Building a New Goshala for the Ashram Cows
Its been a while since we posted an update about the protected cows at our ashram in Odisha. Some people have been asking us, “How does Baladeva the bull calf look today now that he is all grown up?”...
View ArticleDevotees Celebrate Kartika Month at Bhaktivedanta Ashram (2021)
Every year during the month of Kartika our two temples arrange for special programs each evening, with kirtana, offering of ghee lamps by all visitors, and distribution of prasadam. The last day of the...
View ArticleThree Days Food Distribution at Dayalu Baba Ashram for Makara Sankranti
Every year around January 15th we help to organize the Makara Sankranti festival at Dayalu Baba’s ashram in Odisha. Dayalu Baba is a sadhu who has been living at the base of a sacred mountain on the...
View ArticleCelebrating Shivaratri at Dayalu Baba’s Ashram
This year Shivaratri fell on March 1st, and as mentioned in a previous post we wanted to help Dayalu Baba with the festival by arranging for the feeding of all the visitors and devotees throughout the...
View ArticleTreating a Badly Injured Street Bull at Our Ashram in Bhadrak
Recently a street bull wandered into our ashram. He had just been attacked by someone with a machete and had a very deep wound on his back. We called a doctor and he said it would not heal unless we...
View ArticleCelebration of Sri Jagannatha Ratha Yatra at Our Temple in Bhadrak, Odisha
Yesterday we celebrated Sri Jagannatha Ratha Yatra at our temple in Bhadrak, Odisha. Below you can find some pictures from the celebrations. It was raining on and off throughout the day, but devotees...
View ArticleThis Fortunate Soul Left His Body at Our Temple Today
Today this puppy came to our temple very sick. After reaching here he couldn’t walk any more. I have no idea how he managed to walk here and then just collapsed. We tried feeding him various foods and...
View ArticleBuilding a New Temple Chariot for Ratha Yatra at Our Jagannatha Temple
This year we took up the task of making a new temple chariot for conducting the Ratha Yatra festival at our temple in Bhadrak, Odisha. This has been our desire for many years, going back to when this...
View ArticleFrom Orphaned Puppy to Beloved Temple Visitor
Yesterday we had to burry one of the street dogs we helped as a puppy. We heard she had been hit by a car, so we went out and found her body and brought her back to burry in our goshala. She had no...
View ArticleAshram News and Notes (October, 2023)
Here are some pictures of the first harvest of the ridge gourd we planted in the ashram goshala. The plants were growing too much so we had to add a trellis roof to stop them from going over the...
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