ISKCON Seshadripuram Bangalore

ISKCON Sri Jagannath Mandir or ISKCON Bangalore - Seshadripuram is a Gaudiya Vaishnava temple of Jagannath located at Seshadripuram, in the North Bangalore, India. It is Bangalore's Official "Branch" of ISKCON India, Registered In 2nd January 1971 By ISKCON Founder Acarya: His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
History
In 1997, The President of ISKCON - Hare Krishna Hill, Bangalore Declared that his centre was no longer a branch of ISKCON India, which he calls "ISKCON Mumbai". ISKCON Juhu, Mumbai is the Legal Headquarters of all 120+ ISKCON Branches in India. , After which almost all ISKCON Devotees were "Temple-Less". Hence the devotees, leaded by Narahari Das, rented the temple property in Seshadripuram. The Deities were installed in the year 2000, By His Holiness Jayapataka Swami.
Soon afterwards, The Congregation started expanding and hence, ISKCON Purchased Land in South Bangalore. Narahari Das's Management had decided to go and work on the temple there. Hence Anukul Keshav Das formed a new committee in the year 2011.
In the year 2013, ISKCON Started Negotiating deals with landowners behind the current temple property in Seshadripuram. In January 2014, an agreement was signed between ISKCON and the landowners. ISKCON has proposed to build "The Palace Temple of Lord Jagannath" in this Property.
Note: In 2005, Varada Krishna Das had also Joined ISKCON Bangalore - Seshadripuram, Varada Krishna Das had also made his own congregation and around 2008 he started having a campus in HBR Layout. In 2013, They Inaugurated ISKCON Narasimha-Giridhari Mandir.
Festivals
ISKCON Seshadripuram celebrates festivals that are either related to avatars of Krishna or with Vedic culture. Main festivals that are celebrated within the temple are:
*Rama Navami
*Narasimha Caturdasi
*Panihati Chida-dahi Mahotsava
*Ratha Yatra
*Balaram Jayanti
*Jhulan Yatra
*Sri Krishna Janmashtami
*Sri Radhashtami
*Vamana Dvadasi
*Govardhan Puja
*Nityananda Trayodashi
*Gaura Purnima
Address
#5, Sripuram 1st Cross Seshadripuram Bangalore 560020

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