6:30 pm Sandhya arati & Holi colors distribution from the altar Alachua Hare Krishna Temple 17306 NW 112th Blvd. Alachua, FL, 32615 (386) 462-2017 Email us. Alachua Hare Krishna Temple 17306 NW 112th Blvd. Alachua, FL, 32615 (386) 462-2017 Email us. TEMPLE OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 10:00am – 3:00 pm. DAILY SCHEDULE ISKCON of Alachua, 17306 nw 112th Blvd, Alachua, Florida 32615 • 386-462-2017 • alachuatemple@gmail.com • www.alachuatemple.com FEB. 10 MON. MAR. 2 SUN. FEB. 17 MON. MAR. 13 THURS. MAR. 9 SUN. MARCH 15 Daytona Beach Rathyatra APRIL 12 St. Augustine Rathyatra MAY 16-17 Jacksonville Beach Rathyatra Rathayatra Schedule 2025 Live streams and videos from the ISKCON Alachua Hare Krishna Temple in Alachua, Florida, USA. The largest ISKCON community in North America, rural Alachua was inspired to put on its own Holi when president Mukhya Dasi heard about the success of Utah and other centers. In 2013, Alachua put on its first Festival of Colors, drawing around 1,000 people from all across Florida, even as far as Miami. Hare Krishna guys ! this is a short clip of the 2015 Festival of Colors at the Alachua Hare Krsna Temple. It was an amazing event and we invite everyone for The annual gathering is “fully organized and subsidized by second-generation devotees; the festival attracts every member of our local temple community as well as friends and congregation members from all over Florida and beyond,” said Mukhya Devi Dasi, Temple President at ISKCON’s New Raman Reti temple in Alachua. Hare Krishna devotees and others will gather Saturday in Alachua to celebrate the Holi Festival of Colors, which marks the arrival of spring. It will be held at the International Society for What is Holi? Lots of color. Everywhere. It’s a festival celebrating love – and the power of love to bring all good things into our lives. The festival signifies new life, new growth, new beginnings. Holi, therefore, reminds us to color our life with love, faith, and a generous spirit. It calls us to give and receive. Photos by Krishna Katha Dasi and Narayan Das Around 1,000 local devotees as well as visitors from Atlanta, Miami, New York, and California gathered in Alachua, Florida on November 25th and 26th this year for the second annual Festival of the Holy Name—a uniquely immersive kirtan experience. “We decided on Thanksgiving weekend every year, because [] ALACHUA — The Hare Krishnas founded their community in Alachua in 1977. More than 35 years later, they say it is the largest Hare Krishna community in North America. It’s become a wonderful home for devotees over the years, said Miriam Tassinare, president of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, of the Alachua temple. 15930 Northwest 163rd Lane, Alachua, FL website. Holiday Inn Express & Suites (386) 518-6777 16367 NW 167th Blvd, Alachua, FL website. Quality Inn (386) 462-2244 15960 NW US Hwy 441, Alachua, FL website. Travelodge by Wyndham (386) 289-2654 15920 NW US Highway 441, Alachua, FL website. Nearby Gainesville (about a 20 minute drive away) has many Festival of Colors, traditionally known in India as Holi, is a spring festival inspired by Lord Krishna’s pastimes 5,000 years ago, when He and the cowherd girls and boys of Vrindavana playfully celebrated with colored dyes. While the festival has not historically been a part of ISKCON’s large repertoire of spiritual festivals, it has gradually [] Photos by Krishna Katha Dasi and Narayan Das Around 1,000 local devotees as well as visitors from Atlanta, Miami, New York, and California gathered in Alachua, Florida on November 25th and 26th this year for the second annual Festival of the Holy Name—a uniquely immersive kirtan experience. “We decided on Thanksgiving weekend every year, because [] Around 1,500 devotees from all over the U.S., Canada, and South America attended the fifth annual Festival of the Holy Name in Alachua, Florida this Thanksgiving Weekend from November 28th to 30th. The increase in popularity of the homegrown, gurukuli-organized festival each year despite a total absence of advertising shows the power of word-of-mouth from [] As the year nears its conclusion, Team ISKCON Alachua, the book distribution effort of the biggest Hare Krishna community in the Western world, is already in the midst of its final marathon of 2021, the Live to Give Campaign. Running from September until the end of the year, Live to Give is an international book [] The upcoming “New Devotee Training Retreat” at the Bhakti Bhavan Ashram in Alachua, Florida, promises to give new devotee women a solid basis in Krishna consciousness by immersing them in the kind of ashram experience that’s rarely seen in ISKCON today. Seven women from across the US who are new to Krishna consciousness will reside [] Alachua, Florida is already home to the largest group of ISKCON members in North America, with some 500 congregational families. Now devotees are planning an intentional devotional community there for couples or singles aged 55 and over. Prabhupada disciple Kirtiraja Das, who served as a GBC and regional secretary in the former Soviet Union before [] Hare Krishna!! Maha Clean up is this Saturday March 8, please take part and help keep Alachua Temple beautiful!! Snan Yatra is coming up March 9, a beautiful day to worship Lord Jagannath! Get ready for Sri Gaura Purnima, new festival schedule below. Tulasi Devi summer greenhouse has to happen and we need contributions from you. Alachua, Florida - The Bhakti Recovery Group (BRG) Convention, held recently in Alachua, Florida, has emerged as a beacon of hope for individuals navigating the challenging path of addiction recovery within the devotee community. The convention, spearheaded by Jiva Gaurangi Dasi, "Jiva G," the founder of BRG, and co-organized by Namamrita Das, brought together devotees from diverse backgrounds
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