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New Vrindaban is an unincorporated area and an ISKCON (Hare Krishna) intentional community located in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, near Moundsville. The town consists of 1,204 acres (4.87 km2) (of which 0.1 km² is of water), and several building complexes, homes, apartment buildings, and businesses including the Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple (RVC Temple) and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold. New Vrindaban was founded in 1968 under the direct guidance of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON, by his disciple Kirtanananda Swami. It is named for the Indian city of Vrindavan.

intentional community vrindaban iskcon

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  1. Marshall County, WV Courthouse, County Assessor Records, 2010 Webster District Tax Map 1 and 2 Parcel Data
  2. Dasa, Hayagriva (1986). "The Hare Krishna Explosion". Palace Press. http://www.krishnapath.org/eBooks/The-Hare-Krishna-Explosion.pdf. 
  3. Brugger, Rachael; Cappello, Cydney. "The Rise, Fall, and Rebuilding of New Vrindaban". Ohio University Global Leadership Center. http://www.pluralism.org/affiliates/emery/Rise_Fall_Rebuilding.pdf. 
  4. Fox, Margalit (24 October 2011). "Swami Bhaktipada, Ex-Hare Krishna Leader, Dies at 74". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/us/swami-bhaktipada-ex-hare-krishna-leader-dies-at-74.html. 
  5. Welcome sign at entrance to Temple of Understanding Circle Drive
  6. 26 July 2008 Sri Nathji: The Transcendental Cowherd Boy Goes West ISKCON News, Retrieved on 18 September 2008 http://news.iskcon.com/node/1165/2008-07-26/sri_nathji_transcendental_cowherd_boy_goes_west
  7. Gargarishi Das, “Radha-Vrindaban Chandra Festival,” Brijabasi Spirit, vol. X, no. IV (c. August 1983), 17.
  8. This is confirmed by the New Vrindaban offering in the 1986 Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja book—"Sri Vyasa-puja 1986: The Most Blessed Event, August 28, 1986, The Appearance Day of Our Beloved Spiritual Master His Divine Grace Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Astottara-sata Sri Srimad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness"—which listed the names of each resident of the community. Disciples of Srila Prabhupada: 104 men, 66 women; Granddisciples: 99 men, 91 women; Varnasrama College: 17; Children 212. This was probably the year of greatest population for the community.
  9. "GBC Resolution 1987 ISKCON - Governing Body Commission". http://vyasapuja.net/iskcongbc/resolutions/gbc/iskcon-gbc-resolution-1987. , dead link March 2010
  10. Pulliam, Sarah (18 July 2008). "A lower-key kind of Krishna". Columbus Dispatch. p. 1–A. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/faith_and_values/2008/07/18/krishna.ART_ART_07-18-08_A1_D6APHC3.html. "Instead of communes, today's Hare Krishnas have embraced congregations and welcome those with only a casual interest in the movement." 
  11. Houser, Mark (30 April 2006). "Hare Krishnas are rebuilding their temple". The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_448949.html. 
  12. James R. Lewis (6 April 2011). Violence and New Religious Movements. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-19-973563-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=5CqS3ILwnmsC. 
  13. New Vrindaban Community (1986). Prabhupada's Palace of Gold: A Labor of Love. Palace Press, Moundsville, West Virginia. 
  14. McCarthy, Ellen (January 2013). "Can Hare Krishnas at Palace of Gold in W.Va. rebuild its tarnished community?". https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/can-hare-krishnas-at-palace-of-gold-in-wva-rebuild-its-tarnished-community/2013/01/04/38dbf6a8-ebc8-11e1-a80b-9f898562d010_story.html. 
  15. Smullen, Madhava (January 2014). "Restoration Work Underway at Srila Prabhupada's Palace of Gold". https://iskconnews.org/restoration-work-underway-at-srila-prabhupadas-palace-of-gold,4241. 
  16. Dasa, Yogesvara (July 1981). "In the Hills of West Virginia". http://www.brijabasispirit.com/2014/01/19/prabhupadas-palace-of-gold-back-to-godhead-article-july-1981/. "Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold – Back To Godhead Article – July 1981." 
  17. "In the process of building the Palace our devotees have become expert in so many arts and crafts; many which we never before thought possible. The labor on the Palace—truly a labor of love—has been done completely by the devotees of New Vrindaban, without any remuneration except for the highest; that is, developing one's spiritual consciousness, knowing that one's efforts are being devoted solely for the pleasure of Krishna and the spiritual master." Damodar Pandit Das, "Scenes from Prabhupada's Palace," Brijabasi Spirit, vol. 4, no. 7 (October 1977), 8.
  18. Kirtanananda Swami, cited by Edward Schumacher, "West Virginia Marvels at Indian Palace," The New York Times (Monday, September 3, 1979).
  19. Edward Schumacher, "West Virginia Marvels at Indian Palace," The New York Times (Monday, September 3, 1979).
  20. Lynn Darling, "Krishna Land," The Washington Post (Monday, September 3, 1979), D1.
  21. "Children of Krishna: Seeking heaven in West Virginia," The Courier-Journal Magazine (Sunday, February 10, 1980).
  22. Hillary Johnson, "Children of a Harsh Bliss: In a West Virginia Commune, an Extraordinary Look at Life and Love Among the Krishnas," Life (April 1980).
  23. "Palace History". http://www.palaceofgold.com/history.html. 
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