Nigerian Devotee Speaks to 100+ Students at Local University

On May thirty first, ISKCON devotees in Jos, Nigeria, spoke to over 100 college college students within the Department of Religious Studies on the University of Jos. The 2.5-hour presentation, “Krishna Consciousness: An Aspect of Hinduism,” supplied by Salika Das, was interactive, intense, and academic.

Jos is a metropolis situated within the central a part of Nigeria with practically 1,000,000 inhabitants. It is thought for its nice local weather, sometimes called the “Jewel of the Savanna.” Jos is culturally various, with a mixture of totally different ethnic teams and a wealthy historical past and heritage.

ISKCON’s presence in Nigeria began with the institution of a temple in Lagos, the nation’s largest metropolis, within the early Nineteen Seventies. The ISKCON Jos neighborhood has many outreach packages, together with school outreach (just like the above program), Food for Life prasada distribution, sankirtan, e-book distribution, and an eco-farm.