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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 September 2002:

On 14th September, Nãvalur, Venkãdu and Pillaipakkam were visited. The response at Pillaipakkam was tremendous. There were atleast 60 participants, which included both children and elders. "Hare Rama" was chanted for around half an hour. This was followed by singing of Sri Swamiji’s kirtans. The children and the elders sang the kirtans enthusiastically.

On 15th, Poonthandalam, Amarambedu and Gallatupattu were visited by the satsang members. "Hare Rama" chanting was done for half an hour in each of these villages and stories from Srimad Bhagavatham, stressing the importance of chanting Bhagavan Nãma, were narrated.

On 22nd September, a new village-- Pazhantandalam was visited. There were around 50 participants from the village. This village is near Thiruneerumalai.Here, there are 2 temples- Vishnu temple and Siva temple, in addition to a well maintained Krishna Bhajan Mutt. Though it was the first visit, it was really encouraging to see the enthusiasm of the villagers. Malaipattu was also visited and "Hare Rama" was chanted there.

On 29th September, the villages of Pazhantandalam, Poonthandalam, Gunduperumbedu, Vellãrai, Kolathur, Irumbedu, Mettu Kolathur, Malaipattu and Mãhãnyam were visited. Hare Rama was chanted for half an hour in most of these villages and the children were given chocolates at the end of the sessions.

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