Radio Mayapur Podcasts

Radhika Nagara Das began practicing Krishna consciousness in 1995. From 1996 to 2008, he served full-time with the Scottish Yatra. By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, the Scottish Yatra was one of the leading yatras in book distribution worldwide. While serving with the Scottish Yatra, he was engaged in book distribution and became one of the managing directors and sankirtana leaders in 2003, and continued serving in that capacity until 2008. He actively preached in universities and facilitated weekly Nama-hattas and festivals in the main cities of the North of England. These included regular Bhagavad-gita classes and discourses on the philosophy of Krishna consciousness.Since 2008, Radhika Nagar Das has mostly resided in Sridham Mayapur, studying Srila Prabhupada’s books. He coordinates and facilitates the Bhaktivaibhava course for the MI in Mayapur and the Middle East. He also spends some time in Europe, where he continues preaching, distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, and teaching sastric courses at Instituto de Estudios Bhaktivedanta in Spain.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwFm5ruQpAA

Umapati Das is an initiated ISKCON disciple of Jayapataka Swami, and Shyama Sundari devi is an initiated disciple of Chaitanya Chandra Charan Das from Russia. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxKs1MbK-4

Harita Madhavi Devi Dasi was born in Chennai in 1993, and her early years began living in the Middle East. Later, she shifted to Melbourne, Australia, to pursue higher studies in biomedical engineering. Mataji has been providing many services to the deities in ISKCON Melbourne. Recently, she started to live in Mayapur.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1B8VsSJ-c

Devaki Devi Dasi, disciple of HH Niranjana Maharaja, joined the brahmacharini ashram in Sydney/Australia in 1985. As a grihastha, she helped to pioneer the first more organized temple in the former Soviet Union and since 1999, serves as a renounced traveling preacher, regularly visiting India, Bangladesh, Eastern and Western Europe, the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. She served on the GBC Committee for Devotee Care and currently promotes such care as a top priority within the ISKCON family. Her multifaceted understanding of Vaishnava culture inspired her to establish the Institute for Spiritual Culture in 2014, offering insightful education in Vaishnava life. She has published six books and conducts Holy Name Retreats around the world.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfvaPhOAjfI

Prahlad Narasimha Das Adhikari was born in 1959 to a Catholic family in the historic city of Cuenca, Ecuador.As a teenager, he began to practice yoga and TM meditation. Having reached the age of 14, he started to serve in Yogananda's Ashram, where he first became acquainted with such Vedic sciences as Jyotish astrology, Vastu, Ayurveda, having received this knowledge from a Swami, who also told him about the Maha-mantra Hare Krishna and about the Ratha Yatra procession in New York, where he saw Srila Prabhupada, the great saint from India.In 1981, Prabhu received an initiation into Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya Yoga. His Guru, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, gave him his spiritual name of Prahlad Narasimha Das.Prahlad Narasimha is a multi-talented Vaishnava Brahmin, a virtuous expert in personality psychology, and a mentor and consultant to thousands of people worldwide. He is an internationally recognized consulting astrologer known for his knowledge of the Bhagavata Gita As It Is and Srimad Bhagavatam, written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.He is the founder of the Bhakti Tree Temple of Vedic Arts, a multifunctional project with a yoga and kirtan hall, a vegetarian bistro Good Karma, an Ayurvedic SPA center, and many educational programs and festivals in Cuenca, Ecuador, and established the ISKCON Giridhari Desh farm and temple in the countryside of Cuenca.Prahlad Prabhu maintains his preaching activities in Germany, Poland, the USA, Ecuador, Bali, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand. He is the Regional Secretary for Ecuador, Peru, and Chile and is in charge of preaching and devotee care.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/kCNZtizMzWI

Tulsi and Pandava visited the Radio Mayapur studios, and we offered them the studio to use as they pleased. Both Prabhu's are from Bulgaria but currently reside in NYC at the ISKCON Brooklyn temple. We are delighted to produce this Bulgarian language video for the devotees in Bulgaria and worldwide who understand the language.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/3vrtcbMHfoY

Madhumangala Das was born in 1962 in Japan. He completed his High school in Tokyo. In 1990, he met with the devotees in the original temple, which burned out. He lives in Mobara, Japan. Watch the Audio podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/WJOH72e2-hg

Radhika Raman Prabhu is an excellent devotee living in Japan who is fond of playing the piano. Since childhood, Prabhu has been interested in music and piano. Prabhu speaks about his life and times to Radio Mayapur.Watch the Audio podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ITv-WmUo0P4.

Krsna Vijaya is the General Manager of ISKCON Mayapur. He was born in Hyderabad, India, and was introduced to Krishna Consciousness through his maternal uncle in Secundrabad. Later, with the blessings of his spiritual master, he shifted to Sridham Mayapur. He is in charge of various departments. Krsna Vijaya speaks about how and what his departments do. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/fy_bm6T-784.

Born in Kenya, Africa, in 1992, Rama Rupa Das grew his devotional philosophy to become a Vaishnava at the ISKCON Mayapur West Bengal Gurukul school for boys. After graduating in 2016, Rama Rupa has gone on to a devotional Seva career in Deity Service, Land Management, and different worship ministries. He now lives at ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Manor temple and devotional center outside London in the United Kingdom.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ilpFOqvvNWI.

Mahatma Prabhu was born in Los Angeles, California in 1950. In 1969, at the age of 19, he first met Srila Prabhupada through The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and then later that year met Srila Prabhupada personally in Los Angeles. In January of 1970 he moved into the temple in Berkeley, California and shortly after received first and second initiation.He went on to do a variety of services including book distribution, sankirtan leader, temple president, college preaching, congregational development, and various educational projects. This has culminated in the work he does today developing workshops, social media, online courses and books both for devotees as well as the general public through his company Sattva [www.thesattvaway.com]. He practically shows the many ways that Krishna consciousness offers solutions to today’s challenges and writes and teaches in a way that resonates with devotees and people in general by helping them see life as a spiritual practiceMahatma Prabhu is well known in ISKCON for his recorded and live music, most notably his recording of Brahma Samhita, but also for his workshops on such essential topics as Japa, Forgiveness, Humility, Vows and Marriage.He is now based in Alachua, Florida he lives with his wife Jahnava and daughter Syama Mandali, and travels around the world part of the year.If you are interested in having him come to your center, or would like to help him in his service, you can contact him at mahat@aol.comWatch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/BmFIykMQ6YY.

Vamsi Vadana Das was born in 1986 in Bulgaria. He trained as a film and art teacher at the Bulgaria National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest and most renowned school of arts in the country. In 2004, Vasmi Vadana Prabhu dedicated his life as a Vaishnava and began doing Seva for devotees in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/t2rNgkmulDI.

Born in 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Gopi Gheta Amrita was born into a devotee family. At age 15, her maturity caused her to love Bhakti, and she began her life as a Vaishnava. Gopi Gheta Amrita, a highly trained musician in percussion at the music academy, is also a trained music conductor. A leader of the kirtan on Harinam, she is an energetic devotee and mentor to many.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-h_5VmXr-yU.

Gadhara Pran Das was born in Greece in 1983. He studied as a Navy Engineer and he was going to build a ship, but fortunately, he joined the ship of the Hare Krishnas. He serves in Sankirtan Dham, Italy, and lives there.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/-6sxZWeEdok.

Viswanatha Das born in 1967. In his teens, his brother gave him Prasadam from the ISKCON temple, eventually leading Viswanatha to become a Hare Krishna devotee. He serves and stays in the beautiful place of Sankirtan Dham in Italy.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hYNEK9Cc790.