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New Bus Donors as of July 26, 2025

Status: $638,301 raised in donations and pledges, $36,699 left to raise towards a new bus at $675K.

We would like to thank the following donors who have contributed over the past 10 months in the following categories, helping to pave the road towards a new bus with metaphorical foundation stones, boulders, pillars, bricks, rocks, stones, pebbles and grains of transcendental Vraj Raj sand that hold it all together. The majority of donors below are bus tour alumni, their parents and family members.

$250,000 Anonymous Well-Wisher

$125,000 matching challenge pledge by HG Gopal Bhatta Prabhu

$50,000 ISKCON North America Regional Governing Body

$25,000 ISKCON Houston

$15,000 Anonymous

$15,000 ISKCON Youth Ministry

$10,108 Mayesvara Prabhu, Ojai, CA

$10,000 ISKCON Los Angeles

$5000+  Foundation Stones

HH Niranjana Swami, Nila & Jahnava Khurana, Ramai & Radha Gaasbeek, Anonymous (K.V.), Lila Kishore & Amrita Keli Chawla, ISKCON New Vrindaban, Shyama Kishore & Rasamrita Mody, Anonymous (N.S.), Krishnanandini Dhru, 

$2500+ Boulders

Anonymous (TP), ISKCON Toronto, Manorama & Jaya Sri Radhe, Anonymous (JKB),

$1000+ Pillars

Jahnavi Harrison Lee, Devananda Sadkin, Nimai Palomar, Adikavi Wolf, Balai Dasi, Chitra, Malini and Jiva Goswami Glasheen, Tamohara & Mantrini Pourchot, The Peñate Family, Dallas (Laxmipriya, Narayan, Nrisimha, Gopi Krishna, Draupadi and Dhristadyumna), Rukmini-candrika & Rasa Sindhu (pledge), Anonymous (H.F.), Ijya & Krsna Katha Johnson, The Sacasa Edwards Family (Ekadasi Vrata, Ananta Gauranga, Kishore Gopal, Ksamesvari, Vishnupriya, Abhay), Rakesh Bandaru, Ananta Angela Roix and Family (Kalen, Abhi, Arjun and Adwaita), Abhay Weinkle, Rasika Madhava, Sunieta, Keshav and Jasmin Singh, Vegavati Helen Simpson, Jagannath Kirtan, Arcana Siddhi Anne Cox, Vaisesika and Nirakula, ISKCON San Diego, Amrita Radha and Govinda Jones, Raghava Caitanya (Raghavendra Rao) Houston, Parth Patel, Prema-tarangini, Sacikumar, Rohininandana and Lilesvari, ISKCON Alachua, Badrinarayan Swami, ISKCON East Hartford (Pyari Mohan Prabhu), Anasuya, Krsna Dhama and Family, ISKCON St. Louis, Gandharvika Seva Fund, Balaram & Radhika Poddar (pledge), Bhakti Center NY Board Members, Shyama Sakhi, Sundari Radha and the Menon Family, Chicago, Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, ISKCON Farmington Hills, Sri Gaurangi & Prema Sankirtana, Adam & Easter Christopher, Sundari Radha & Namamali Harrison,

$500+ Bricks

Deepak Sharma, Malati Devi Dasi (ACBSP), Ishwara Shyama & Ekananda Vallabhi Salimov, Yasoda-dulal & Radhika, Jaya Sita Yaitza Lopez, Vaishnava Sevaka Ratish Pillai, Indrani & Pundarika Vidyanidhi Esser, Anonymous (S.T.K.), Caru and Vaibhavi, Keshava Miller, Bhaktivedanta Academy, Christine Sherwood, Radha Gopinath & Tapasvini, Henry Schoellkopf, Bindu Madhava Farkas, Jalandhar, Krsnavani, Girija and Srimati Bidve,

$250+ Rocks

Julie Bernstein, Govinda & Krsna Jivani Carol, Akhilananda Fitch, Venkatta Bhatta & Krsangi Chander, Shara (Gopi Gita) & Doug Watson, Mahavisnupriya & Godruma Cranmer, Vishaka Shimanker (UK), Deen Bandhu Das (ACBSP), Sacinandana Swami, ISKCON of Tucson, Madhavi Gandhi, Bhishmadeva & Haripriya Benedict, Bali & Dhanya Rico, Zita Gonzalez, Naresvara Dasa, Anirudh Krovi, Janaki Ellen Pallme, Manu & Sita Magnin, 

$100+ Stones

Acintya & Mandali Neumiller, Laksmi Manna, Annapurna Johansson, Pancha Tattva & Yauvanananda, Gopalanandini Romeo, Narayana & Chandi Johnson, Shari Oliverson Williams, Lisa Muller, Ganga & Nandarani Rodriguez, Jayanti Watson, Kalindi Jones, Shyama & Palika Allard, Nuriya Minina, Vrindavani & Gauranga Thomas, Ananta & Ramiya Meyer, Rashi Singh, Thomas Haribol, Partha Sarathi Roy, Abhyudaha Srivastava, Balarama Rodriguez, Vrinda Shirlea Smith, Lalita Sakhi & Jaya Govardhana Leslie, Marc van Gils, Ralph Smith, Patricia Turkal, Kumari Sherreitt, Lali Gonzalez, Nritya Kishori, Hladini Dasi, Radhika Patel, Oksana Stefanyshyn, Ramdas Mayya, Bonny Patel, Valeria Seixas, Madhavi Devi Dasi, Lila Shakti Bielat, Bijan Marashi, Krsna Prema Plavana Ortega, Marisha Provan, Gundica Day, Pradyumna Surti, Douglas Owusu, Madhavendra Puri Das, Lata Oza, Aditi Ganga dd, Anapayini & Radhanatha Jakupko, Krishna Rama Nicoloff, Govinda Allin, Emma Ludlum, Amit Mittal, Komala Kumari & Rupa Vilasa Patel, Raman Reti Christelle Vidal, Mahendrani Rocke, Mukunda Mukha, Giri Strampello, Markus K, Filip Cargonja, Nick Rodriguez, Asta Sakhi Gaasbeek, Adikarta & Rucira, Chandra Scarcella, Vrinda Kundu & Hari Chan, Jack & Kanti Baldwin, Kishori Precourt, Chiragkumar Prajapati, Sama Romero, Pranaya Haberland, Shyam Saha, Gopi & Rupa Schomaker, Vrindavanesvari & Madan Mohan Birenbaum, Indranila dd (Australia), Lynda Van Nus, Zeke & Tulika Berger, Param Birenbaum, Tulasi Priti, Ananta Vallabha Das, Prema Burnside, Abhishek Kumar, Namamrita & Sundari Greene, Chitra Jagarnauth, Lilasuka Breedlove, Zorina Banas, Rama Govinda & Gopal Nayika Poddar, Madhuryalila Lily Allin, Dayal Chaitanya Das, Kartamasa & Radha Delaney, Niladri Sherman, Santhosh Gottumukkala, Devika Rao, Sundari Gopi Estefania Perez del Solar, Sergey Tikunov, John Pujol, Jill Merz, Rananayaki Mayshark, Mukunda Dewil, Pandu’s Grandkids, Giriraja and Krishna, Subhadra Colley, Hari Kansal, Anonymous, Syama Sakhi, Michelle Barran, Madan Gopal Barot, Priya Rose Higgins, Olga Drobina, Anonymous (R.S.), Susanne Mendoza, Hari Jagarnauth, Stritama Sherreitt, Purusartha Sadkin, Aaron Lieberman, Radhe & Bimala Naysmith, Anuradha & Jaya Krsna Imseng, Janmastami Hayton, Sacinandana & Rupa Zucker, Devala & Sri Pati, Evgenii Baibourine, Puskar Matthew Goldman, 

$50+ Pebbles

Vrindavan Gonzalez, Berry Pawan, Amika Shanti, Claudia Visakha Blumenthal, Hayagriva Machevsky, Balaram & Rowita Bosh and family, Amika Shanti, Dharma Das (Dallas), Nadiya Mani & Amala Harinama, Srestha Sinha-Ray, Suv K, Astrud Castillo, Chandramukhi Zaldivar, Yamuna Bihari, Erica Martini, Viroen Soebedar, Andrea Lugnani, Sulochan Rishi, Krishna Chandra Musterer, Kalindi Jones, Govinda Harris, Yasoda Rodriguez, Ksenia Truhana, Norma Harris, Michelle Ross, Parvati Rajamani, Kim Bosshardt, Michael Elkan, Shyamasundari Patel, Lal Govinda Das, Pankaj Chugh, Svetlana Rezhets, Tsurit & Hanan Schwefel, Chano Prashad, Divya & Sarvatma, Tisha Maraj, Radha-Krishna & Damodara Paquette, Duhshala & Manusrestha Consbruck, Gouri Romero, Vani Gogna, Varacita Innis, Paulius Adomenas, Sakshi Davis, Urmila Edith Best, Nipuna Dasi, Meeta Patel, Anonymous (R.S.), Vrindarani Nuñez, Hemwattee Hari Priya Singh, 
And the many grains of priceless Vraja-raja spiritual sand that hold it all together: Pramod Govindan, Anonymous, Maha Foye, Anandjeet Chandpuri, Kristin Anson, Stephanie Hilz, Renata Vianna Reis, Charles Lind, Matthew Felmlee, Twinsa Patel, Gauri Deshmukh, Sakshi Shah, Arindam Baisya, Gaura Narayan Walters, Mrinali Mehta, Timothy Lynch, Erin Varley, Ananga Manjari, Neha Shetty, Lisa Gannon, Naga Sudhir Gattu, Tamara Sharma, Chandrika Coyle, Jay Robinson, Lisle De Jager, Freya Ferey, Kandarpkumar Makwana, Lisa Duda, Shaneeda Saheb, Deva Scott Robertshaw, Yogindra Vandana Berg, Varesha DD, Anne Francis, Suresh Naik, Adeena Guyton, Anonymous (R.J.), Nandini Hanna, Elsa Thunander, Stephanie Spinner, Pierluigi De Simmeo, Mark Walters, Nitai Prins, Dinerrai Ganatra, Maja Vrieling, Deva Fournier, Anonymous (K.L.), James Carvalho, Urte Duyvejonck, Judith Campbell,

Thank you to each and every one of you for paving the road to a new bus to inspire future generations of youth in North America to carry on the mission of ISKCON, to share Krishna consciousness with fortunate souls in every town and village.

If you would like to give a donation towards the new bus, click here: https://gofund.me/c9874440

Some inspirational quotes: 

“Your suggestion to get new buses is good. I always recommended that. I don’t like old vehicles. I think one hundred buses are not sufficient for America.” –Srila Prabhupada, Letter to Tamal Krsna Goswami, Dec 20, 1976

“Satyanarayan Dasa: We would travel around the country in an old bus, preaching. On the bus we had Deities, a kitchen, and a shower. Prabhupāda was outside of his cabin when we drove up in the bus. When he came on, we received him just as in a regular temple, and we gave him caraṇāmṛta. He looked at everything and said that there should be hundreds of buses like this.” –Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, Volume 2, Chapter 40

“When I hear about the Sankirtana Buses that are moving all over the world then I think that we are becoming like a gigantic guerilla warfare movement fighting with maya. This traveling in buses is the best means to drive away maya and establish Krishna consciousness all over the world. After all, the whole world is the property of Krishna, but temporarily it is being illegally occupied by maya’s agents. Flood them with kirtana and books, this is the best weapon, increase the number of buses that will be your success.” –Srila Prabhupada Letter to Bahudak, August 28, 1973

“Śrīla Prabhupāda encouraged the Rādhā-Dāmodara party to expand to hundreds of buses and thus fulfill the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to bring Kṛṣṇa consciousness to every town and village.” –Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, Volume 2, Chapter 45, Please Distribute Books