Q/A

1. When is the registration considered completed?

Your registration is completed upon receiving a confirmation from us,
usually within a week.
Please note that for the family accomodations, we will send you a proposal
first after March 20th.
We will send a reminder with details about the festival
(therefore provide email) in June.

2. Does confirmed reservation mean confirmed accommodation place?

Your accommodation is confirmed upon recived payment.
Note that registration does not mean confirmation of your
exact accommodation place. We finalize the accommodation
facilities firstly in May for the family facilities and in June for the asrams.

​3. To register for guest house and ashram accommodation,
I need to pay in advance. How much and how do I do that?

Payment for guest house booking in the amount
of 2100 sek for 2 adults for the whole week, plus 520 sek
for each child older than 5 should be paid in advance latest by
1st of May for your registration to be completed.
​Payment for ashram booking in the amount of
80 sek per night/per person should be paid in advance
latest by 20th of June for your registration to be completed.

You can send your payment to our bank account:

inside Sweden:

account number: 6616-185 261 272
Handelsbanken

Swish: 123 184 1022

from abroad:
IBAN/ SE03 6000 0000 0001 8526 1272
SWIFT/BIC: HANDSESS

ISKCON Almvik
Almviks gard
153 95 Järna
Sweden

​4. What if one needs to cancel the registration?

Should your ability to attend change at any point,
kindly inform us asap by responding to the confirmation mail or writing directly
to sriprada@almviksgard.se
so we can give your place to someone else.
Please do this if anyhow possible, as a service to other devotees.
We had difficulties in the past with early bookings who
never showed up while we had to deny attendance to some other devotees.
Thankful for your cooperation.

5. Would there be a possibility to order special diet-prasadam?

We do not currently have facilities to cater
for special diets needs nor special separate cooking facilities.
Some possibility to arrange for these privately in the
village may be there so consider doing this if such are your needs.
Our three daily meals are lacto-vegetarian.
Some preparations may be available for those who want vegan diet but do let us know if this is required latest by 20th of June.
Nuts may be used in the cooking. If you are allergic to any nuts please write to
Paramesvari dd at paramesvari.dd@hotmail.com

6. What should I consider when planning the trip to Bhakti Sangam Festival?

It may be helpful to know that our water supplies are somewhat limited and we, therefore, do not provide
washing facilities during the Bhakti Sangam week.
Please pack enough clothes for your stay and consider that you will need a clean set of clothes
for kitchen or altar services.
Although our festival is in the summer, for those of you traveling to Sweden, do consider
our temperatures are somewhere between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius and some rain may be expected.

We appreciate if you can book a whole week stay during the festival, especially for the guesthouse and the ashram.
Given that our ashram facilities are limited, we are grateful if those considering to only stay with us for a few days
opt for camping or staying with a friend living on Almvik (if that is possible, of course) so that
beds are not empty for half of the week.
Please do inform us if you cannot come so we can give the bed to a devotee that may be on a waiting list.

If you are visiting us from an European country, please see that you have with you your European health insurance card
or, if you are coming from abroad, that you have a valid traveling insurance arranged in time (and of course your passport).

There are a lake and forests on our grounds so please prepare your children and yourselves for it.
You are most welcome to swim and take hikes. We recommend you have swimwear and proper shoes with you.
It is most likely that some hikes will be included in the program.

You are coming to Sri Sri Panca Tattva’s grounds and the association of devotees, so if you can,
prepare yourself with some meditation and reading, consider the early mornings and taking part in the mangal aroti.
We will provide a resting time after lunch.

7. What are the important dates and deadlines in regard to the festival?

May 1 - confirm reservation for the family facilities, including ghuest house by prepaying for the stay

June 20 - confirm reservation for the ashrams by prepaying for the stay
and confirm dietary needs

July 5 - Last day to book a pick-up

July 13 - arrival days
July 19 - departure days

July 16 - Ekadasi