Bhakti Raghava Swami: As part of the on-going efforts to establish Varnasrama Colleges in different parts of India, IDVM-India will be inaugurating the ISKCON Varnasrama College (IVC) on Monday, January 4th, 2016 at the recently established Rural Community called “Sahyadri Goloka Dham” located near the Town of Hebri, in the District of Udupi, South Karnataka.
IVC will offer Weekend Retreat Courses to a limited number of interested devotionally inclined individuals during the entire month of January and invites anyone interested to contact its Coordinators, Sriman Kisora das at kisorakrsna@yahoo.com and Sriman Sri Rama das at +91 96 42 330011.
Sahyadri Goloka Dham rests at the foothills of the Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri Mountain adjoining a flowing river that feeds into the Sita River. The location can easily be accessed from Udupi Town itself or from Karkala Town, both approximately 30 KM away.
Visiting Faculty members will include the following: HH RP Bhakti Raghava Swami (Dharma Shastri), Sriman Kisora das (Carving, Agriculture), Sriman Prananatha das (Yoga and Health), Sriman Krsna Balarama das (Bee Keeping, Nature Study), Sriman Vivek Devarajan (Panchagavya Products), Sriman Raghu Mishra (Organic Farming), Dr Sreekumar.S (Cow Care and Grazing) and Sriman Venu Gopal das (Spoken Sanskrit).
The Sahyadri Goloka Dham project is overseen by Sriman Srinivas Pejathaya who hails from Mangalore itself and who can be contacted at +919019404030.