Kadamba Kanana Swami is 'down under' and was participating in the 12h Kirtan Marathon in Melbourne, Australia. You can view a 12 min summary of this below. If you cannot view the video then visit youtube.
It sounds like they had lots of fun over there and Maharaja is, as usual, rocking the room.
At the end of 2010 there was a big festival at Simhachalam. We arrived there in the early evening and more and more sankirtana devotees from different parts of Europe came to grace the festival. Sacinandana Swami and Kadamba Kanana Swami really enlivened all the devotees with talks, seminars and massive kirtans! Enjoy the Pics and Videos(more to come also, from the festival) The scores from the book marathon were read out and many extraordinary preachers were recognised for their hard work and some of the sankirtana devotees gave great tips and inspiration to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. The Maharajas gave deep insight into book distribution and also told some funny stories ! There was a big abhishek of Narasimha and Prahlada Maharaja. There are already plans for the festival again for the end of this year!!! Jaya Jaya Narasimha!!!!
"The real hardship undoubtedly is performed on the street, it is there where it began, it is there where our movement cane out to the public, on the street – that was the stage of communication. On the street initially, kirtan and magazines, group of devotees going around and altogether reaching the public… It is a fact that on the street is a special place, because it is on the street where one just meets people who have no prior connection at all, and just enters in to their world just like that – as if you’ve been dropped by a parachute and just there it is and suddenly there it is they are getting into a whole new dimension, not just the getting the book but getting a whole spiritual dimension into their life! So it is very important that we appreciate what a great gift it is to give someone a book."
"We are welcoming you all to the Ratha Yatra festival. It is a festival which is dedicated to the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha mantra. We are here in the temple of Lord Jagannatha. Lord Jagannatha is Lord Krsna and Lord Jagannatha is specifically worshipped through the process of harinama sankirtana. 500 years ago the worship of Lord Jagannatha reached a high point. We find the worship of Lord Jagannatha already described in the Skanda Purana and there it is mentioned that as early as the Satya Yuga, the worship of Jagannatha was going on. So Jagannatha has been worshipped now for over millions of years but 500 years ago that worship had changed because 500 years ago, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was there and firstly introduced harinama sankirtana in Jagannatha Puri. And at that time the chanting of Hare Krsna became connected to the worship of Lord Jagannatha and has never left."
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 04 July 2010, Phoenix Ratha Yatra, SA)
Live and kicking from the Simhachalam Farm, Maharaja attends the Sunday Feast (25 may 2010) and gave a nice class which you can see here below.
Cannot see the video? http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7193732
The awesome group of devotees from the UK, headed by Parasurama Prabhu, ventured by van from England to the orange city of Amsterdam for the Queensday. They brought 10 devotees + a huge bicycle that holds a real drumkit. See how that looks in this video below. If you can't see this video then click this link: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11619033
We like to thank Parasurama and his devotee friends for visiting Amsterdam Queensday and we hope they will visit us again next year for Queensday...
At the end of 2010 there was a big festival at Simhachalam. We arrived there in the early evening and more and more sankirtana devotees from different parts of Europe came to grace the festival.
"The real hardship undoubtedly is performed on the street, it is there where it began, it is there where our movement cane out to the public, on the street – that was the stage of communication. On the street initially, kirtan and magazines, group of devotees going around and altogether reaching the public…
