Varnashrama Resource Center
One of the ways we intend to achieve this goal is to connect and network between those wanting to start their own community with those who have already begun who are willing to share what they have learned along the way.
If you fit this description, either as a beginner or a seasoned veteran, we’d love to help promote your initiative on our website.
We begin the list with our own Varnashrama Resource Center located in NandiGram, Sridham Mayapur. It is a two-acre property that consists of a bhajan kutir set in a grove of mango trees of our resident Sannyasi and project director, HH Bhakti Raghava Maharaja. There is the temple of Sri Sri Krishna Balarama, the Bhaktivedanta Geeta Pathshala Gurukula and Administrative Building, the Srinivas Bhavan Guest House, the Garuda Yajna Shala, the Sri Panchamukhi Hanuman Akhada, the Balarama Botanical Garden, and the Gangotri Bhavan.
Our Gurukula is named the Bhaktivedanta Geetha Pathshala. Geeta Pathshala was a name designated by ISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in his essay “Gita Nagari”, written in 1956 in Back to Godhead magazine, where he lays out a vision for a cultural, educational, and social revolution that all human beings will be touched by.
He foresaw how it was the only way to guarantee everyone a spiritually and materially successful life by embracing the system of Daiva Varnashrama as set down and practiced by the Lord Himself.
This traditional Vedic Gurukula is unique as it will not only emphasize Brahminical training but also character-based traditional Kshatriya training. This does not mean a few martial arts classes or archery, but instead, a curriculum laser-focused on students adopting a committed attitude of service to the Lord, His devotees, their teachers, the cows, seniors, and ultimately all living beings.
Another innovation is students will be admitted at a very young age to be raised in the Vedic tradition of parental affection by the teachers and Resident Acarya who will carefully observe the student's inclinations, nature, and abilities. This is to determine what particular Varna they would best fit into for their higher education path to pursue in the adjacent Varnasram College after their graduation.
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The Varnasrama College Foundation (VCF) would like to highlight your community / project / organization on our website. Every month we will select a project that has special features for our viewers to support, as they desire.
If you are working towards sustainability, self-sufficiency, and ecological balance of our environment especially in areas of land, cows, and spiritual consciousness, we’d like to hear from you.
By doing so we will be working together for this noble cause. You will become an inspiration for many and will be a perfect example of what we are promoting.
Please fill out the “Consent Form” for us to highlight your project. Include photos of your project (should include people, location, animals, land, products, etc.). Send completed form along with photos to vcf.mayapur@gmail.com
Submission of Project Profile must be received before the 15th of every month to qualify for selection in the next month.
Mother Farm in Ukraine
Vedic Eco Village in British Columbia, Canada
Gita Nagari Baru in Indonesia
Kamyavan Rural Project in Telangana, India
We also teach vocational classes, The pottery-making course is designed to teach students the art of pottery making and be able to create beautiful and functional pottery items.
Sahyadri Sri Krishna Balarama in Ksetra, Udupi
There are two wells within the community which are supplying required water throughout the year. There are jackfruit trees, and coconut trees, used for preparing coconut oil for the whole year for the devotees living in the community. There are also cashew trees, almond trees, orange trees, lemon trees, and mango trees. Vegetables are grown which are sufficient for the devotees living in the community. Fifty-plus cows are being served here mostly of Malnad Gidda variety allowed for Grazing 2 times a day.
Gita Nagari Sahyadri in South Karnataka
Śrī Surabhi Go Kṣetra in California, USA
This project has an unusual attraction that has become very popular, cow cuddling. It is advertised as enhancing spiritual and mental well-being. This has become a popular way to connect with and protect cows.
Kurmagram Vedic Village in Andhra Pradesh
The goal of this project is to set up a role model community for the whole world to replicate adopting a very simple, eco-friendly, and agrarian lifestyle using green buildings constructed with local materials such as mud, stones, bricks, wood, and limestone. There is no use of electricity; oil lamps are used for lighting and fire-wood or cow-dung cakes are used for cooking. Devotees make their clothes using handlooms.