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Kolkata: International Society for Krishna Consciousness(ISKCON) will take legal action against an organisation for demanding donations from people for its Janmashtami celebrations. The organization called ISKCON Prabhupad Ashram based in Egra ( east Midnapore) is collecting donations from people for the forthcoming Janmashtami celebrations at ISKCON, Mayapur, which is attended devotees all over the world. The co-ordinator of ISKCON, Mayapur, world headquarter of the institution, Jagadhartia Das has said that legal action will be initiated against the organization. The matter came to light after some ISKCON officials found some pamphlets and receipts for collecting donations from people. Alay Govind Das from ISKCON Management has got in touch with the state government and urged it to take stern action against the organisation which is cheating people by demanding donations and bringing disrepute to a prestigious global institution like ISKCON..