For most people, when they are told that they should fast on a certain day or give up certain foods as a sacrifice to God, they think of it as a burden and spend the entire day thinking of all of the good foods that they are missing and they think about the ways [...]

Join our live webcast right now (4:30 pm EST, 2/21/09).

We are happy to bring you a live webcast of the Kirtan tonight, 2/20/09 from the Raval’s home. These five brothers that live together host an annual kirtan festival which is going on right now. The main kirtan will begin at 6pm EST and continue ALL NIGHT! Tune in here:

I awoke to the sounds of stomping feet and beating drums. There was a contagious buzz already surrounding the group the morning of the event. Gaura’s house was filled with busy people. Some were rehearsing, some were ironing, some were rushing from here to there to help with the preparations for the event but [...]

We rang in the New Year at Radha Govinda Mandir with kirtan, and spent the first day of the New Year doing kirtan in Princeton, NJ. It was the first time that I was able to attend the program, even though the devotees there have the program monthly. The room was small but we [...]

  Midnight came not with the striking of a clock, but with the blowing of a conch-shell. The auspicious sound rang through the temple room of Radha Govinda Mandir and announced that a new year had come. Everyone began to dance as the kirtan started. It soon became a kirtan where no one led [...]

  We were invited by our dear friend Ray Ippolito to perform at the Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors (CoSM) one last time on New Year’s eve. This being the last time because CoSM is closing down it’s location in Manhattan to Upstate NY. We had a great jam session with master of bass and [...]

  There is a revolution building. It started five hundred years ago and has been slowly leaking into cracks and crevices ever since. It’s slow moving, but very patient. It needs no one to thrive, but a chosen few are given the gift of being able to spread it. This revolution uplifts the heart and [...]

Somehow this post was lost in the draft process. Enjoy these kirtan MP3s and photos from Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir. Having trouble downloading? Read our Help Section. 01 Gaura Vani – Hare Krsna (265) 02 Srikanta – Hare Krsna (259) 03 Acyuta Gopi – Hare Krsna (314) 04 Srikanta – Hare Krsna [...]

“Okay! So we’re on at Astanga tomorrow, for six in the morning” I smiled initially but as the words registered in my brain and I realized what Gaura said, a look of confusion took over, instead. He had to be joking….or misunderstood.  We just finished doing kirtan at the 1st Avenue temple and were still [...]