by AmritaGopi | English, Garden and Agriculture, Projects, running
At the heart of our temple community lies a quiet yet powerful place: the Simhachalam Goshala. It is currently home to eight cows and bulls – each with its own unique personality and story. We will introduce them in detail in a future post. Today, we’d like to give...
by AmritaGopi | English, Projects, running
From June 18 to 23, 2025, we had the great honor of welcoming HG Mukunda Datta Prabhu, Head Pujari of the Krishna-Balaram Deities at ISKCON Vrindavan, to Simhachalam. For many of us, it was the first time meeting him in person – and for him, it was the first visit...
by AmritaGopi | English, Projects, running
Last week, we celebrated a very special day – a holy festival that wasn’t loud, grand, or elaborate. And yet, it touched our hearts so deeply that we’ll remember it for a long time: Snāna Yātrā, the ceremonial bathing of Śrī Jagannātha, Lord of the Universe. When most...
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects, Projects
At Simhachalam, the spirit of community and growth among the Matajis has never been stronger. Over the past months, our efforts through the ESC project, Women, Faith, and Social Cohesion, have resulted in a flourishing bond between the women in our ashram. This...
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects, Projects, Uncategorized
European Solidarity Corbs project series 2022-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000068096 When we were awarded our Quality Label in 2022, we could not have anticipated the profound impact that project series 2022-1-DE04-ESC51-VTJ-000068096 would have on our community and participants....
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects, Projects
“Healthy Gourmet” (2019-2-DE04-ESC11-018204) is an ESC (European Solidarity Corps) project, which has just been successfully concluded. The project centered around the topics of sustainability, health and well-being – related to preparing tasty, healthy meals...
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects, Projects
‘Empowered for Life’ (2018-1-DE04-ESC11-017293) is a European Solidarity Corps (preciously known as EVS) project, which we have just successfully completed. This voluntary service project for one Austrian volunteer Tanja was centred around the topics of...
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects
Last summer we participated in Empowered by Diversity youth exchange project which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 13th August 2019 to 19th August 2019. This project brought together 44 young people from Latvia, Spain, Slovenia, Germany and...
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects, Projects
Yet another successfully completed Erasmus+ project: “Happy Cow, Happy Society” (2018-2-DE04-KA125-016876). “Happy Cow, Happy Society” is an EVS (European Volunteering Services) project, which emphasized the fact that happier animals constitute...
by AmritaGopi | completed, English, EU-Projects
16th to 23rd September 2019 Simhachalam hosted an Erasmus+ sponsored youth exchange, entitled ‘Healthy and Happy You(th)’. Around 30 participants from Spain, Slovenia, Germany and Lithuania gathered together for a wide variety of activities, such as fun games,...
