Llama Fest Sat. July 17th, 4 pm

The Llama Fest was originally conceived as an opportunity to highlight Llamas and their owners in the most public way possible: in the overall cultural context of food, music, spinning and weaving demonstrations, music, dance, and competitions between the llamas and their handlers. “If an average attendance of 4,000-5,000 is a public enough event,” says […]

Grow your Own

Utah Valley University ReviewPhoto by Lauren StrattonThe Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork is currently building their organic garden on the temple grounds. The .75 acre cultivated plot of land is ready for help from people in the local community. Interested gardeners can volunteer and learn more by calling 801-789-3559. Produce can’t get more local than […]

‘Mad Dog’ Madsen

After the family took their departure with grateful thanks for an enriching experience and good meal, Caru did a google search for “Mark Madsen basketball.” Turned out Mark Madsen played for the Los Angeles Lakers two years when they won the NBA championship and later went to the Minnesota Timberwolves. We’d had a booking for […]

Puja Snaps by Gonzolo

The various elements of the puja illustrated by the snaps are ‘acamanam’, purifying the hands, ‘svasti vacanam’ giving blessings, ‘kalasha stapanam’ installing the pot, ‘mundhan’ cutting the hair, ‘havan’ invoking the fire, ‘nivedyam’ offering bhoga. We are giving Bhakta Gonzalo, who worked as a professional photographer in Peru, assignments to do photo stories on the […]

Seniors Tour

Bhakta Gonzalo, who studied photography in his native Peru, did a shoot around the latest Seniors’ tour of last Tuesday. Forty visitors from two combined Senior Citizens Centers in Salt Lake City, Liberty & Sunday Anderson, arrived in a huge bus at 11:15 am. Bhakta Gonzalo, who studied photography in his native Peru, did a […]

Holi Photo wins AP award

By Dave GreilingHer winning feature photo was shot at Holi, the Festival of Colors, held at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork. by Dave GreilingLast Edit: Jun 11 2010 – 11:22pm Erin Hooley received recognition Thursday night for the outstanding work she did as a Standard-Examiner photojournalist during 2009. The occasion was […]

16th Annual Llama Fest

The Llama Fest was originally conceived as an opportunity to highlight Llamas and their owners in the most public way possible: in the overall cultural context of food, music, spinning and weaving demonstrations, music, dance, and competitions between the llamas and their handlers. “If an average attendance of 4,000-5,000 is a public enough event,” says […]

SLC Urban article

Day 60 – Visit the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork.By Andrew Stone • May 24th, 2010While this is not in Salt Lake City, it is a close drive for all of us and a trip worth taking on many levels. Historical information, cultural information and more. The Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple […]

Kirtan at Ganesh Temple

Jai Krishna, Caru, Vaibhvai, & Laurie went to Ganesh Temple in South Jordan at their invitation to do kirtan. It was the annual “Temple Day” celebrating the anniversary of the opening of the temple in 23003, I believe. We’ve participated in the Rathayatra with kirtan for several years. Every year it gets more well organized […]

Govinda’s Organic Gardens

Between the two there is about 3/8 acre under cultivation, planted in lettuce, chilis, green, red peppers, cucumbers, red potatoes, eggplant, broccoli, etc. This is a photo of Hanuman on the temple’s most recently planted garden plot. Alanath has been growing another for three years now. Between the two there is about 3/8 acre under […]