Sunday 7th November’s edition of BBC Sunday Morning Live 10.30am on BBC1, Presenter and devotee Radha Bedi will air a story on cow protection featuring The New Gokul Farm and finds out about the traditional practise of Ahimsa milk and how sustainable farming lies at the heart of the Hare Krishna faith, when she spent a day at Bhaktivedanta Manor. The episode is available on BBC iPlayer until November 2022.

from the stadium of Watford Football Club

 The award winning documentary about the urgent plight of the Yamuna River was screened in the Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Haveli.  Directed by devotee Krisztina Danka PhD, the film focuses on six young people in rural India set out on a journey to find out who is poisoning their sacred river Yamuna, causing many people and animals to fall sick and even die. By the time they arrive at the foothills of the Himalayas, a shocking reality unfolds in front of them: their river has been “stolen” and replaced by an open flow of sewage, causing a major ecological disaster affecting tens...

Early October, Russell Brand and members from his 12-step recovery group attended Bhaktivedanta Manor for a full-day retreat.  Visakha dasi and Kripa Moya das introduced the guests to Srila Prabhupada and took them on a full tour of the estate, especially including the temple room and the Bhagavad-gita walk around the lake. Later there were also bullock-cart rides and cow-milking!   – Bhuta bhavana das opened the sessions of the day with intention setting and led a heart changing japa session. Radhika Ranjan das led the group through two soul lifting and dance inducing kirtans.  At the days end, all...