[GHHF] Nagara Sankirtana was done on Vyasa Guru Purnimas going around village streets and Temples in Early Morning hours to purify the villages and instill spirituality.

23 Jul 2024 189 Views

Global Hindu Heritage Foundation is constantly looking for opportunities to awaken Hindus, bring them together, make them proud of their Sanatana Dharma and allow them to participate in the festivals and unite them to preserve our ancient culture. Sri Gopi Krishna Chary, Ravi, Arjun, Hanumanthu, Eranna and others coordinated the effort. It is planned to organize Nagara Sankirtana on every Purnima. 
On Vyasa Guru Purnima, GHHF Nama Sankirtana group started the singing procession from the Center of Kalyanadurgam, at 4:30 a.m. in the morning, at the dawn of Sri Rama Mandir, through the streets of Kalyanadurgam singing Bhajan Sankirtans and chanting Jai Sri Ram Jai Jai Sri Ram.  Our Bhajan Mandal went through Shiva Temple, Narasimha Swamy Temple, Anjaneya Swamy Temple Sunkalamma Devi, Kollapuramma Devi, Maramma Mother and other temples.  On occasions, Sri Gopi Krishna Chary expressed happiness that Hindus are doing a good program by placing sticks on the photo of Rama.
Nagar Kirtan or Nagar Sankirtans is a tradition in Hindu religions involving the processional singing of songs describing the holy hymns by a group of people in a residential area. Nagara Sankeerthana means organizing group chanting of religious songs selected a few songs on different Gods and Goddesses such as Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Devi, Ganesh, Dattatreya, Rama and other gods going around the streets either in the city, village or in the Ashram itself.
When a group of devotees goes on the streets of a town or village and loudly sings the holy names of the lord to the accompaniment of cymbals, mridangas and karatals, that is called Nagara Sankirtana. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Krishna Himself, the supreme personality of Godhead, personally propagated Sankirtans. Sankirtana takes the mercy of Krsna’s holy names to the spiritually dull mass of people and indeed, to all living entities, who would otherwise have no exposure to Krishna consciousness.
Public chanting purifies the contaminated atmosphere of Kali-yuga, and anyone who takes part in it becomes dearer to lord Caitanya. Distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books and Krsna-Prasadam make the Sankirtana party even more transcendentally enlivening. Devotees at Iskcon Amritsar regularly go out for Hari Naam Sankirtanas in the streets of Amritsar. Come and participate in Harinama Sankirtana as often as possible.
Nagar Sankirtan is an august occasion to promote open public connection wiping out the discrimination among people by fortifying the social texture. Nagar Sankirtan can revive and reestablish our imperiled cultural heritage as well as harmony. In the pervasive condition of violence and vengeance, Nagar Sankirtan, by the virtue of its tendency and appeal, sets up a genuine connection of brotherhood and empathy and in addition hoists the religious spirit.
The world today has profoundly felt the need of the irreplaceable “Hari Naam Maha-mantra”. The prophecy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has turned out to be a fact as expected that “Hari Naam Maha-mantra” will spread to cover all villages and towns of the world one day. Furthermore, humanity today is resonating to the recurrence of the all universal chant breaking the reservations of various communities and cultures.
For world peace, Harinama Sankirtana is organized in the lanes of Hubli-Dharwad each fortnight. More than 200 devotees join the immense chant for deliverance and resonate the Holy name. The devotees are altogether submerged in the ecstasy of chanting the Holy Name of Krishna. The Nagar Sankirtana closes with extravagant and delectable Krishna prasadam.
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swami devotees conduct Nagara Sankirtana in  their Ashrams – Mysore, Hyderabad, etc.  Sri Swamiji says, when we hear the sounds of songs, “it reverberates to a long distance. In the old world, they used to say that the sound of the bell on the hills of Tirupati used to be heard across the kingdom. The power of sound is such. This is a direct answer to those who wonder what good we are doing to the world by singing in the streets of Hyderabad. The waves of our sound reach far corners of the world and bring peace and happiness to the world. How much service can we do to the world? We have our human limitations. We can’t serve the world physically beyond those limitations. Only by singing God’s name with devotion, we can serve all the people in the world. This tradition has been followed by Lord Hanuman and other great men like Tambura, Narada, Tyagaraja, MuthuSwami Deekshitulu, Shyama Shastry, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya and the like. Today, our Sadguru, the living incarnation of Datta Himself is promoting this tradition. This year’s Nagara Sankeerthana is the second. We did the first in the year of Nandana. We should do this every year. I pray God to make it possible.” 
Sri Satya Sai Baba is communicating to the whole world lessons in spiritual practices. One of the important items of these spiritual activities is Nagara Sankeerthana. Nagara Sankeerthana should be carried out in every hamlet, village, town and city. At dawn no other sound but the name of God should be heard. This will yield immense benefit. It purifies the mind as well as the environment. On waking, if one loudly intones the divine names of Rama, Krishna, Govinda, Damodara, Sankara, Durga and Lakshmi, one's heart gets cleared of impurity. Sathya (truth), Dharma (duty), Santhi (peace) and Prema (love) get firmly implanted there. Moreover, waking up in the Brahma Muhurta is itself a wholesome habit. It is good for health; the mind gets alert; the heart is filled with happiness; all the organs are purified. Sri Sai Bhagavan has given instructions that all devotees should assemble at one place, conduct intonation of Pranavam (i.e. Om), and recite Suprabhatham.
Lord Caitanya inaugurated Nagar Sankirtana with thousands of devotees, in the face of threats of imprisonment, torture and death. Devotees around the world continue to perform Nagar Sankirtana to the best of their capacity
Srila Prabhupada considered public chanting to be the heart and soul of the Hare Krishna movement. In his correspondence to devotees, he would encourage them to engage in Sankirtana on the streets and during college engagements.
Let us all be a part of the perfect divine fate and appreciate the everlasting bliss of Sankirtana with all and one despite the caste, class and creed.
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