Gita Nagari
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Gita Nagari is a spiritual farm community owned by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). The name Gita Nagari translates to "The village where the Bhagavad-gita is sung and lived".
[edit] History
In 1974, ISKCON purchased 300 acres in central Pennsylvania and started Gita-nagari. Rooted in Srila Prabhupada’s translations of India’s ancient Vedic literature, the village set out to demonstrate the relationship between the land, the animals, humanity, and God.
Srila Prabhupada wrote in his "Conception of Gita Nagari", "The Gita Nagari will therefore be the main preaching center for the Supreme Authority of Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead... If any treatment has to be done for the diseases of the human being, it has to be done from the very inception, namely the internal potency... there is practically no treatment for the treatment of the internal potency, and Gita Nagari must be very much alive to that point of view."[1] Gita Nagari hosts seminars designed for introspection and personal growth, and the conferences on Vedic studies have attracted spiritual leaders from around the world.
