{"id":58595,"date":"2018-02-07T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=58595"},"modified":"2018-02-07T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:08:46","slug":"hundred-people-start-regular-chanting-after-week-long-discourse-in-surat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=58595","title":{"rendered":"Hundred people start regular chanting after week-long discourse in Surat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-0BMOoi70SiI\/WnrrgaQ89MI\/AAAAAAAAhu0\/vUdi5P7vg-8UBJZy9atCXjFH5uIog6e4gCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-02-07_13-04-53.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-wYBvN8Xpt_c\/WnrrmU-W4LI\/AAAAAAAAhu4\/GfL4RZQ5IssMK7FRzMDthrFR-AztWXioQCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-02-07_13-05-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Qvr9q9KRd60\/Wnrrs_P0_-I\/AAAAAAAAhu8\/51Iu8jOpzxQZj-bz08mpRbAzPTIQxRI5QCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-02-07_13-05-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-AVeLaW3lSLU\/Wnrr1gVcQdI\/AAAAAAAAhvA\/4b0DkZAtuNYQOb4wy4iDTCHY-UcZ3jKsACHMYCw\/s0\/2018-02-07_13-06-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-9fa_3ttxmp4\/Wnrr8BISOII\/AAAAAAAAhvE\/t96QyYPVfr4I8Sw1fE-ggqDfOMKxMNw1wCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-02-07_13-06-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over 100 new people committed to chanting at least one round of the Hare Krishna mahamantra everyday at a week-long Bhagavata Saptah discourse from 9th January to 15th January in Surat. <\/p>\n<p>Almost 1500 devotees thronged to hear the discourse based on the story of Prahalada Maharaja in the Srimad Bhagavatam, delivered by Chandra Govinda Das, an eminent exponent of Srimad Bhagavatam, who is a disciple of His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lectures started with melodious kirtan and bhajans every day,\u201d said Ramanatha Das, one of the organizers of the discourse. \u201cPeople listened to the story of Prahlada Maharaja and the glories of Lord Narsainghadev with rapt attention. We also served a sumptuous vegetarian prasadam dinner every day after the discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city of Surat has a long history of regular Bhagavatam discourses organized by various congregation groups, usually attended by thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Srila Prabhupada visited the city in 1971, the entire city turned up to receive him and welcome the visiting devotees from America and Europe,\u201d explained Chandragovind Das. \u201cLadies, men and children lined rooftops and street corners throwing flower petals at Srila Prabhupada and the devotees. The Mayor of Surat declared a holiday to allow the residents to participate in the harinama sankirtana festival organized by devotees. At that time, Srila Prabhupada said that \u2018Surat was a city of devotees\u2019. Today, we can see that Srila Prabhupada\u2019s vision for Surat is unfolding steadily as it has the largest congregation and the maximum number of weekly satsang programmes in the state of Gujarat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Your servant<\/p>\n<p>Romapada Das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Plret4ChYt0\/WnrsOdpR5TI\/AAAAAAAAhvQ\/8nBIRwyYyockkmON6yg0ePZSKUHHg1ZNQCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-02-07_13-07-58.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By Romapada Das<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Over 100 new people committed to chanting at least one round of the Hare Krishna mahamantra everyday at a week-long Bhagavata Saptah discourse from 9th January to 15th January in Surat.   Almost 1500 devotees thronged to hear the discourse based on the story of Prahalada Maharaja in the Srimad Bhagavatam, delivered by Chandra Govinda Das, an eminent exponent of Srimad Bhagavatam, who is a disciple of His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami.  \u201cThe lectures started with melodious kirtan and bhajans every day,\u201d said Ramanatha Das, one of the organizers of the discourse. \u201cPeople listened to the story of Prahlada Maharaja and the glories of Lord Narsainghadev with rapt attention. We also served a sumptuous vegetarian prasadam dinner every day after the discourse.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58595","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=58595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58597,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58595\/revisions\/58597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}