A soulful new single by gurukuli Hari Kirtan Kaufmann, featuring Lilashakti Sesanti and Vrindavan Favors, blends Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami’s Bengali bhajan “Sri Vraja Dhama Mahimamrta” with English spoken word poetry to deeply moving effect. The epic 9-minute track, with its strikingly artistic music video featuring performances from international devotee artists, captures the feeling of hankering after Vrindavan Dhama and devotee association during the pandemic, and the lifelong journey towards giving oneself completely to Lord Krishna.
Music has been a major part of Hari Kirtan’s life, and his spiritual journey, from a young age. He first started taking piano lessons at age 15 while attending New Vrindaban gurukula, then began learning guitar and joined his first band, Lifeforce, with other New Vrindaban gurukulis while living in Malaysia. Later, he played chart music with a cover band while touring Europe for many years, but became disenchanted with the mundanity of the experience.
“I didn’t touch my guitar for seven years,” he says. “It was actually doing kirtan that revived my interest in playing music and writing songs.”
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