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These days from 24th October to 4th November i was engaged in the service
of writing the reports for the World Holy Name Week event in Vrindavana. It
was kind of service as the reporter . Also required to organize the
mataji's kirtan.
I offer to you the summarized report and some of the pictures.
All glories to You!

The World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana (report).

Today 24th september on the day of ekadasi The World Holy Name Week started
in Vrindavana. The team of very enthusiastic devotees began the kirtan at
the Bhaktivedanta Goshala gates situated nearby parikrama marg for the
benefit of all pilgrims who in such auspicious day of ekadasi were doing
parikrama around Vrindavana Dham. The devotees also were distributing the
lemon juice for those who thirsty. The pilgrims were attracting to the
kirtan that was performing on their way. Sometimes even the cows were
magnetized by hearing the Holy Names devotees were singing. In the evening
the program moved from Goshala to Krsna Balarama Temple area. The chanting
of the Holy Names of the Lord was continued with even greater force by the
members of Namahata department.

Today is the second day of the World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana. The
kirtan is increasing. The disciple of Srila Prabhupada H.G. Vayasaki prabhu
was leading kirtan today right after performance of Namahata department.
The people were coming and taking participation by dancing and clapping. It
was ecstatic. In the kirtan took participation also H.G. Mukunda Datta
prabhu (SP disciple) who is very expert in kirtan and has the voice like
gandharva.

On the 3th day of the World Holy Name Week the students from Bhaktivedanta
gurukula took participation. They also were inspired to show the drama
about the life of the great saint Haridasa Thakura on the eve of his
disappearance day. It was very artistically performed. The time between the
drama gurukula students were chanting the Holy Names of the Lord with great
enthusiasm skillfully playing on different instruments. To see the drama
one of Srila PrabhupadaÕs disciples mataji Paravati came. She was very
happy observing as children playing drama. The people outside also were
coming interested in what was happening on the scene.

The 4th day of celebrating the World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana was
especially rich. In the morning the devotees from Namahata departement were
performing incredible kirtan gathering people to dance. In the afternoon HH
Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami gave deep lecture on the Holy Name. In the
evening the Krsna Balarama temple president took participation with his
special orchestra. The kirtan was ecstatic. The souls were dancing filled
with happiness. They could not stop. It seems that especial mercy of Srila
Haridasa Thakura were pouring on all conditioned souls today.

Today is the 5th day and kirtan was started in the morning by matajis
kirtan party. It was sweet and it was for Krsna. The devotees were praying
together to Srila Prabhupad before to start. That kirtan as the offering to
the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupad was devotionally performed. In the
evening the air was filled with blissful kirtan that was going by the
devotees from Namahata department and Gosala.

Today is the 6th day of The World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana.

The lively kirtan in the morning was going by the members of Namahata
department. In the evening the very dedicated to the service to Srila
Prabhupad two brahmacari-devotees were leading the kirtan. They are
actually the expert players in the traditional Bengali gaudia vaisnava
kirtan.

Later on HH B.A.Janardana Swami took the opportunity to glorify the Holy
Name of the Lord for the benefit of all around. In the mean time Mataji
Daivi Sakti (SP disciple dedicated all her life around 40 years for the
service to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupad) came to check how kirtan is
going. She came in the mood of wonder after hearing the sounds of kirtan.

Today devotees also brought some very modern electronic instrument the kind
of drum the digital percussion and it was beautifully sound. This is the
nature of devotee to use everything in KrsnaÕs service.

On the 7th day of The World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana the kirtan
marathon was started by the Srila PrabhupadaÕs Samadhi kirtan party. The
kirtan in SPÕs Samadhi is going every day during many years without stop.
This year the matajis celebrated 8 years from the time they started this
service for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupad.  They are very rare souls who
lost their hearts in Vrindavan; they were trying to catch the hearts of all
around and bring them closer to Krsna. During the kirtan people coming
outside were gathering like one big family and with raised hands were
chanting: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare/Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare. Closer to the evening Kusum Sarovara Priya dd from
Mauritius, Amsumati dd from Brasil and others shared the sweet melodies
that were coming from the deep cores of their hearts. The atmosphere of one
same service was there. Everybody around were following the kirtan in
different ways; somebody by singing, others by dancing or by smiling,
clapping. Later on the team from Namahata department took the relay.

Today is the 8th day of the World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana. The Srila
PrabhupadaÕs Samadhi kirtan party was performing kirtan in the first half
of the day. In the evening the disciple of Srila Prabhupada H.G.Mukunda
Datta prabhu came to take participation in the sankirtana festival. He was
singing very melodically and at the same time with deep devotion that no
one could pass by the scene. The people were stopping and beginning to
dance with raised arms. Some of them after dancing were offering their
obeisances. The devotees from Bhaktivedanta Vani asram that is situated
nearby Gosala the young brahmacaris continued the evening kirtan.

The 9th day kirtan was started by the devotees from Namahata department.
They have the mini temple bus on which they are traveling around Vraja
Mandala and preaching in the villages. Today is the last day that they can
take participation in the kirtan here nearby Srila Prabhupada Samadhi,
because tomorrow they are going to the villages. The evening part of the
day the atmosphere was filled with the kirtan by the international matajis
kirtan party. Devotees from the different places of world gathered in the
performing one service the glorifying the names of the Lord (Switzerland,
Brasil, Kerala, Mauritius). Thereafter the devotees from the Bhaktivedanta
Gosala asram continued the kirtan.

Today is the penultimate day of the worldwide event ÒWorld Holy Name WeekÓ.
This day is the day of dance. In the first half of the day the atmosphere
was filled with the kirtan performed by the Srila PrabhupadaÕs Samadhi
kirtan party. The matajis brought the instrument called tanpura that sounds
very beautifully. The people were gathering in one round to dance. It is
the original nature of the soul to dance; and when one is singing the
LordÕs holy names with sincerity desiring to please Krsna then all the
living entities around begin to dance naturally. In the evening HH Bhakti
Dhira Damodara Swami was leading nonstop kirtan. It was as if in one
breath. Everyone was dancing without stop. It was like that everybody came
down from the platform of the mind. There were only two things: the Holy
Name and the dance. It was amazing. Then later on the Vrajavadhus kirtan
band continued till the end. Today is also the last day of the Ajamila
katha that was given by Braja Vilasa prabhu. Three days the seminar was
going on.

The final day of the World Holy Name Week comes to the end. It started with
the kirtan by the International matajis kirtan party. At the beginning the
devotees offered the mangala-carana prayer and after that the sweet kirtan
for the LordÕs pleasure gradually began. Gosala kirtan party was the next.
In the evening the temple president of Krsna Balarama mandir H.G.Pancagauda
prabhu came again with his mini orchestra; then little bit later the
devotee Ramai prabhu who dedicated himself to the harinam-sankirtan in
Vrindavana on the regular base during more then last three years came
directly from his service with his wonderful instrument accordion to take
participation in glorifying the holy names of Lord. The pilgrims were
chanting, were dancing, were happy! Thus gradually the last day of The
World Holy Name Week in Vrindavana came to the end.


Your servant, Anya