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ISKCON Vaikuntha Hill in Bangalore is the destination for a visit to Lord Venkateshwara’s abode. This stone temple is constructed as per traditional Shilpa shastras (designs as mentioned in scriptures) in the Dravidian style of architecture.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly referred to as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.It was founded by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada [2] on 13 July 1966 in New York City.
When Prabhupada resolved to build a temple on land in Juhu, Bombay (now Mumbai), the man who had sold ISKCON the land tried to swindle the devotees and take it back. The man had deep political connections in the Bombay municipality and employed lawyers and even thugs to drive the devotees off, but Prabhupada persisted and eventually won.
One pioneer of the Gaudiya Vaishnavite mission in the West was Baba Premananda Bharati (1858–1914), [78] author of Sree Krishna – the Lord of Love (1904) – the first full-length treatment of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in English, [79] who, in 1902, founded the short-lived "Krishna Samaj" society in New York City and built a temple in Los Angeles.
Jaya-Vijaya guarding the sanctum of the Vishnu temple, Chennakesava Temple. In Hinduism , Jaya and Vijaya are the two dvarapalakas (gatekeepers) of Vaikuntha , the abode of the god Vishnu . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Due to a curse by the four Kumaras , they were forced to undergo multiple births as mortals who would be subsequently killed by various avatars ...
Vaikuntha (Sanskrit: वैकुण्ठ, romanized: Vaikuṇṭha, lit. 'without anxiety'), [ 1 ] also called Vishnuloka ( Viṣṇuloka ), and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil , [ 2 ] is the abode of Vishnu , [ 3 ] the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] : 17 and his consort, Lakshmi , the supreme goddess of ...
The Garudasevai festival in Nava Tirupati, the nine Vishnu temples in the Thoothukudi region, and the Araiyar Sevai during the Vaikuntha Ekadashi festival of the Srirangam temple are dedicated to him. The verses of Nammalvar and other Alvars are recited as a part of daily prayers and during festive occasions in several Vaishnava temples in ...
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