Located in the Appalachian hills at the ISKCON New Vrindaban community, Gopal’s Garden School continues a 40-year legacy of devotional education, offering children pre-kindergarten through 10th grade with a unique combination of academic excellence and spiritual development. “Gopal’s Garden is not just a school, it is a living, devotional family,” said Tulsi Manjari Devi Dasi, head of Gopal’s Garden School. “Unlike conventional schools that often focus narrowly on academics,

f you’re looking for food in New Vrindaban — the Hare Krishna community founded in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle in the late 1960s — chances are your GPS will point you toward Govinda’s . It’s a happening spot: an Indian-inspired vegetarian restaurant in the middle-of-nowhere West Virginia, just beside the community’s temple and a few miles from the opulent Palace of Gold. But a trip to Govinda’s doesn’t offer a complete picture of the food traditions here in New Vrindab

Srila Prabhupada's fourth (and final) pilgrimage to New Vrindaban: June 21 – July 2, 1976. Srila Prabhupada visited the cows at the Bahulaban barn: June 25, 1976. Srila Prabhupada toured his under-construction Palace: June 28, 1976. Srila Prabhupada watched the film The Spiritual Frontier. He enjoyed it so much that he watched it twice! June 28, 1976. The Spiritual Frontier - a documentary about New Vrindaban produced by ISKCON Cinema - was released in 1976 by Yadubara and Vi