ISKCON CROATIA ELM 2015

Organizational Structure

• Legal organization – based on Croatian laws• ISKCON Croatia: registred as religious community since

2003.• Local yatras: 7 registred as Subsidaires of ISKCON Croatia• Legal representative: President of ISKCON Croatia (Tirtha

Sevana das)

• ISKCON organizational structure• GBC: Prahladananda swami• CNC: 8 members from local yatras• Connection with legal structure:

Chairman of CNC = President of ISKCON Croatia

VIROVITICA

OSIJEKZAGREB

RIJEKA

SPLIT

PULA

Zadar

Lika

KARLOVAC

Pula Temple 120 sqmZagreb Temple 1000 sqm

Land: • Osijek • Istria

Properties

Temple buildings • Pula and Zagreb• Legalization proces

Deity worship

• Gaura Nitai deities: Zagreb, Karlovac, Split

• Jaghanath Baladeva Subhadra: Rijeka

• Radha Krishna: waiting for readiness of yatra for instalation in Zagreb

Harinams

• Three harinam tours, summer 2015

• Maha harinam in Zagreb, August 2015

• Regular harinams in local yatras,all year round

Sankirtan increase

• Doubled in 2014• The same goal for 2015• Zagreb temple sankirtan

tours

BBT Book production

• Pushed to its limits due to sankirtan increase

• Printing of 8 BBT titles this year (average in last 15 years: 1 title yearly)• Reprint of 4 missing CC – finished in June • Creation of pdf files for: BG, LCFL, ISO, OJ – in progress

• 50 thousand copies this year (during last 15: years 5-10 thousend yearly)

• BBT team in Croatia• Suvarna Bindu das, Isvara Puri das, Dvija-nayaka das, • Nitya Kisori dd, Visnu Priya dd

11th Lika Camp

12th Rijeka ratha yatra

Communications

• Government: Former Croatian president; City mayor and other officials.

• Hindu: Regular at funtions of Indian embassy.

• Academics: Regular programs on faculties; Professors and students visiting temple Zagreb.

• Our team 2015: Ajitananda das, Isvara Puri das, Devarshi Narada das

Plans for 50 years and other...• 50 years aniverssary

• Central event in Zagreb (ratha yatra or public festival)• Ratha yatra Rijeka as part of 50 celebration • Summer camp with harinams in neighbooring towns?• Meeting with officials; Media presence; • Harinam tours and harinams• Local activities: 50 hours kirtan, 50 rounds day...

• Sankirtan and book production• 3-5 BBT tiltles per year to be ready for printing (pdf)• 20.000 books per year

• ISKCON in the society• Meet Croatian president next year• Enter medias – TV

Challenges

• Legal and financial• Legalization of builiding in Pula and Zagreb: legal process

going well, financial consequences expected.• Inherited BBT dept of temple Zagreb: monthly payment

ongoing

• Zagreb • Balance: Protection of SP’s standards vs. Being

considerable• In spite of it: programs and preaching increased

• Premisses of ISKCON centres• Split: sudden request for leaving the current rented

premisses• Rijeka: plan for new temple building

• Deity worship in Karlovac• Installed Sri Sri Nitai Gaura Candra• Currently at remote loaction, 10km from town

We are ready to continue......counting on:

Srila Prabhupada’s mercy GBC and RGB guidance and blessings

ISKCON CROATIA Questions