{"id":29500,"date":"2016-07-14T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T05:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=29500"},"modified":"2016-07-14T07:19:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T05:19:47","slug":"hare-krishna-celebrate-50-years-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=29500","title":{"rendered":"Hare Krishna celebrate 50 years in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBBCLondon%2Fvideos%2F1177760398932322%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100007899348638%2Fvideos%2F1718806671725961%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fravi.talsania.1%2Fvideos%2F10153740372317654%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbhaktivedantamanor%2Fvideos%2F10154476007785353%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<center><strong>Hare Krishna celebrate 50 years in London.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ZzBckp6uQis\/V4cduLesQII\/AAAAAAAAc80\/BLxY4uzRSms\/s0\/2016-07-14_07-05-50.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe Mayor of London was given boxes of cup cakes by devotees<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Devotees of Hare Krishna have handed out cupcakes in London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>More celebrations took place at the Radha-Krishna Temple in Soho, where the Hindu-inspired spiritual movement has had a centre for 47 years.<\/p>\n<p>Processions of Krishna followers have become a familiar sight on streets.<\/p>\n<p>They chant the Hare Krishna mantra and distribute books and vegetarian food.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the occasion, the deities at the temple were offered new outfits and a feast was held.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bbccom_mpu_1_2_3\" class=\"bbccom_slot mpu-ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"bbccom_advert\">\n        <script 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<\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Followers get ready for the procession<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1116D\/production\/_90379996_de16.jpg\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1116D\/production\/_90379996_de16.jpg\" datasrc=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1116D\/production\/_90379996_de16.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" alt=\"krishna procession\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The procession makes its way down Oxford Street<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15F8D\/production\/_90379998_de51.jpg\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/15F8D\/production\/_90379998_de51.jpg\" datasrc=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/15F8D\/production\/_90379998_de51.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" alt=\"krishna procession\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Women chanted and danced<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/C34D\/production\/_90379994_de35.jpg\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/C34D\/production\/_90379994_de35.jpg\" datasrc=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/C34D\/production\/_90379994_de35.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" alt=\"cupcakes krishna\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Devotees handed out cupcakes to commuters<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/752D\/production\/_90379992_de38.jpg\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/752D\/production\/_90379992_de38.jpg\" datasrc=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/752D\/production\/_90379992_de38.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" alt=\"govinda hare krishna temple\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The Soho Street temple is next to the Govinda vegetarian restaurant, where food is first offered to Krishna<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\">\n            <span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/371C\/production\/_90380141_de27.jpg\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/371C\/production\/_90380141_de27.jpg\" datasrc=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/371C\/production\/_90380141_de27.jpg\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" alt=\"cupcakes krishna\" height=\"549\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n                <span class=\"off-screen\"><\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    &#8220;Our tradition is all about love, and our way of giving back to London today is by sharing cupcakes,&#8221; a follower said<br \/>\n                <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-36786023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--8-124IsSsw\/V4ceK4nGYBI\/AAAAAAAAc84\/NNTPtdCKyuE\/s0\/2016-07-14_07-07-52.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By the BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Devotees of Hare Krishna have handed out cupcakes in London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness.  More celebrations took place at the Radha-Krishna Temple in Soho, where the Hindu-inspired spiritual movement has had a centre for 47 years.  Processions of Krishna followers have become a familiar sight on streets.  They chant the Hare Krishna mantra and distribute books and vegetarian food.  To mark the occasion, the deities at the temple were offered new outfits and a feast was held.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iskcon-50","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29500"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29506,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29500\/revisions\/29506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}