It is spearheaded by Jagadish and his wife, Jugala-Priti, and serves a growing community of devotees from Russia who immigrated to Israel to escape the severe economic oppression in the CIS.

Jugala-Priti joined the ISKCON center in Tel Aviv, in 1996 guided by Gunavatar and Varshabhanavi.

A number of youngsters could be seen taking Yoga classes and attending Hare Krishna lectures.

Long queues were to be found outside the Indian ‘dhaba’ serving boiled rice and lentil soup.

Middle aged couples, draped in Indian clothes, strolled the beach, young boys and girls drew circles on the soft sand while others surfed the morning sea.