Devotees from the Temple regularly go out on the street and perform Hari Nam Sankirtan. This is currently being done in the City every Wednesday and
Friday afternoon beginning at 4pm from Govindas restaurant.

Lord Chaitanya inaugurated the Sankirtan Movement in Navardwip West Bengal five hundred years ago. The devotees of ISKCON are continuing this tradition by taking to the streets with mrdangas and karatalas and chanting the Holy Name in congregation. Being the Yuga dharma this activity is supremely purifying for the whole atmosphere and also purifies the hearts of those devotees that join in the Hari Nam Sankirtan. One can feel the special mercy of Lord Chaitanya by taking to the treets and distributing this nectar of the Holy Names of the Lord.

Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare

When the Hari Nam party takes to the streets many people join in and come and chant and dance with us. Hari Nam Sankirtan was one of the primary activities of the ISKCON Society that Shrila Prabhupada set up and it is still extremely important to the continued spiritual strength of our Movement.

Another aspect of chanting is japa or personal chanting on
beads and this all the devotees who live in the Temple do in the morning between 5 am and 7 am. The devotees take their japa mala beads which are 108 beads and they chant one mantra on each bead. One mantra of Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare on each bead. They go round their mala and chant that mantra 108 times. Those who are initiated and have taken vows to chant 16 of these rounds of the Hare Krishna maha mantra every day. This chanting takes approximately two hours.