{"id":80518,"date":"2023-02-13T11:06:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=80518"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T10:20:16","slug":"iskcon-london-1969-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=80518","title":{"rendered":"ISKCON London 1969 in Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NeqCaOc.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGuru das explains that the devotees had been booked for the BBC\u2019s Top of the Pops live music programme.<\/p>\n<p>When he heard that scantily clad girl dancers in cages would be in the background, \u201c No, we\u2019re leaving unless the dancers leave \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The producer said the girls have to perform due to union rules.<\/p>\n<p>Now this Top of the Pops was one of the most popular shows in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>So a compromise was made, the girls were taught the \u201c Swami Step \u201c and the devotees performed live on TV.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/0MkQ7kT.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan at Albert Hall<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan at Oxford<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan the at \u201cArt Lab\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan at the \u201cArt Lab\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src= \"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-21.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interview with the B.B.C.<\/p>\n<p><img src= \"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-22.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan at St. Pancras Hall, London<\/p>\n<p><img src= \"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan at St. Pancras Hall, London<\/p>\n<p><img src= \"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-24.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two London Brahmacharies<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kirtan at the \u201cMiddle Earth Round House\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YJikZ7B.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucester Hall overfloods with spectators.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/back2godhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1969-01-28-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First annual convocation, Jan. 4, 1969<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/0MkQ7kT.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Historic ISKCON London photos!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80518","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=80518"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106214,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80518\/revisions\/106214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}