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How does ISKCON earn money?
The ISKCON Structure According to Prabhupada’s instructions, no funds received through donations, sale of books, restaurants or gifts and artefacts from one temple can be transferred to another. Each temple has to devise ways to raise funds. Hence the size of the temples depend on the donations from its patrons.
What is the work of Iskcon?
ISKCON advocates preaching. Members try to spread Krishna consciousness primarily by singing the Hare Krishna mantra in public places and by selling books written by the founder.
Is Iskcon a NGO?
Annamitra Foundation formerly known as ISKCON Food Relief Foundation was founded to provide nutritious food to underprivileged children….Nurturing & Nourishing India’s Future.
Fight Hunger Foundation | |
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SECTOR: Health SUB SECTOR: | \% Spent on beneficiaries 79\% |
Do ISKCON devotees donate money to temples in India?
As special holy places in India like Vrindavan and Mayapur are sacred for ISKCON devotees from all over the world, they give donations for temples there. So there is indeed a flow of donations, but it is into India, not out of India.
What is the ISKCON policy on donations from other countries?
ISKCON has a standard policy of each center being financially self-sustaining. So normally donations from one temple are not sent to another temple even in the same country, what to speak of outside the country.
What is the history of ISKCON in India?
It was established in America in 1966 by Srila Prabhupada, but the krishna-bhakti that it intends to share with the world has been practiced in Indian for millennia. And ISKCON is the successor of an organisation that Srila Prabhupada had earlier started in India itself, the League of Devotees.
Who is the patron saint of ISKCON?
Thus, for example, for the temple in Sridhama Mayapur, near Kolkata, one of ISKCON’s prominent patrons, Alfred Ford (Ambarisha Dasa), the great-grandson of the famous American industrialist, Henry Ford, has personally contributed as well as solicited with his global contacts donations to the tune of Rs 250 crores.