Radio Mayapur Podcasts

Samba’s life has been one of discovery and adventure. The book he has written, The Krishna Carpenter, available on Amazon, is about different ways of seeing the world, education, and what we really need to learn. It’s about Krishna because Samba is a devotee of Krishna. Samba Das, now living in Mayapur, West Bengal, India, has been a carpenter, a traveller, a builder, and an expert in the science of Krishna Consciousness for half a century. Here in the Radio Mayapur studios, we have learned much more about this interesting and inspirational man. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/XrsL_cFj-es

Bhakti Rasayana Sagar Swami was born in Baku. In our family, God was not denied, but they also did not follow religious practice. My grandfather was a wealthy landowner. During the revolution, everything was taken from him, then, it seems, they were shot, therefore, in the family, communism was considered a great evil. Everything that the school gave, I did not accept as the truth, especially since I was familiar with the reverse side of the “coin”. Most surprisingly, it was this that helped me become interested in Krsna consciousness. The first acquaintance took place in 1982 through a communist pamphlet, which described various religious movements. It spoke of Krsna Consciousness. In it, devotees were portrayed as lunatics, dressed in sheets and with shaved heads who repeat the same incoherent words and look terrible. In these descriptions, a part of the Maha Mantra was given. I thought that these must be good people, and the words that they repeat probably make sense. I had a desire to learn more about this. He is currently based in London, UK. He was initiated by Indradyumna Swami and has served in a variety of roles in ISKCON, including temple president in Chelyabinsk, Russia, from 1995 to 2005, regional secretary from 1996 to 2005, and GBC deputy for Russia from 1999 to 2003. Bhakti Rasayana Sagara Swami accepted sannyasa on March 13, 2016 during the Gaura Purnima festival in Mayapur. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/blps2_nyuWw

Navina Nirada Dasa joined ISKCON in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1984 at the age of 15 and soon became one of the world's top book distributors. He travelled the globe more than a dozen times as Book Distribution Minister. Since 1996, he has been part of a team that successfully taught thousands of devotees through this Graduate Course of Book Distribution. He built and directs the Vaishnava Academy in Mayapur and earned his Bhaktivedanta degree from Mayapur Institute. He delivers seminars on book distribution and leadership and guides individuals through his personal experience from nearly four decades of practice. He still regularly distributes books. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UDobwlm1Ju4

Ganga's long-time Italian friend, Murari Chaitanya Das, now lives in Mayapur. They sat in Radio Mayapur studios and shared their lives and times. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/LagI4-4uMdw

Chandrashekar Acharaya was born in 1973. He met with the devotees and got connected with ISKCON. He shares his journey with us on Radio Mayapur. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvVTKdgsEmY

Vackresvari Dasi is an initiated disciple of Jayapataka Swami. She has lived in Mayapur, cultivating and teaching in the Russian community for many years. She is a serious practitioner and student of Vedic sastra knowledge and a strong proponent of the teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Vackresvari Dasi has written important books in Russian. Her most recent book is Eka Chakra Dham. Umapati Das interviews her in the Radio Mayapur studio. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/X__Jz0H1v38

VrajaVinod Shyam Das was born in 1979 in South India. He has completed his MBA in Maysour. He moved to Dubai for work and shifted to Mayapur in 2021. He is the CFO (Chief Finance Officer) in Mayapur. He shared his journey with us on Radio Mayapur Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EEDXrWp3FuA

Umapati Das is an initiated ISKCON disciple of Jayapataka Swami, and H.G. Vrajendra Kumar Prabhu is a senior devotee from Russia. He was born in 1960 in Vladivostok. Since his childhood he has been interested in yoga and Eastern philosophy. He got his master’s degree in philology, translation, Asian studies and the Japanese language from the Far Eastern Federal University. In 1979 he read the ancient scripture Bhagavad Gita for the first time. After his visit to India in 1984 he began a deep study and translation of the ancient Vedic scriptures. In 1990 he received his first initiation from H.H. Prabhavisnu Maharaja. In 1999 he graduated from the Mayapur Institute for Higher Education with a Bhakti-Sastri degree (Master of Philosophy). In 2014 he established his online astrology school. Now he teaches the Bhakti-Sastri course in Mayapur, India and preaches Krishna consciousness in many countries, proving its applicability to our lives in the modern scientific language. Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/9RisHz8NJI8

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.