Devotees and guests at the two ISKCON temples in Spanish Fork and Salt Lake City, Utah, participated in their annual January 1st Japathon. The yearly event, which began in Utah in 2009, was inspired by Ananta Rupa Dasa, then president of the ISKCON Boise, Idaho Temple, which has held the event for over 25 years. The intention of the Utah devotees is that the blessings of the Holy Names be applied to the state’s residents by chanting at least one of Krishna’s names for each of the one million households in the Beehive state.
That goal was more than tripled on January 1, 2024, with devotees chanting over 1,900 rounds between the two locations, totaling 3,285,656 names of God. “It was a very successful event with record numbers of New Year’s Day visitors to both centers,” said Caru Das, who, along with his wife, Vaibhavi Devi Dasi, founded the two communities.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/devotees-celebrate-15-year-tradition-of-chanting-millions-of-gods-names-for-utah-residents/
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