New Vrindaban: The Black Sheep of ISKCON
Copyright 2002-07 by Henry Doktorski
The Bell Tower

Bell Tower Drawing: 1985

Drawing of proposed NV bell tower, summer 1985.

Chapter outline:

    Bell history.
    Bells in Vaishnava rituals.
    The bells of New Vrindaban.
    The carillon.
    For Whom the Bell Tolls.
    The Verdin bell company is contracted.
    Cincinnati's "Big Joe" swinging bell.
    The world's largest bells: stationary bells.
    Six bells are installed in the cathedral gateway.
    The bells malfunction.
Bhaktipada seated at a carillon
Bhaktipada seated at a carillon, ca. 1987.

Badrinath
Three year old Badrinath das plays on a bell before it is unloaded from the truck, March 1992.

Soma and Gaurashakti install the bells.
Soma and Gaurashakti install the bells.

Soma and Gaurashakti install the bells.
Soma and Gaurashakti wave from the bell tower.

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