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Schedule is posted here.

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Rama 12 Hour Kirtan – Saturday March 20th 10am – 10pm

Join Gaura Vani, Ananta & Acyuta, the Mayapuris and many friends along with special guest Indradyumna Swami this Saturday, March 20th for 12 hours of kirtan (10am – 10pm) for the third monthly event.

This time we’re celebrating the birthday of Sri Ramachandra, the divine hero of the epic Ramayan, who exemplified the ideal character of a saintly king.

Rama is known to many through his famous devotee Hanuman, the divine Monkey who is constatnly signing Rama’s glories. We aim to carry on in this spirit!

A live webcast will be on GauraVani.com and Mantralogy.com.

See and Hear the previous two 12 Hour Kirtans at the Bhakti Center.

January 2010

February 2010

Schedule

Ananta Govinda /Acyuta Gopi             10:00-11:00

H.H. Indradyumna Swami                    11:00-12:30

Kancanamayi                                      12:30-1:00

Sanga                                                 1:00 to 1:45

Vishwambhar                                     1:45 to 2:45

Ghanasyam                                        2:45 to 3:15

Raghunath                                         3:15 to 3:45

Gopika                                              3:45 to 4:15

John Kruth                                        4:15 to 4:45

Ananta Govinda                                4:45 to 5:30

Nama Rasa                                       5:30 to 6:30

Gaura Vani                                       6:30 to 7:30

Kish and Bali                                    7:30 to 8:15

Acyuta Gopi                                     8:15 to 9:00

Gaura Vani – All hands on deck        9:00 to 10:00

See you there!

Join Gaura Vani, Ananta & Acyuta, The Mayapuris and many friends this Saturday, February 20^th for 12 hours of kirtan (10am-10pm) for the second montly event.

This time we’re celebrating the birthday of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the father and founder of the kirtan movement we all enjoy so much today. Sri Caitanya created a spiritual revolution around the chanting of the divine names that swept the Indian sub-continent in the 15^th century. This continues to change our lives even today, more than 500 years later.

Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits and the Mayapuris are currently touring all around Australia. Our hosts have provided free live streaming audio from all the events. To listen, sign in at WorldSankirtan.net.

Gaura Vani, John de Kadt, Steve Gorn and Curtis Bahn Live Kirtan Webcast Tonight

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We’ve been making monthly visits to the East Village Temple and whenever we listen to the kirtans from there and talk to the devotees I’m always reminded of why. The devotees are doing so much to spread Krishna Kirtan within every nook and cranny of New York and to try and uplift the vibe of this city of enjoyment.

The program that took place there began at 4pm and one of the first questions asked was who had attended kirtan for the first time. A few hands raised but most people were kirtan regulars. The discussion for this visit centered on what makes kirtan so special. What is it about kirtan that makes people happy to do it? What would make us want to spread kirtan? A lot of the answers focused on the fact that kirtan is able to take the soul and the consciousness to another place. One person commented that kirtan is able to completely engulf the soul and cancel out all of the other waves that people are dealing with in their daily lives.

Listen to the entire Kirtan!

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• 01 Gaura Vani – Guru Gauranga Jayate (415)
• 02 Gaura Vani – Govinda Jaya Jaya (417)
• 03 Gaura Vani – Jai Jai Radhe Jai Jai Shyam (507)
• 04 Acyuta Gopi – Hare Krishna (568)
• 05 Gaura Vani – Radhe Govinda (465)
• 06 Gaura Vani – Nrsimha Prayer (509)

For me, kirtan is special because it is always joyfully performed. I don’t know anywhere else where I can sing one song with the same words for four hours and never tire of it. Once a kirtan is over, I always feel like it just wasn’t long enough and that I want to do another one. I feel enlivened and recharged, however these are the same words that I have been singing for years. The happiness that I feel even just from seeing other people chant Hare Krishna inspires me and gives me such tremendous joy that I always feel as though there is no where else in the universe I would rather be than in that particular kirtan.

As we sang in the company of our friends and kirtan enthusiasts, I saw that many people were smiling and clapping along with their eyes closed, feeling the melody and the driving beats that Ananta is so expert at playing on mrdanga. Others were crying, but still singing at the top of their voices. The sight was breathtaking and amazing. Radha Murlidhara were behind us giving everyone their blessings and I took a few steadying breaths to commit the scene to memory.

Once the kirtan was over, we were able to talk with some of those who attended about the way that kirtan made them feel. Some expressed that it was the best thing in their week, and some of the new people who said that they had never attended a kirtan before spoke of how it was out of this world. Kirtan truly is out of this world, but somehow we’ve all been given the wonderful benediction that we are able to experience it and to participate in it. The more we do kirtan, the more the kirtan gives back to us and makes us feel complete. More than one person expressed that they felt themselves tearing up while looking at the deities and singing for them.

New York is being transformed little by little into a city of kirtan. It is a city where people will be able to sing and dance and share their love for Kirtan with others. The more they do, the more it will spread. Being able to witness these things take place and the opportunity to share some of the experiences with others are blessings that I wouldn’t trade in for anything in the entire universe.

Acyuta Gopi is a member of As Kindred Spirits and a powerhouse kirtan leader in her own right. Browse the Downloads page for some of her transforming kirtans.