Gender

Female

Birthday:

August 8

Name / Initiated name

Alice Tharp

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

16

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

I was just drawn to it. I first encountered the movement through George Harrison's music, but after reading the Gita I joined a local temple and have been going weekly, chanting japa, performing morning rituals in preparation for initiation.

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

Cleveland Iskcon Temple. It's in east Cleveland inside the house of the guru from whom I hope to take initiation. I'm awful with remembering peoples names, and to be honest I don't think I could spell half of them even if I tried. There are about 15 people at the local temple though.

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

I'm rather quiet and shy. Most people recognise me from my tattoos first off since I got quite a few of them when I was younger. I'm awful at describing myself honestly. I'm pretty easy going, I try to be kind to everyone.

What are your expectations from this community?

I live in an area with a limited number of community members locally so it would be nice to share with others within the community to keep me close and on the right path.

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

I really enjoy sharing what I learn as I learn it so I would love to advance to a stage where I can teach people at some point in time. To me the best service is to bring someone out of ignorance, and at the very least get them thinking. I would also like to work with other devotees to make devotional music to help brighten others days.