Ajit Das: Dear devotees, friends and well-wishers,
Hare Krsna!
Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Sripad Maharaj’s Ranganiketan Manipuri Cultural Arts Troupe www.ranganiketan.com will be making a tour of Europe from 5th – 25th July this year (2009).
Devotees who are interested in utilizing the artiste’s preaching potential by organizing programs should contact me (ajit das) to discuss the possibilities as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much
Your humble servant In service of Srila Sripad Maharaj’s Cultural Preaching programs,
Ajit Das Director, Ranganiketan Temple President, ISKCON Manipur
Mobile +91-(0)94360 27881 w_amarjit@hotmail.com
In booking a hall for a Ranganiketan tour in the U.S. in 2006, I discovered that some of the best venues (such as Stanford University’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium) require as much as two-years advanced planning.
For this particular university venue, which sends out program brochures of their season’s shows months in advance, one must first obtain support of a member of the university faculty (which is usually easy to do for Ranganiketan because the Manipuri style of Indian classical dance is rarely seen and is well respected by the professors in university dance departments.)
The benefits of being in such a hall are numerous. It is a prestigious location, and there is a “regular” audience who gets the University’s advertisements (which means less marketing headachjes and expenses). By being part of the university’s regular season events, a certain kind of potential ticket-buyers who might not think to go out of their way to attend such a performence will be reached.
I am glad to hear Ranganiketan is up and running, and humbly request Ajit Prabhu to advise when the troupe will be able to return to the San Francisco Bay Area. If I have enough lead time I will try to book them at Dinkelspiel in Stanford and to get enough promotion out there to fill the theatre.