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“Hare Rama! Hare Rama! Rama Rama Hare Hare!
Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna! Krishna Krishna Hare Hare!”

The main objective of Sri Swamiji is to propagate ‘Bhagavan Nãma’ (the Name of the Lord) amongst the masses, particularly the downtrodden. Around 25 young devotees of Sri Swamiji visit the villages surrounding our Mathurapuri Ãshram, on weekends and public holidays and chant “Hare Rama” Maha Mantra.

The sessions are broadly divided into two - morning and evening - and are generally of two-hour duration. Each village is served by a group of three or four of these young men. For the first 15 minutes, they go around the village chanting “Hare Rama” and the local children join them. They then assemble at a common place and help the children with their school lessons for an hour and a half. The session concludes with singing of Sri Swamiji’s kirtans and narration of a short story from our puranas. These stories mainly pertain to bhaktas who come from the lower strata of the society.

The response from the villagers is excellent. They chant the Nãma without any inhibition whatsoever. The deep response from the villagers - children and elders alike - is seen in their greeting the young men with “Radhe Krishna!” Presently the focus is on the colonies.

This work began in November 2000 in two villages - Mãhãnyam and Malaipattu. Gradually, the number of villages have increased and the Nãma chanting is carried out in all of them.

Diary of events:

Activities during June 2002:

As directed by Sri Swamiji, a change has been effected in the “Nãma Prachãr” program from June 2002 . Sri Swamiji has directed the volunteers to select one village and chant the “Hare Rama” mahamantra from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm every Sunday.

Galattupattu was the first village chosen for Akhanda Nãma Kirtan on 2/6/2002. By 10.00 am around 40 villagers assembled at the school building. Sri Kumaran, an enthusiastic youngster from Galattupattu village took the initiative in organising the chanting. Chanting of the Nama was started at 10.00 am and went on till 3 p.m. It was a wonderful experience. Prasadam from Sri Kalyana Srinivasa Perumal temple was distributed to all the participants in the afternoon.

The highlight of the day was the procession of portraits of Sri Swamiji and Sri Krishna through the streets of the village. “ Hara Rama” was continuously chanted during the procession. The procession ended at 4.30 pm. After exchanging pleasantries with the villagers, satsang members returned to the Ashram.

Subsequently, Akhanda Nãma Kirtan was performed at Amarambedu, Poonthandalam and Pillaipakkam villages on successive weeks. The response in these villages was very encouraging. On all days, Prasad was distributed to the participants.

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