International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Religious organisation
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| 2024 | Scheduled completion of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur, West Bengal, a massive $75 million project in the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, funded in part by Alfred B. Ford. |
| November 2024 | ISKCON temple Sri Sri Hare Krishna Namhatta Sangha was attacked, with 3 leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League identified as the perpetrators. |
| November 2024 | Shelsing Rajpurohit filed a habeas corpus petition in the Gujarat High Court, alleging that ISKCON priests kidnapped and brainwashed his adult daughter into eloping with an ISKCON disciple. |
| November 26 2024 | Lawyer Saiful Islam Alif was killed during a violent clash in Chattogram between security forces and protesters demanding the release of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das. The violence began when protesters obstructed a prison van carrying the former ISKCON leader, throwing bricks at police who responded with tear gas and sound grenades. Around 30 suspects, including ISKCON member Shuvo Kanti Das, were detained in connection with the incident. |
| November 5 2024 | Violent clashes erupted in Chattogram, Bangladesh between ISKCON supporters and law enforcement. The unrest began after a Facebook post by Osman Ali calling for a ban on ISKCON. ISKCON supporters allegedly attacked Osman's shop, leading to intervention by police, army, and border guards. The confrontation resulted in nine police officers and five army personnel being injured, with 82 individuals arrested and 49 formally charged. |
| August 2024 | Inauguration of Sri Sri Radha-Rasabihari Mandir in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, which is noted as the largest temple in the city. |
| August 2024 | Violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh led to the burning of the ISKCON temple in Meherpur and a 200-year-old Kali temple in Noakhali. |
| October 15 2021 | A Muslim mob attacked the ISKCON temple in Noakhali, Bangladesh during Navami, resulting in the deaths of two devotees. |
| 2020 | An Ansar al-Islam group's planned attack on the ISKCON Temple Dhaka was prevented by police arrests. |
| 2020 | Ansar al-Islam group's planned attack on the ISKCON Temple in Dhaka was prevented by police arrests. Later, a Muslim mob attacked an ISKCON temple during an incident. |
| 2020 | Willow Smith and Jahnavi Harrison collaborated on the song 'Surrender (Krishna Keshava)', releasing the album 'RISE' which featured ancient sacred songs from India with Sanskrit lyrics. |
| 2019 | The GBC releases an official document permitting women to become initiating gurus within the ISKCON movement, representing a major doctrinal shift in the organization's governance and spiritual leadership. |
| October 2019 | The Sri Gaura Radha Gukulananda Temple in Salem, Tamil Nadu was formally inaugurated, establishing an ISKCON center on Hare Krishna Land in Karuppur. |
| 2018 | ISKCON Nepal hosted a Jagannath Rath Yatra with over 5000 devotees participating from across the globe, highlighting the international significance of the event. |
| 2018 | The ISKCON Temple in Curitiba, Brazil was vandalized when an unknown perpetrator defaced a painting of Krishna with his mother Yashoda. In the same year, the Rath Yatra organized by ISKCON Dhaka was attacked, leaving six devotees injured. |
| June 2018 | The Child Protection Policy and Procedure Guidelines were revised and ratified by the GBC. |
| 2016 | The ISKCON temple in Sylhet, Bangladesh was attacked by Muslims, resulting in at least ten people being injured. |
| 2015 | Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorists attacked the ISKCON Temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, using hand bombs and firearms. At least two people were injured and transported to a nearby hospital. |
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