{"id":76243,"date":"2019-06-29T05:01:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T03:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=76243"},"modified":"2019-06-29T05:01:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T03:01:58","slug":"kirtan-fest-in-houston-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=76243","title":{"rendered":"Kirtan Fest in Houston &#8211; 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/G1SF6n0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KIRTAN FEST HOUSTON 2019<\/p>\n<p>ISKCON OF HOUSTON | 1320 W 34<sup>th<\/sup> St. | Houston, TX 77018 | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iskconhouston.org\/\">www.iskconhouston.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ISKCON of Houston is organizing a Kirtan Fest 2019 during Labor Day Weekend (August 31 \u2013 September<\/p>\n<p>2) at our beautiful temple in Houston, TX. This will be the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> annual festival that has become a recurring flagship annual festival. Every year, we have seen an increased number of devotees gathering for sankirtan yajna.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a combination of Kirtan, entertainment and philosophy. We are inviting kirtaniyas, special guests such as sanyasis, traveling preachers and other artists to this festival. It will be a paid event (which covers the cost of prasadam, special guest\u2019s expenses. Similar to other organized kirtan events such as Sadhu Sanga Retreat, Kirtan 50 in Dallas, Festival of Holy Name in Chicago &amp; Alachua &#8211; we will provide accommodation to people traveling from outside of Houston. As details become available, we will share it on our dedicated website &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirtanfesthouston.com\/\">www.kirtanfesthouston.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website will be updated periodically as we get confirmation from kirtaniyas, special guests and artists. Online registration is open and everyone can take advantage of early bird rates through July 31.<\/p>\n<p>We request all devotees to spread the word to their friends and families in other temples and help make this event widely known. This will be a unique festival and create an immersive space for devotees to experience rejuvenating kirtan from morning till night in the company of many senior Vaishnavas who have a deep taste for the Holy Name.<\/p>\n<p>In this age, the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord is the prescribed method for waking up. The ways and means are most scientifically presented by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and intelligent persons may take advantage of His teachings in order to bring about real peace and prosperity. (Srimad Bhagavatam\u20131:1:4\u2013purport).<\/p>\n<p>We are anxiously waiting for (confirmed as of June 28):<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HH Bhakti Sundar Goswami<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Havi Dasa (ACBSP)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 Gaura Mani Devi and HG Param Dasa (Vrindavan)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Sri Prahlad Dasa (IDS, London)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Namarasa Dasa and Tulasi Devi (New Jersey)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Krishna Kishore Dasa, HG Bali Dasa &amp; Dhanya Devi (The Mayapuris)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Amala Harinam Dasa &amp; Nadia Muni Devi (Alachua, FL)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Krishna Prasada Dasa (Baltimore)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Mathura Jivan Dasa (Dallas)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Mukunda Russell (Chicago)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Rati Manjari Devi (Netherlands)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Revati Buchwald (Baltimore)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 HG Nilamadhava Das (Anish)<\/p>\n<p>Please visit us: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirtanfesthouston.com\/\">www.kirtanfesthouston.com<\/a><a> <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kirtanfesthouston\/\">www.facebook.com\/kirtanfesthouston\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact Madhav Charan Das for additional information at <a href=\"mailto:harinam.houston@gmail.com\">harinam.houston@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/G1SF6n0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>ISKCON of Houston is organizing a Kirtan Fest 2019 during Labor Day Weekend (August 31 \u2013 September at our beautiful temple in Houston, TX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-message-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76243","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=76243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76245,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76243\/revisions\/76245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}