By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 18 Jun 2010  | Volunteers of The Pancajanya Project (www.MotelGita.org), a branch of ISKCON dedicated to placing at least 1 million Bhagavad-gitas in guest rooms across the U.S., distributed 30,000 Bhagavad-gitas at the Asian American Hotel Owners Association's annual convention last year and look set to reach the same number this June.
| By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 18 Jun 2010  | For young Kumud Jeendgar, life had never been easy. From her very birth in Jaipur, India in 1972, she had had severe physical disabilities. Her bones were fragile and their structure crooked, and she was told that even as a fully grown adult she would stand less than four feet tall.
| By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 18 Jun 2010  | The month of June brings with it summer, sun and vacations—but it also brings Ratha Yatra season, during which the ancient chariot festival is held dozens of times all over the world.
| By Vrajendra Nandana Das for ISKCON News on 18 Jun 2010  | ISKCON Allahabad had organized a program at the Naini Central Jail. It began with the chanting of the Mahamantra, in which nearly a thousand prisoners, along with prison keepers and officers took part, blissfully singing and dancing.
|  | The search for healthy, natural sweeteners sometimes seems to involve a whirlwind of information. Today, stevia is now widely accepted as a safe, natural sweetener. That doesn't make it super popular, however: Many people complain about the aftertaste of stevia, and it doesn't melt or cook like sugar does. So the search goes on.
| By Radhanatha Das, ISKCON News Staff for ISKCON News on 17 Jun 2010  | In June and July 2010, there are sixteen students graduating with Vaishnava Theology degrees from two state accredited Bhaktivedanta Colleges in Europe: Budapest, Hungary and Radhadesh, Belgium.
|  | With the recent announcement by the scientific community of the creation of a living organism using synthetic DNA many people are wondering about the religious implications of this achievement.
| By Dasaratha Suta Dasa for ISKCON News on 17 Jun 2010  | In July, a new harinama festival tour is starting in Europe`s Adriatic region. This will be the seventh since its start in 2004, and it will be performed in seven countries.
| By ISKCON News Staff for ISKCON News on 17 Jun 2010  | Since the beginning of June, unusual flooding has been causing major problems in Northeastern Hungary. The members of the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness have been distributing a thousand plates daily of free food in the flooded area.
|  | Up until now, a divorce would in most cases be granted by the courts only if there were mutual consent. Now, the Indian government has proposed a new law, which will make it easier for couples to get divorced.
| By John Blake for CNN on 9 Jun 2010  | "People seem not to have the time nor the energy or interest to delve deeply into any one faith or religious tradition. So they move through, collecting ideas and practices and tenets that most appeal to the self, but making no connections to groups or communities", Ann Greeley, a theology and philosophy professor at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut says.
| ISKCON News on 16 Jun 2010  | On June 19, New Vrindaban will host a 24-hour kirtan, and will offer discounted admission to Prabhupada's Palace of Gold for participants of West Virginia Day.
| 16 Jun 2010  | London Ratha-Yatra will be streamed live simultaneously on Mayapur TV and krishna.com 20th of June 2010. The dates of European Ratha Yatra Festivals are announced.
| 16 Jun 2010  | A pujari for ISKCON Puerto Rico is requested for two months during the summer time with option to stay longer.
| 16 Jun 2010  | ISKCON of Las Vegas is looking for a person capable to invest in purchasing a temple building in Vegas.
| By Gauranga Simha Das on 16 Jun 2010  | The Mayapur Academy Pujari training course in English for International devotees starts on the 1st November with the opening day on the 30th October.
| 16 Jun 2010  | The Sankirtan department of ISKCON Mayapur is offering a special service for international devotees desiring to buy any devotional paraphenalia or Vaishnava literature in bulk quantity.
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