This year’s Festival of the Holy Name, held over Thanksgiving weekend (November 24-25, 2023) in Alachua, Florida, was another spiritual success, welcoming hundreds of devotees to the two-day kirtan event.
The annual gathering is “fully organized and subsidized by second-generation devotees; the festival attracts every member of our local temple community as well as friends and congregation members from all over Florida and beyond,” said Mukhya Devi Dasi, Temple President at ISKCON’s New Raman Reti temple in Alachua.
The festival is a cooperative effort by volunteers who serve together to facilitate a blissful kirtan experience for the members of the community as well as visitors from out of town. Their mission is to “honor the gift of kirtan, and aspire to create an atmosphere of joyful camaraderie in experiencing kirtan, performing seva (service), and honoring prasada together.”
“The entire event is based on what Srila Prabhupada describes as the basic principles of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement: chanting, dancing, and eating Krishna-prasada,” said Govinda Dasa, one of the volunteers.
Nonstop kirtan began at 10 am and extended until 10 or 11 pm, all beneath a large, beautifully decorated tent where Sri Sri Nitai Gauracandra presided.
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