Radio Mayapur Podcasts

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.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/3vrtcbMHfoY

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. Watch the Audio podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/WJOH72e2-hg

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.Watch the Audio podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ITv-WmUo0P4.

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. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fy_bm6T-784.

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 at https://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 practiceMahatma 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.comWatch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/t2rNgkmulDI.

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-h_5VmXr-yU.

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-6sxZWeEdok.

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hYNEK9Cc790.

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-kRZ7cscASE.

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.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ujhcTjEZVYI.

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.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/KVsFLMFYMP0.

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. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/84SpKYEwK4M.

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/ Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fNvBL1n7bTA.

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.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si7d-E2x538

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/K8VtOGS5iVk

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/Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/sYbJlONmZTM

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. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bQGMT-l59JM

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. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/TCM3L8I3qr8

Sankirtan Narottam Das was born in 1981, South India. He studied electric engineering and communication. He met with devotees in 1998. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2iuflCyCjLc

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. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lkOziD5jLVI

Ramanuja Das was born in Australia, 01/01/1957. He met devotees in 1979. Ramanuja Prabhu is Temple president of ChirstChurch.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/T9vH0MFwGus

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. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/0jVn7wWVHI0

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/YRHR8j64l1Y

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/8_hfyFv4jTU

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. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/og3N1qrkQqo.

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. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/H8zLaiJAnxM

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.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/oojF7EYw6Vg

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.Watch the Video podcast on Youtube

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.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jmNqhuP3HLQ

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.Watch The Video

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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The founder and co-manager of Mayapur.tv (Mayapur Television). He talks about his life as a devotee and the work and start of Mayapur Television.

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.