Hare Krishna! Krishnanagar Jail Praching a Huge Success!
The Krishnanagar Jail Preaching program yesterday, upon the invite of the Superintendent, went surprisingly far better than expected. The one hour program commenced with 5 male and 4 female ISKCON devotees chanting on a platform with a powerful Durga Festival sound blasting system under a big shade giving tree in the centre of the huge complex that houses at this time approximately 800 prisoners. Around 500 prisoners gathered around, including some Muslims, and actually participated in the chanting of the holy names of Krishna and Gauranga and they heard how the eternal soulÍs real jail house is this material world of birth and death.. The women prisoners, around 60, also enthusiastically attended by adding their chanting and boisterous ïhigh pitched ululationsÍ every so often expressing their appreciation when the melodious chanting crescendos peaked. This was the real jail house rock – the entire jail was literally rocking through the getto blaster speakers with the holy name enticing prisoners and staff alike to smile and chant the holy names of the Lord. We had a full array of devotional instruments. Sanjoy Prabhu played the mridanga wonderfully.
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