become interested in Krsna consciousness. The first acquaintance took place in 1982 through a communist pamphlet, which described various religious movements. It spoke of Krsna Consciousness. In it, devotees were portrayed as lunatics, dressed in sheets and with shaved heads who repeat the same incoherent words and look terrible. In these descriptions, a part of the Maha Mantra was given. I thought that these must be good people, and the words that they repeat probably make sense. I had a desire to learn more about this. He is currently based in London, UK. He was initiated by Indradyumna Swami and has served in a variety of roles in ISKCON, including temple president in Chelyabinsk, Russia, from 1995 to 2005, regional secretary from 1996 to 2005, and GBC deputy for Russia from 1999 to 2003. Bhakti Rasayana Sagara Swami accepted sannyasa on March 13, 2016 during the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur.

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Navina Nirada Dasa joined ISKCON in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1984 at the age of 15 and soon became one of the world's top book distributors. He travelled the globe more than a dozen times as Book Distribution Minister. Since 1996, he has been part of a team that successfully taught thousands of devotees through this Graduate Course of Book Distribution. He built and directs the Vaishnava Academy in Mayapur and earned his Bhaktivedanta degree from Mayapur Institute. He delivers seminars on book distribution and leadership and guides individuals through his personal experience from nearly four decades of practice. He still regularly distributes books.

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Ganga's long-time Italian friend, Murari Chaitanya Das, now lives in Mayapur. They sat in Radio Mayapur studios and shared their lives and times.

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Chandrashekar Acharaya was born in 1973. He met with the devotees and got connected with ISKCON. He shares his journey with us on Radio Mayapur.

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Vackresvari Dasi is an initiated disciple of Jayapataka Swami. She has lived in Mayapur, cultivating and teaching in the Russian community for many years. She is a serious practitioner and student of Vedic sastra knowledge and a strong proponent of the teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Vackresvari Dasi has written important books in Russian. Her most recent book is Eka Chakra Dham. Umapati Das interviews her in the Radio Mayapur studio.

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Umapati Das is an initiated ISKCON disciple of Jayapataka Swami, and H.G. Vrajendra Kumar Prabhu is a senior devotee from Russia. He was born in 1960 in Vladivostok. Since his childhood he has been interested in yoga and Eastern philosophy. He got his master’s degree in philology, translation, Asian studies and the Japanese language from the Far Eastern Federal University. In 1979 he read the ancient scripture Bhagavad Gita for the first time.

After his visit to India in 1984 he began a deep study and translation of the ancient Vedic scriptures. In 1990 he received his first initiation from H.H. Prabhavisnu Maharaja. In 1999 he graduated from the Mayapur Institute for Higher Education with a Bhakti-Sastri degree (Master of Philosophy). In 2014 he established his online astrology school.

Now he teaches the Bhakti-Sastri course in Mayapur, India and preaches Krishna consciousness in many countries, proving its applicability to our lives in the modern scientific language.

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VrajaVinod Shyam Das was born in 1979 in South India. He has completed his MBA in Maysour. He moved to Dubai for work and shifted to Mayapur in 2021. He is the CFO (Chief Finance Officer) in Mayapur. He shared his journey with us on Radio Mayapur

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Radhika Nagara Das began practicing Krishna consciousness in 1995. From 1996 to 2008, he served full-time with the Scottish Yatra. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, the Scottish Yatra was one of the leading yatras in book distribution worldwide. While serving with the Scottish Yatra, he was engaged in book distribution and became one of the managing directors and sankirtana leaders in 2003, and continued serving in that capacity until 2008. He actively preached in universities and facilitated weekly Nama-hattas and festivals in the main cities of the North of England. These included regular Bhagavad-gita classes and discourses on the philosophy of Krishna consciousness.

Since 2008, Radhika Nagar Das has mostly resided in Sridham Mayapur, studying Srila Prabhupada’s books. He coordinates and facilitates the Bhaktivaibhava course for the MI in Mayapur and the Middle East. He also spends some time in Europe, where he continues preaching, distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, and teaching sastric courses at Instituto de Estudios Bhaktivedanta in Spain.

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Umapati Das is an initiated ISKCON disciple of Jayapataka Swami, and Shyama Sundari devi is an initiated disciple of Chaitanya Chandra Charan Das from Russia.

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Harita Madhavi Devi Dasi was born in Chennai in 1993, and her early years began living in the Middle East. Later, she shifted to Melbourne, Australia, to pursue higher studies in biomedical engineering. Mataji has been providing many services to the deities in ISKCON Melbourne. Recently, she started to live in Mayapur.

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Devaki Devi Dasi, disciple of HH Niranjana Maharaja, joined the brahmacharini ashram in Sydney/Australia in 1985. As a grihastha, she helped to pioneer the first more organized temple in the former Soviet Union and since 1999, serves as a renounced traveling preacher, regularly visiting India, Bangladesh, Eastern and Western Europe, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. She served on the GBC Committee for Devotee Care and currently promotes such care as a top priority within the ISKCON family. Her multifaceted understanding of Vaishnava culture inspired her to establish the Institute for Spiritual Culture in 2014, offering insightful education in Vaishnava life. She has published six books and conducts Holy Name Retreats around the world.

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Prahlad Narasimha Das Adhikari was born in 1959 to a Catholic family in the historic city of Cuenca, Ecuador.

As a teenager, he began to practice yoga and TM meditation. Having reached the age of 14, he started to serve in Yogananda's Ashram, where he first became acquainted with such Vedic sciences as Jyotish astrology, Vastu, Ayurveda, having received this knowledge from a Swami, who also told him about the Maha-mantra Hare Krishna and about the Ratha Yatra procession in New York, where he saw Srila Prabhupada, the great saint from India.

In 1981, Prabhu received an initiation into Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya Yoga. His Guru, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, gave him his spiritual name of Prahlad Narasimha Das.

Prahlad Narasimha is a multi-talented Vaishnava Brahmin, a virtuous expert in personality psychology, and a mentor and consultant to thousands of people worldwide. He is an internationally recognized consulting astrologer known for his knowledge of the Bhagavata Gita As It Is and Srimad Bhagavatam, written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

He is the founder of the Bhakti Tree Temple of Vedic Arts, a multifunctional project with a yoga and kirtan hall, a vegetarian bistro Good Karma, an Ayurvedic SPA center, and many educational programs and festivals in Cuenca, Ecuador, and established the ISKCON Giridhari Desh farm and temple in the countryside of Cuenca.

Prahlad Prabhu maintains his preaching activities in Germany, Poland, the USA, Ecuador, Bali, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand. He is the Regional Secretary for Ecuador, Peru, and Chile and is in charge of preaching and devotee care.

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Tulsi and Pandava visited the Radio Mayapur studios, and we offered them the studio to use as they pleased. Both Prabhu's are from Bulgaria but currently reside in NYC at the ISKCON Brooklyn temple. We are delighted to produce this Bulgarian language video for the devotees in Bulgaria and worldwide who understand the language.

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Madhumangala Das was born in 1962 in Japan. He completed his High school in Tokyo. In 1990, he met with the devotees in the original temple, which burned out. He lives in Mobara, Japan.

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Radhika Raman Prabhu is an excellent devotee living in Japan who is fond of playing the piano. Since childhood, Prabhu has been interested in music and piano. Prabhu speaks about his life and times to Radio Mayapur.

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Krsna Vijaya is the General Manager of ISKCON Mayapur. He was born in Hyderabad, India, and was introduced to Krishna Consciousness through his maternal uncle in Secundrabad. Later, with the blessings of his spiritual master, he shifted to Sridham Mayapur. He is in charge of various departments. Krsna Vijaya speaks about how and what his departments do.

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Born in Kenya, Africa, in 1992, Rama Rupa Das grew his devotional philosophy to become a Vaishnava at the ISKCON Mayapur West Bengal Gurukul school for boys. After graduating in 2016, Rama Rupa has gone on to a devotional Seva career in Deity Service, Land Management, and different worship ministries. He now lives at ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Manor temple and devotional center outside London in the United Kingdom.

Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube athttps://youtu.be/ilpFOqvvNWI.

Mahatma Prabhu was born in Los Angeles, California in 1950. In 1969, at the age of 19, he first met Srila Prabhupada through The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and then later that year met Srila Prabhupada personally in Los Angeles. In January of 1970 he moved into the temple in Berkeley, California and shortly after received first and second initiation.

He went on to do a variety of services including book distribution, sankirtan leader, temple president, college preaching, congregational development, and various educational projects. This has culminated in the work he does today developing workshops, social media, online courses and books both for devotees as well as the general public through his company Sattva [www.thesattvaway.com]. He practically shows the many ways that Krishna consciousness offers solutions to today’s challenges and writes and teaches in a way that resonates with devotees and people in general by helping them see life as a spiritual practice

Mahatma Prabhu is well known in ISKCON for his recorded and live music, most notably his recording of Brahma Samhita, but also for his workshops on such essential topics as Japa, Forgiveness, Humility, Vows and Marriage.

He is now based in Alachua, Florida he lives with his wife Jahnava and daughter Syama Mandali, and travels around the world part of the year.

If you are interested in having him come to your center, or would like to help him in his service, you can contact him at mahat@aol.com

Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube athttps://youtu.be/BmFIykMQ6YY.

Vamsi Vadana Das was born in 1986 in Bulgaria. He trained as a film and art teacher at the Bulgaria National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest and most renowned school of arts in the country. In 2004, Vasmi Vadana Prabhu dedicated his life as a Vaishnava and began doing Seva for devotees in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

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Born in 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Gopi Gheta Amrita was born into a devotee family. At age 15, her maturity caused her to love Bhakti, and she began her life as a Vaishnava. Gopi Gheta Amrita, a highly trained musician in percussion at the music academy, is also a trained music conductor. A leader of the kirtan on Harinam, she is an energetic devotee and mentor to many.

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Gadhara Pran Das was born in Greece in 1983. He studied as a Navy Engineer and he was going to build a ship, but fortunately, he joined the ship of the Hare Krishnas. He serves in Sankirtan Dham, Italy, and lives there.

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Viswanatha Das born in 1967. In his teens, his brother gave him Prasadam from the ISKCON temple, eventually leading Viswanatha to become a Hare Krishna devotee. He serves and stays in the beautiful place of Sankirtan Dham in Italy.

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Vaikuntha Das was born in 1957 and after school and having completed his studies he worked for years in Italy. In 1986, Vaikuntha Prabhu met the Hare Krishna devotees and joined them.

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Krishna Chaitanya Das was born to a devotee family in Mumbai on 14 January 1989. He was the first young devotee in Gurukul to complete Bhakti Sastri. Prabhu was the Head Master in Gurukul for a few years and still teaches Gurukul to youngsters how to do Yagnas the traditional way according to Sat Kriya Sara Dipika by Bhaktivinoda Thakur. Prabhu is in charge of teaching and performing all the yagnas here in Mayapur. He is well known here in Mayapur for his famous and fabulous Yagnas.

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Jagadanada Das was born in July 1980 in a small village in Bangladesh. He was known for singing Bengali kirtans in his village from a very early age. Prabhu was introduced to the Hare Krishna devotees in 2002 and later shifted to Sridham Mayapur in 2017. He serves in the Ekachakra Dham development office in Sridham, Mayapur.

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Prabhupada Das, born in Philadelphia during the hard years of Philly city living eventually found the Hare Krishna devotees who initially he did not like. Over many years of fighting against the struggles of life in Philly he succumbed to the love from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and became his disciple. In his long service as devotee to his guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Prabhupada Das has served with great distinction and dedication.

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Mandakini Devi Dasi was born in UK, July 2001. Mataji lived the first 12 years in UK and later shifted to Sridham Mayapur. She is a singer and plays the instrument Veena. Her vision to develop and expand spiritual education for children led to her publising books when she was just 19 years old.

Mandakini’s passion for combining Krishna Consciousness with children’s education has inspired her to create captivating and thought-provoking books that entertain and engage young readers. Her stories impart valuable life lessons that will stay with children for years to come, and serve as effective teaching resources for parents, teachers, and educators.

Link to the website.: https://mandakinipublications.com/index.php/about/

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Biography of His Grace Kripanidhi prabhu.

His Grace Kripanidhi Prabhu was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1972, at the age of 21, in Portland, Oregon, USA.

On the direct order of Srila Prabhupada, he traveled and distributed books as a brahmacari for the next 11 years.

In November 1977, he was briefly sent to Vrindavan, where he was present during the final pastimes of Srila Prabhupada. He was privileged to dig the samadhi by hand for Srila Prabhupada on the night of November 14th with another brahmacari.

He returned to India in 1983 and served as President of the New Delhi Temple for 6 years. During this time, he opened one of the first bhakti yoga clubs at IIT - the Indian Institute of Technology with a special focus on synthesis of science and religion.

He also lectured and organized programs with ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Institute.

He returned to Canada in 1989 where he continued distributing books and preaching as his main service for the next 30 years.

Now he resides in Sridham Mayapur with his family, where he serves Sri Sri Panchatattva on Their altar, manages & distributes Srila Prabhupada’s books at the International Book booth, participates in Harinams, & preaches Krishna consciousness to students, professors, pilgrims & guests.

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Shanti Vardhana Chaitanya Das was born Taiping Malaysia 1967. He has completed his External degree in 1989. He is the Secretary to the temple of Kaula Lampur, Malaysia.

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Murari Mohini Devi Dasi was born into a simple and loving family in Oruro, Bolivia. She grew up in an environment that was respectful and grateful to Mother Nature, especially Mother Earth, or Pachamama, as the indigenous people call her in Bolivia. Murari Mohini Devi has lived with part of her family in Mayapur since December 2018. She is the founder of Mayapur Clean & Green. They aim to make Mayapur a better place to live.

https://iskconnews.org/mayapur-clean-green-successfully-addressing-e-waste-management/

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Ramai Swami was born in Alexandria, Egypt, but grew up in Australia when his parents moved there when he was 4 years old, and studied music at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). He came in contact with ISKCON by reading a Back To Godhead magazine belonging to a friend from the university. He joined as a full time member and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in Melbourne in 1973. Ramai Swami spent his formative years in ISKCON in the Brisbane and Melbourne temples, and later headed bus programs, traveling to cities and towns and sharing Krishna consciousness all over the Australian continent. He took sannyasa vows in Mayapur, India, in 1982.

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Deva Gaura Hari Das was born in Malaysia, Penang in 1969. He studied in Queensland at Science University. He stayed in Mayapur with his family for many years. He is a good musician and has done many devotional services for Srila Prabhupada.

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Sankirtan Narottam Das was born in 1981, South India. He studied electric engineering and communication. He met with devotees in 1998.

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Anadamaya Gopinath Das was born in 1972, Chennai India. He studied engineering in Coimabatore. He met with devotees in 2001, leading Bhakti Vriksa in Australia.

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Ramanuja Das was born in Australia, 01/01/1957. He met devotees in 1979. Ramanuja Prabhu is Temple president of ChirstChurch.

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Kalasamvara Das was born in 26 September 1951 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He studied as Master in tailors. He joined the movement in 1976. Temple president of Auckland, New Zealand.

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The Temple President of the Wellington, New Zealand ISKCON temple, Jagadjivana Das, sits with Ganga Das from Radio Mayapur to discuss the history of the Wellington temple and his life and times as an ISKCON devotee since 1986.

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Ambarish Maharaja Das was born in Chopda, Maharastra in 1976. He completed his Education as an Electrical Engineer in Bombay. Throughout his ISKCON history, he has made many friends and keeps in touch regularly with his U.K. friends.

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Medhavi was born in Chennai and is an Chartered Accountant who joined ISKCON in 2005 in Papua New Guinea.

Medhavi comes from a pious family and was raised in a Krishna Conscious family in South India.

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While traveling with H.H. Bhanu Swami, Radio Mayapur’s podcast host, Ganga Das, is at the ISKCON temple in Melbourne, Australia. He had met with his old friend since 1980, Prabhava Das, who was born in Santipur, West Bengal, only 70 kilometers from Mayapur. Prabhava Das was born in 1962, went to the Mayapur Vrindaban Gurukul, and became a member of ISKCON at age six.

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Born in Teluk Intan Malaysia in 1947, after studying medicine and growing into family life, Adipurusa Das became a devotee member of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness at age 40. Since then, he has done devotional service for Srila Prabhupada’s mission and is currently the Temple President of the ISKCON temple in Adelaide, Australia.

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Her Grace Dr. Nitaisevini Devi Dasi was born in Mumbai in a Gujarati Business family, conventional followers of the Pushtimarg. Later she with her family shifted to Hyderabad in 1984, since then she was closely connected to ISKCON Secunderbad. Inspired by Visits of many senior devotees, she later joined as a Full time devotee in 1997 and took initiation in the year 1998 in Atlanta,USA from H.H.Jayapataka Swami Maharaj. She has completed her Graduation in Commerce, Masters in Education with a PG diploma in Management of Voluntary Organisation. She also completed her PhD in Education from Andhra University. Mataji is also the founder and Principal of Divine Touch School which is aimed at imparting spiritual education to the children at very young age. Mataji is actively involved in Fund raising, Festival Cordination, Congregation preaching and College Preaching besides shouldering management responsibility with her husband H.G.Samba Prabhuji, President ISKCON Visakhapatnam.

Mataji is a multilingual preacher, preaching in 5 languages across the globe.

She initiated Bhakti Yoga Residential Summer camp at Visakhapatnam . She also initiated Online Damodar Maas Sadhana, Online Ekadashi Sadhana and Online Purushottam Maas Sadhana have been very successful programs.

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Srutikirti Das is an early disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and has served in Srila Prabhupada’s mission for over half a century. During this time, Srutikirti Prabhu had the great honor of being Srila Prabhupada’s assistant and served Srila Prabhupada during a significant time in ISKCON history. While visiting Sri Mayapur, Srutikirti sat down with the Radio Mayapur podcast host, Ganga Das to reflect on Srutikirti’s life and times as a devotee of Krishna.

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Kripanidhi Das, a direct disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has a long and distinguished history in ISKCON as a learned scholar of Prabhupada's books and has been one of the top book distributors for many decades.

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Sarvabhavana Das is a published author of many books and a scholar of the Shastra published by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and the Acharyas of ISKCON.

Kaustubha Das is the co-host of the popular YouTube channel Wisdom of the Sages. Truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition - fun, relevant, and deep. Hear about dharma, yoga, bhakti, and how it relates to all the basic questions of life. This show is about how to live your best life, let go of the external distractions, and uncover the spiritual happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul.

Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.

More than half a century in ISKCON, initiated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Mahamaya Dasi has been a long-time resident of Mayapur. Ganga Das traveled to her residence here in Mayapur to make this on-location recording.

From 1976-1986 Ramesvara was a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission (GBC) and became a trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) in February 1975, working from its headquarters in Los Angeles. He later becomes head of the North American BBT. Now retired, he resides in India and the USA for part of the year.

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Ganga interviews Pandava Das. The co-manager of the Jayapataka Swami Archives and the Jayapataka Swami YouTube channels and social media sites.

A devotee with a very busy life as festival manager for the ISKCON U.K. The distribution manager for BBT books in the U.K., a national council member, and sometimes a guitar maker.

Two Italian ISKCON devotees Ganga and Vishwambhara both from their hometown of Naples Italy, sit down to discuss the life and times of being a devotee.

Photographer of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, award winning author of numerous books, and documentary film maker.

Interview with Yadubara Das, international award-winning film writer, producer, director, author, and stalwart of the Vaishnava and ISKCON world community.

While in Italy, Radio Mayapur's podcast host Ganga Das has an interview with Madhusevita Das, the ISKCON GBC for Italy, who is also a Bhaktivedanta Book Trust officer.

The creator of a unique follow-up program for people who have purchased Srila Prabhupada's books. A master book distributor, talks about his life and times as a devotee.

Temple President of Prabhupada Desh, located in Albettone in the province of Vicenza, Italy. Discusses how the temple was developed and the programs they host.

The Temple President of Goloka Ecofarm near Savora, Italy. Discusses the farm's health, education, environmental activities, and Bhakti Yoga.

Vaishnava author and lecturer discusses his life and times as a devotee and the life and activities at the Goloka Ecofarm near Savora, Italy.

Famous Vaishnava Italian artist and creator of the beautiful Villa Vrindavana art museum Panduputra talks about art, the villa, and being a devotee. Please visit the Villa Vrindavana website at https://villavrindavana.org

Temple President of Villa Vrindavana in the Tuscany region of beautiful Florence, Italy, discusses his life, the villa, and Bhakti Yoga. Please visit the Villa Vrindavana website at https://villavrindavana.org

Joining ISKCON in 1970 and becoming a disciple of his guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami while living in San Francisco. Trai now lives in Italy and is prominent in the devotee community.

Bhaktivaibhava Swami finished his studies and joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1970. The following year he was initiated by Srila Prabhupada. He has been an initiating spiritual master in ISKCON since 1987, and was awarded sannyasa initiation in 1991.

When he joined, there was only a fledgling group of devotees in Germany and together they recruited eighty members within four years. He began the Berlin chapter of ISKCON during the 1970s, and this became a doorway to share Krishna consciousness in the communist countries. He spent time in the Soviet Union, Middle and Far East sharing Krishna consciousness with risk to his personal safety and often times in trying circumstances. He established a thriving ISKCON center in Mongolia and has been awarded an honorary degree by the local university.

His responsibilities in the GBC include his role as zonal secretary for Mongolia, Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Macedonia, Poland, and Slovakia.

He serves as co-zonal secretary for Eastern and Western Siberia, Latvia, Belarus, Kaliningrad CIS, Ukraine, Far East CIS and Romania. He served on the GBC executive committee from 2006-2008, first as the GBC chairman and then as a committee member. Bhaktivaibhava Swami is very interested to secure the future of the GBC in the next generation and has worked to support the strategic planning effort towards this goal.

His interest in filmmaking and spreading the culture of Gaudiya Vaishnavism has resulted in two documentaries, “Mother Ganga” and “Lost Village.” Earlier in his spiritual career, he produced films on Indian culture for German audiences that helped to promote Food For Life (ISKCON’s sacred food distribution initiative).

Lokaguru Das co-founded the popular and beautiful Vita Rama Restaurant and Health Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. Their mission is to promote holistic Ayurvedic principles of health and health consciousness. Ganga Das, while on a preaching mission with H.H. Bhanu Swami, is in Bulgaria, and when he's not eating prasadam in the lovely Vita Rama restaurant or lounging at the beach he's doing some wonderful work for Radio Mayapur.

An enlightening conversation with a great soul who, like many devotees, came out of ordinary life a half-century ago to find A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and rise to the heights of Vaishnava life and Krishna Consciousness. Listen to hear how Sikhi Mahiti growing up in the Black community of Gary, Indiana, found his way to a degree in electrical engineering at Purdue University, a career with AT&T as an engineer, into becoming a temple and devotee leader in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Professor Nripanka Saikia, Nilutpal Krishna, has been serving as Associate Professor in Physics at Cotton University-one of the leading Universities of India. His specialization is Condensed Matter Physics.

During Ratha Yatra, Ganga Das sat down with Amogalila Das at the ISKCON Guwahati, Assam temple to discuss modern day Krishna preaching and the effects of social media. Please visit the Guwahati temple website at iskconguwahati.com.

Vrajanath Das created the Sri Mayapur Dham Seva Office over twenty years ago. The purpose of the Dham Seva office is to provide tours by car and walk of the Mayapur and Nabadwip area, taking ISKCON Mayapur guests to the holy places while giving the history and Krishna conscious philosophy. Annually the Dham Seva Office hosts more than 10,000 visitors on tours through a fleet of drivers and tour guides.

Harilila Das is Divisional Head of Mayapur Hospital and ISKCON Mayapur Development services Member of Masterplan Team. The Podcast thoroughly explains the history and future plans for the Sri Mayapur Community Hospital.

Jagadish Das is originally from Russia. But at a young age, his Jewish family moved to Israel, where he grew up and eventually was influenced by meeting Vaishnava devotees. Over time, Jagadish found his way to Mayapur, West Bengal, India, where he settled in with his wife and children. Prabhu is very active in the Mayapur Russian Hare Krishna community of devotees, which can be over six hundred Russian devotees during peak seasons. He can teach the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is and Srimad Bhagavatam in numerous languages, including Russian, Hebrew, English, and Bengali. Jagadish has been in Mayapur for many years. He is respected for his family and community leadership and his example of living a life of Vaishnava ideals.

Please visit skcswami.com, lok.studio, or padayatra.com to learn more about the programs with Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami.

Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami was born in New York City, USA, in 1965, the same year that Srila Prabhupada came to New York (Haribol!). This year, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami is celebrating 31 years as a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). From 1991 to 1992, he traveled on a pilgrimage on Padayatra through Holland, Belgium, France, and Spain. In 1992, during a meeting in Spain with his spiritual master, His Holiness Lokanath Swami, he was instructed to go to India. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami traveled with Lokanath Swami as his secretary for twelve years. In 1996, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami was elected as an ISKCON General Body Commission Deputy. In 2006, he was appointed as secretary of the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry. In 2023, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Swami was elected as GBC Kirtan Minister and GBC Padayatra Minister. His services include coordinating ISKCON’s Annual International World Holy Name Festival for 25 years. He is one of the founding members of the Bhaktivedanta Band and performs at Youth Festivals worldwide. He is a well-known presenter and has traveled extensively to the USA, Canada, France, England, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Guyana, Trinidad, Mauritius, South Africa, Botswana, Russia, India, amongst other countries.

Jaya Krsna Das from a large family of ISKCON devotees originally from Kenya became an important producer and artist in the famous Bhaktivedanta Players at the Bhaktivedanta Manor outside of London. A family man, with a lifetime of devotion to Krishna and Srila Prabhupada, Jaya Krsna has lectured on Krishna Consciousness all over the world.

Tamal Krishna Kripa Das, a local Mayapur graduate of the ISKCON gurukula and the Mayapur Institute with degrees in Bhakti-Sastri and Bhaktivaibhava, is a Vedic yajna priest and devotional leader. Ganga Das from Radio Mayapur discusses with Tamal Krishna Kripa his growing up both in Israel and here in Mayapur and the good times he had in gurukula.

Amedeo DeSantis is an acclaimed Italian mountain guide, world traveller, a visitor to Mayapur and an old friend of Ganga Das, our Radio Mayapur podcast manager. Amedeo and Ganga both speak fluent Italian, and to make this interview with Amedeo easier, we did the entire podcast in Italian.

Navina Nirada Dasa joined ISKCON in 1984 in Zurich, Switzerland, at the age of 15 and soon became one of the world's top book distributors. He is a spiritual entrepreneur. Navina Nirada travelled the globe more than twenty times and served as ISKCON Minister of Book Distribution. Since 1996, he has been part of a team who successfully taught thousands of devotees courses on outreach and leadership. He built and directs Vaishnava Academy, an adult education facility in Mayapur and earned his Bhaktivedanta degree from Mayapur Institute. He currently oversees a spiritual centre in the heart of San Francisco. Navina Nirada delivers seminars and guides individuals through his experience from nearly four decades of practice. He still regularly distributes books. Currently, he is on an appreciation tour, visiting friends and mentors.

Hari Sauri was born in England on November 17th 1950. In May 1971, he emigrated to Australia, where he met the members of the newly emerging Krishna Consciousness movement on the second day of his arrival. He was duly accepted as an initiated disciple by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Sydney on April 9th, 1972.

In August 1975, he moved to the newly opened ISKCON Krishna Balarama temple in Vrndavan, U.P. India, where he served as temple commander. In November of the same year, he joined A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada’s personal entourage, remaining as His Divine Grace’s servant for 16 months. In March of 1977, Srila Prabhupada appointed him ISKCON’s Governing Body Commissioner for Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, a service he performed for over 7 years. During that period, he oversaw the growth of the ISKCON society in the South Seas from 4 temples and ashrams to 17, including 4 farming communities, 2 schools and several restaurants. He was also instrumental in establishing branches of the

Bhaktivedanta Book Trust in Australia and Indonesia.

In 1986, he began transforming the diary he kept while travelling with Srila Prabhupada into a book or a series of books. In 1990, he moved to America and worked for a year as a publisher for Back To Godhead magazine, the Krishna consciousness movement’s spiritual periodical.

He lives at ISKCON World Head Quarters, in Mayapur W.B. India, near Kolkata, with his wife and daughter, where he continues to publish his memories of being with Srila Prabhupada. He is currently the director of the Bhaktivedanta Research Center in Kolkata, an academic resource of Gaudiya Vaisnavism and an ancient Vaisnava text archive library. These ancient texts are being both digitized and preserved in their original state.

Bhagavatamrita Das is originally from a conservative religious family in Brazil, South America. Somehow through divine intervention, he found his way to a path of Bhakti Yoga which his family embraced. This set him on a lifelong quest to serve his guru, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and be a responsible person within the devotee community. Today more than fifty years later, Bhagavatamrita has been one of the longest residences in Sri Mayapur West Bengal, the international headquarters for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Bhagavatamrita is a community social leader, teacher and counsellor to the local devotees and serves our devotee community with distinction and honour.

Tulasi Das is originally from Bulgaria. This is his story of how someone from an ordinary background develops a love of yoga, a desire for simple living, and high thinking. He has been a devotee of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for twenty years. Tulasi liked being with the Hare Krishna devotees when he was a young man. He overcame his parents' doubts of being with the devotees and visiting the temple. Eventually, Tulasi forged a good relationship with his parents as he left home to become a full-time devotee of ISKCON. Tulasi would become an expert in the sales of the books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, and he has studied Bhakti Yoga philosophy extensively at the Mayapur Institute. Tulasi is now a teacher and foremost exponent of Vaishnava teachings.

As a young man, Joe from Philadelphia met his best friend on the streets of Philly more than forty years ago. He was taken aback that his best friend had shaved his head and was giving him a book on reincarnation. Now coming up a half-century later, Joe has been Jivanath Das, a Vaishnava Brahman in ISKCON, for a long time. He is an exciting and inspirational leader here in Mayapur for kirtan, preaching, and the Harinam (public singing of the Hare Krishna mantra) team on the streets of Mayapur. Ganga Das sat with Jivanath for an hour of enlivening conversation in the Radio Mayapur studio.

Born in New Jersey, USA, in 1947, HH Candramauli Swami came in contact with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Denver, Colorado, at the age of 24. In 1973 he began practicing Krishna Consciousness in New York City and shortly thereafter began serving at the New Vrindavan farm comunity in West Virginia. That same year he received initiation from His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

In 1986 HH Candramauli Swami accepted the sannyasa order and began preaching in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. In the early 1980's he became involved with the ISKCON Prison Ministry in the USA and began visiting prisoners and holding programs in jails, along with regularly writing letters to inmates and sending them Srila Prabhupada's books.

HH Candramauli Swami is now the leader of the ISKCON Prison Ministry and has worked tirelessly to document the spiritual progression of the world-wide inmate community. His dedication to the welfare, growth and sustainable rehabilitation of these prisoners has culminated in the book "Holy Jail", a touching compilation of the activities of the ISKCON Prison Ministry (IPM). In over thirty years of operation, the lives of hundreds of inmates have changed due to the practice of Krishna consciousness and the support received by devotees.

In 1995 he began serving as the resident sannyasi in Chicago where he was based until 2013 when he relocated to Karlovac, Croatia. At present HH Candramauli Swami offers spiritual guidance around Europe, USA and India.

HH Candramauli Swami is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acharya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and an initiating spiritual master within the ISKCON movement.

NrsimhaCaitanya Das from Melbourne, Australia is a credentialed sound engineer with a great background in performance venue sound engineering. Now visiting Mayapur for his Vaishnava education at the Mayapur Institute, he sat down with our podcast host Ganga Das for an interesting review of how one becomes a Bhakti Yogi.

Visvambhar is the lead singer of the internationally acclaimed group The Mayapuris, a headlining Kirtan group that has rocked stages from India to Florida, Australia to South Africa. From age 5, Vish has spent his life leading Kirtans in the Vaisnava tradition. He is a multi-instrumentalist, a master of the Mridanga drum, and performs in traditional and fusion styles. Vish started performing in the modern yoga studio culture in 2007. Since then, he has performed at countless studio gatherings and well-known spiritual venues like Bhaktifest, Omega Institute, Wanderlust, Beloved Festival, Floyd Festival, and many others. In addition to being a master percussionist, Vish plays many instruments – harmonium, bamboo flute, guitar, sitar, and bass. Vish is also an in-demand sideman and has toured with Kirtan pioneer Jai Uttal and is also a performing and recording artist with the renowned world-beat ensemble, The Hanumen. Vish has mastered his art and has a rare capacity to invoke the ‘rasa’ or the essence of the transcendental energies that define the Kirtan path.

Ganga Das from Radio Mayapur interviews Fabio Giudice from Italy, the internationally famous classical mandolin teacher, and performer. Giudice's life has been dedicated to the study of plucked instruments and he acquired a diploma in Mandolin at the Conservatory of L’Aquila with M° Fabio Menditto. He specialized as an executor of Mandoloncello (Liuto cantabile) and attended specialized courses with M° Ugo Orlandi in ancient instruments. Fabio Giudice has been rewarded as a soloist in many international musical contests, including the quartet Arte Mandolinistica and with Quartetto a Plettro Italiano. He collaborated in the past and he is at present a guitar and mandolin soloist with many orchestras such as: Accademia of Santa Cecilia, Opera Theatre of Rome, Musici of Montreal (Canada), The Solist of ORM -Losanna, Opera Theatre of Neuchatel (Switzerland), The Ensemble Contrechamps (Ginevra, CH), etc. He has also performed as a soloist in various orchestral formations in many countries throughout Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.