Overview

• Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb notified ISKCON’s governing body in Mayapur, setting a one‑month deadline to align festival dates and warning of legal action for non‑compliance.
• SJTA submitted a 100‑page scholars’ report that rejects ISKCON’s post‑March meeting defenses as contrary to scriptures and tradition.
• Temple officials documented 2025 observances they deem violative, citing at least 40 off‑date Snan Yatras and 68 Rath Yatras across ISKCON centres worldwide.
• The administration insists rites follow specific tithis, including Snan Yatra on Jyestha Purnima and Rath Yatra on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya.
• Deb said ISKCON now observes the stipulated day in India but continues off‑date events abroad, while ISKCON had not provided a comment in the reports.