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21st Century ISKCON

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known as the Hare Krishna Movement was founded by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1966 in New York City, eleven years before he died at the age of 81.

 

The popular nickname of Hare Krishnas for devotees of this movement comes from the Maha Mantra that devotees sing aloud or chant quietly. This mantra contains the names of God Krishna and Rama. Devotees believe that the sound vibration created by repeating these names of God gradually revives a state of pure God-consciousness, or Krishna consciousness.

 

The Hare Krishna mantra appears in a number of famous songs, most notably the late George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.........Wikipedia

 

Australia Day, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia (Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 @ 12:01 pm)

 

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