Devotees Delight Indian Villagers

During the last few weeks the residents of over forty villages along the holy Yamuna and Ganges Rivers have been startled-and delighted-by an unusual sight: a lively group of ISKCON devotees riding into town in a bullock cart. Dressed in flowing saffron robes and loudly playing drums and small cymbals, the devotees quickly draw a crowd with their enthusiastic chanting of Hare Krsna and then liberally distribute free, sanctified food (prasada) and Krsna-conscious literature written in the local language.

Srila Prabhupada recently requested a few of his disciples to begin this ancient, Vedic method of saṅkirtana (spreading the glories of the Lord), and under the guidance of His Holiness Lokanatha Swami the program is meeting with great success in the simple villages of rural India.