Lake of Flowers Productions - Miscellaneous news

News on July 9th, 2007

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:00:00 -0500

The standstill in production tells you things haven't evolved much since last November. I still have a bunch of unprocessed materials (ca. 20 hours of video and probably as much in audio), and I still don't have a machine with enough kick to effectively work with video — and I certainly don't have the time (or the patience) needed for doing serious video work with this light-weight laptop. To help us out with this, read on.

In other news: 1 � A problem that resulted from a misconfigured redirection file, making direct video and audio links fail, has been repaired — everything should be back to normal now. 2 � Since we don't have anything to feature weekly, the front page has been changed to display a random daily entry.

Notepad on December 3rd, 2006

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0600

• Problem with comments was fixed. A database connection wasn't established after the recent server move with some login details wrong, they are straight now.

• There is now a "Daily Entry" image you can include on your website:

You can add it to your site by pasting in the following HTML-code:

News on November 29th, 2006

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:00:00 -0600

Not much newsworthy has been going on at Lake of Flowers Productions for a few months now. With Madhavananda moving to Radha-kunda, bundled with the fact that the machine of the day is a Celeron 1.3 GHz light-weight laptop that isn't exactly cut out for video editing, has slowed down the processing of collected materials a great deal.

And if you feel like donating a laptop... Click on!

New materials are being collected. We'll try and get some materials, and hopefully also some DVDs – finally – out by the end of the year.

The curious may want to keep an eye on the Ongoing-section of Madhava's Vraja Journal at www.vrajajournal.com for short news related to Lake of Flowers and other ongoing projects.

Notepad on November 29th, 2006

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:00:00 -0600

• Problem with file downloads with some browsers has been fixed. Some users had reported an issue where the browser prompted for saving the file as index.php due to the dynamic URL used for redirecting the user to the actual file.

• Added proper smilie support for the news system.

• The releases-page – and alas, it was manually updated! – is a bit redundant now with the RSS feeds in place (see the bottom of the page), and is therefore removed.

Releases on July 4th, 2006

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Recording of kirtan sung on Nityananda Trayodasi in 2006.

Releases on July 2nd, 2006

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Niyama Seva #2: Songs In praise of Gauracandra, continuing the series.

News on July 2nd, 2006

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Newsletter for week 26 is available. The debute issue of the new Gaudiya Kutir newsletter is available, featuring columns for Lake of Flowers Productions, Gaudiya Kutir Wiki and other ongoing projects. Newsletter archives are hosted in Gaudiya Kutir Wiki. Read the current newsletter online, here.

News on June 23rd, 2006

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Newsletter for week 25 is available. An important announcement about the newsletter — the Lake of Flowers newsletter is merging with the Gaudiya Kutir newsletter, the first revised edition is coming out next Friday.

In addition to Lake of Flowers news, the weekly mailings will contain a summary report of the latest articles at Gaudiya Kutir Wiki, the online Gaudiya Vaisnava encyclopedia, and other relevant Gaudiya Kutir related news, whenever available.

The summer break is extending a week further, the first new release is coming out next Thursday, June 29th. Read the current newsletter online, here.

News on June 9th, 2006

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Newsletter for week 23 is available. With that, Lake of Flowers Productions is taking a two-week break in releasing new productions. The next video will be available on June 22nd.

What's happening in the meantime? Read the newsletter online, here.

Releases on June 5th, 2006

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Gopastami: Recording of lila-kirtana describing Gostha-lila, Krishna's pastimes in the pastures of Vraja.

News on June 2nd, 2006

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Newsletter for week 22 is available. The video for the week brings us to the many temples in the village of Radha-kunda, featuring songs from the month of Niyama-seva.

The audio entry takes place at Govinda-kunda, where the song of Gopala's discovery is annually sung from Caitanya Caritamrita on the full-moon day of the month of Magh.

Read the newsletter online, here.

Releases on June 1st, 2006

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• In the temples of Radha-kunda: Video recording of songs during the month of Niyama-seva, part one of four.

Releases on May 29th, 2006

Mon, 29 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Visiting Govinda-kunda at Govardhan: Songs of Gopala's discovery from Chaitanya Caritamrita, audio recorded on a parikrama-procession on the full-moon day of Magh, 2006.

News on May 26th, 2006

Fri, 26 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Newsletter for week 21 is available. This week, Lake of Flowers returns to memories of Niyama-seva, that sacred month amidst October-November, embarking on an hour-long parikrama with kirtan around Radha-kunda.

In the audio-department, the earlier entry of Adhivasa-kirtanas has been completed, with over eight hours of preparation for celebrations. Jaya Sri Radhe Radhe!

Read the newsletter online, here.

Releases on May 25th, 2006

Thu, 25 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Today in video: Niyama-seva parikrama. Circumambulating Radha-kunda and visiting temples on the way, 58 minutes of nectar for download.

Releases on May 22nd, 2006

Mon, 22 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Today in audio: Adhivasa-kirtan. Completing the series, now over eight hours of kirtan!

News on May 20th, 2006

Sat, 20 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Newsletter for week 20 is available. Coming out a day late due to technical difficulties, this week at Lake of Flowers saw the release of the first (of five) episode of the Holi-series and the audio recording of Kartta Sri Krishna Das Baba's memorial festival.

Read the newsletter online, here.

Notepad on May 19th, 2006

Fri, 19 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Thursday's audio release is regrettably late due to technical difficulties, the entry from Kartta Krishna Das Baba's festival is waiting in some sort of limbo-state, waiting for someone to go and kick the server. Hopefully everything will resolve in the course of the day.

Releases on May 18th, 2006

Thu, 18 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Today in audio: Kartta Sri Krishna Das Babaji's Tirobhava-festival. Released a bit late due to technical difficulties.

Releases on May 15th, 2006

Mon, 15 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Doh! It was supposed to be audio on Mondays, but we went ahead and released a video instead. And an awesome video it is, featuring Holi at Shyamasundar Mandir, color flying in all directions, joy and enthusiasm overflowing!

Google is still sitting on top of the version of the video supposed to appear on their site, it'll be available in a day or two as the entry clears through. Regular files are available as always.

Releases on May 12th, 2006

Fri, 12 May 2006 10:00:00 -0500

• Video footage from the festival of Siddha Krishna Das Baba has now been released, a total of a bit over 40 minutes of kirtan, including a beautiful rendition of Thakur Mahashaya's Sri Rupa Paschate Ami.