Anniversaries for New Vrindaban 2026

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 Viṣākhā Prabhus, featuring a soundtrack by Maṅgalānanda Prabhu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIGdkWQesvI

At the end of his morning walk, Srila Prabhupada visited Radha-kunda (a pond across the road from Bahulaban): June 29, 1976.

Installation of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and Sri Prahlada: January 6, 1986.

Arrival of Malini the elephant: March 1986.

Completion of the elephant sculpture by Soma and Devaprastha Prabhus: 1986.

The Bṛijabāsī Spirit publication first moved online: September 2006.

Inaugural Kulimela Festival: June 2006.

The GBC recognition of Prabhupada's Palace as a Smṛti-Samādhi (“Shrine and Memorial”) and the only monument in ISKCON North America built for and directly dedicated to the glorification of Śrīla Prabhupāda. February 2006 (Māyāpur meetings).

The first New Vrindaban Village Council was elected: November 2016.A 60th Anniversary! July 1966 marks ISKCON’s founding and the introduction of its Seven Purposes, including:

5. “To erect for the members and for society at large a holy place of transcendental pastimes dedicated to the Personality of Kṛṣṇa.”

6. “To bring the members closer together for the purpose of teaching a simpler, more natural way of life.”