The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was established in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ISKCON has since developed into a worldwide confederation of 10,000 temple devotees and 250,000 congregational devotees.

Better known as the Hare Krishna movement, ISKCON is comprised of more than 350 centers, 60 rural communities, 50 schools and 60 restaurants worldwide.

The mission of this nonsectarian, monotheistic movement is to promote the well being of society by teaching the science of Krishna consciousness according to Bhagavad-gita and other ancient scriptures.

Click here to learn more about Srila Prabhupada.

ISKCON of Colorado contributes to the local community as well as society at large.

Spiritual book distribution is a key temple activity from universities and libraries to the streets of downtown. With our Food for Life program we distribute free food to Denver's less fortunate.

We also provide wedding services, a spiritual gift shop for your devotional needs, educational tours for schools/students, and university programs with special lectures and seminars.

You may have seen Hare Krishna devotees chanting and singing down the busy Downtown Denver and surrounding areas. This is called Harinama and we go every Friday - Come sing and dance with us!

We host house programs around the Denver/Boulder area to enable those without easy access to the temple to join us for a lecture, kirtan and prasadam.

The Hare Krishna movement is known for its festivals. We celebrate traditional Vaishnava holidays and every week we have a Sunday program with a delicious vegetarian feast. At many of these events we have an extended cultural program with dramas, bharat natyam dancing,and bhajans.

Every Sunday evening we host a free vegetarian feast that is open to every one. We are able to provide this feast free of charge thanks to the generous support of our many sponsors.

In 1966, Srila Prabhupada began the famous Sunday "Love Feasts" at ISKCON's fledgling Second Avenue storefront in New York. The elderly swami personally helped cook and serve the feasts. Word of this delicious, free 10-course meal spread quickly, and it was soon attended by 300-400 people each week.

ISKCON expanded and the Sunday Feast became a weekly event in major cities worldwide. Wherever an ISKCON temple was built, prasadam feasts would also take place. Srila Prabhupada often referred to the Hare Krishna movement as the "kitchen religion." These Sunday Feasts formed the basis for the current Food For Life program.

With roots in Indian culture, the Food for Life project is a modern day revival of the ancient Vedic culture of hospitality. Since the beginning of recorded time, sharing of food has been a fundamental part of the civilized world and in India, such hospitality was based on the understanding of the equality of all beings.

In 1974, Srila Prabhupada was looking out from his room at ISKCON's temple in Mayapura (West Bengal), when he noticed a group of village children fighting with street dogs over scraps of food. Shocked and saddened by what he saw, Srila Prabhupada turned to his disciples and said, "Imagine how hungry they are.... God is the Father. Wherever there is the Father, the children should not be hungry...No one within a ten mile radius of our temples should go hungry.... I want you to begin distributing food immediately."

These prophetic words rang loudly, inspiring his followers to expand the original Sunday Feast program into a global network of free food kitchens, cafes, vans, and emergency services. In many cities special food distribution vehicles were purchased and daily delivery routes to low-income areas began.

Food for Life has emerged as the world's largest vegetarian/vegan food-relief program with thousands of volunteers working in over 60 countries, helping the less fortunate, poverty-stricken and starving, even risking their lives in war zones. Today, the program distributes tens of thousands of free meals everyday, in a global effort to combat world hunger, by providing to the hungry people of St. Petersburg, Durban, Bangalore, London, Bombay and over 100 other cities worldwide including Denver, Colorado.

To date, more than 300 million free meals have been served since 1974-but these are not ordinary meals-all food is first sanctified or "spiritualized" with an offering of thanks given to God, to provide complete nourishment for not only the body, but the soul as well. Food for Life is proud to say that it provides the most "complete" welfare service.

Get involved and support the local efforts of ISKCON Denver's Food For Life!