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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:

Saturday, 6th April 2002

Pillaipakkam, Venkãdu, Nallur and Amarambedu:

A new village Pillaipakkam was visited by Ramanujam, Kesavan, Ramachandran and Umasankar. This village is about 10 kms from the Ashram. They visited both the village and the colony. The response from this village was great and there was a huge turnout of elders. While Kesavan and Ramanujam educated the elders about Bhagavan Nãma, Ramachandran and Umasankar took care of the children.

They also covered Venkãdu, Nallur and Amarambedu, where the usual sessions were conducted. There was an active participation of elders in all these villages.

Sunday, 7th April 2002

Poonthandalam, Mettukolathur, Galattupattu, Nãvalur(colony and village), Irumbedu (colony and village), Mãhãnyam, Gunduperumbedu, Vellãrai, Malaipattu and Kolathur

In the morning Poonthandalam, Mettukolathur, Galattupattu and Nãvalur were visited by Kesavan, Vasanth, Suresh, Ramanujam, Ramachandran, Umasankar, Sumanth, Ramesh and Sivaraman. Stories from our Puranas were narrated to the children. Since exams are over for most of the children, chanting of ‘Hare Rama...’ was on for about 30 minutes.

In the evening the participants were Ramanujam, Kesavan, Vasanth, Sivaraman, Ramachandran, Umasankar, Suresh, Ramesh, Sumanth, Karthik, Anand, Seshadri, Srikanth, Vijay, Ramakrishnahari, Venkatesh, Ravi, Muralidharan, Smt.Kalpana Amudhan, Padma Srinivasakannan, Kishori Seshadri and Janaka Mãmi. They visited Irumbedu (colony and village), Mãhãnyam, Gunduperumbedu, Nãvalur colony, Vellãrai, Malaipattu and Kolathur. The children in all these villages chanted ‘Hare Rama...’ very enthusiastically.

Saturday, 13th April 2002

Amarambedu, Pillaipakkam, Nãvalur and Venkãdu

Kesavan, Ramanujam, Ramachandran and Umasankar visited Amarambedu, Pillaipakkam, Nãvalur and Venkãdu where usual sessions were held.

Sunday - 14th April 2002

Poonthandalam, Galattupattu, Mettukolathur and Nãvalur, Vellãrai, Gunduperumbedu, Irumbedu(colony and village), Malaipattu and Mãhãnyam village

In the morning Kesavan, Ramanujam, Sivaraman, Vasanth, Satya and Ramachandran visited Poonthandalam, Galattupattu, Mettukolathur and Nãvalur. In Poonthandalam, ‘Hare Rama...’ was chanted for around 10 minutes in three houses. Chanting of ‘Hare Rama...’ in the houses of the villagers was started this week in Poonthandalam.

In the evening Srikanth, Anand, Vasanth, Ramakrishnahari, Srinivasakannan, Sumanth, Ganesh, Kesavan, Sivaraman, Suresh, Munusamy of Kolathur village, Ramanujam, Smt.Kalpana Amudhan, Padma Srinivasakannan and Janaka Mãmi visited Nãvalur village, Vellãrai, Gunduperumbedu, Irumbedu colony and village, Malaipattu and Mãhãnyam village.

Thursday, 18th June 2002

Sriperumbudur:

On the occasion of Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi participants from our satsang visited Sri Ramanuja temple at Sriperumbudur and chanted ‘Hare Rama...’ in the temple premises.

Some villagers also joined us in chanting ‘Hare Rama...’. The participants from our satsang were Kesavan, Ramanujam, Seshadri, Vasanth, Veeraraghavan, Suresh, Srikanth, Venkatesh, Ramachandran, Ramakrishnahari, Dr.Vasudevan, Ravi, Dasarathan of Amarambedu and Munusamy of Kolathur. The atmosphere was vibrant and many devotees also joined us in chanting ‘Hare Rama...’.

‘Hare Rama...’ was chanted for around 30 minutes in front of Sri Ramanuja sannidhi. It was very nice to see people join the chanting of ‘Hare Rama...’. There was also “Divyanãma Sankirtan” during which ‘‘Hare Rama...’ was chanted . Chanting went on for nearly two hours.

Saturday, 20th April 2002

Nãvalur village, Pillaipakkam, Amarambedu, Venkãdu and Tiruvallur

Ramanujam, Ramachandran, Vasanth, Kesavan and Umasankar visited Nãvalur village, Pillaipakkam, Amarambedu and Venkãdu. After finishing the regular sessions, they went to Tiruvallur where the Annual Brahmotsavam festival was going on. They followed the procession of Lord Veeraraghavan chanting ‘‘Hare Rama...’

Sunday, 21st April 2002

Galattupattu, Mettukolathur, Poonthandalam and Nallur

Galattupattu, Mettukolathur, Poonthandalam and Nallur were visited by Ramanujam, Kesavan, Vasanth, Ramachandran, Umasankar and Suresh. The day being “Rama Navami”, stories about Lord Rama were told to the children and the elders in the village.

Friday, 26th April 2002

Amarambedu

There was an annual festival in the local temple at Amarambedu. The people there asked us to chant ‘Hare Rama...’ during the festival. Kesavan, Satya, Ramachandran and Suresh went and particpated in the function at around 8.20 p.m. in the night. The villagers were very happy about their participation and joined them in chanting ‘Hare Rama...’.

Saturday, 27th April 2002 and Sunday 28th April 2002

Amarambedu, Poonthandalam, Galattupattu, Nallur, Nãvalulr, Venkãdu, Pillaipakkam, Gunduperumbedu, Malaipattu, Mãhãnyam, Kolathur, Vellãrai, Irumbedu and Mettukolathur.

During the weekend, Kesavan, Vasanth, Ramachandran, Srikanth, Suresh, Sumanth, Seshadri, Muralidharan, Shanmugam, Anand, Sivaraman, Umasankar and Munusamy of Kolathur alongwith Smt.Kishori Seshadri and Janaka Mãmi visited Amarambedu, Poonthandalam, Galattupattu, Nallur, Nãvalulr, Venkãdu, Pillaipakkam, Gunduperumbedu, Malaipattu, Mãhãnyam, Kolathur, Vellãrai, Irumbedu and Mettukolathur.

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