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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 August 2002:

"Hare Rama" Akhandanãma was performed at Kolathur, Mãhãnayam and Galattupattu from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm on 4/8/02, 11/8/02 and 18/8/02 respectively.

At Mãhãnyam, Akhandanãma sankirtan was performed at our Sri Kalyãna Srinivasa Perumal temple for the first time. At the end of the chanting, Sri Swamiji blessed all with T-shirts (with logos of Lord Krishna on one side and “Hare Rama.." mahãmantra on the other side) and Japa mãlas.

At Kolathur, chanting was done at the local Bhajan Mutt and at Galattupattu, it was done at two places viz. the local temple and the village primary school. Excellent arrangements were made by the villagers. On all days, prasãdam from Sri Kalyãna Srinivasa Perumal temple was distributed to the participants.

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