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By Damodara Pandit das
The special global event to celebrate ISKCON’s 50th Anniversary at the Sydney Opera House has sold out in record time. The show entitled ‘Transcendental Journey: Hare Krishna Celebrate 50 Years’ was quite an ambitious and optimistic project but with overwhelming support from devotees and Australian public the show sold out in just 3 days. Transcendental Journey is a theatrical, musical and multimedia spectacular showcasing how Srila Prabhupada’s extraordinary journey transformed the lives of millions.
The performances scheduled on Saturday 20 August, 2016 follows the life of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada as he journeys west to introduce the Krishna Movement in United States in the mid 1960-70’s. The show then presents the Hare Krishna explosion World-wide and the wonderful achievements to date.
Showcasing devotional music, dance and drama, the show will explore the challenges a young Bhaktivedanta Swami faced, as well as sojourning back to the era of Sri Chaitanya and then Krishna’s time some 5000 years ago. The show presents the cultural roots of Gaudiya Vaisnavism and celebrates the development of the movement in the West over the past 50 years.
‘Transcendental Journey’, will feature live on stage narration and recount from Mukunda Goswami, Bhakti Charu Swami, Radhanath Swami, Shyamasundara Prabhu and Malati Mataji. Grammy Nominated kirtana band ‘Bhakti without Borders’, Sri Prahlad and the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula Mantra Choir will add the musical segments and the ‘Natya Shakti’ Odissi dance troupe will feature throughout the story.
We hope this highly ambitious show will inspire everyone and expand the appreciation of Srila Prabhupada and the ISKCON Movement. We encourage all centres to use the talented devotees in ISKCON and create such wonderful events. And what is the future of ‘Transcendental Journey’? Well we would love to take the show to major venues in London, New York, Moscow, New Delhi, and of course Mayapur. It is the story of Prabhupada, Lord Chaitanya and Radha Krishna and the devotees – it should be played at every major city every night.
The special event in the Sydney Opera House will be framed by events in Sydney in days prior and after the event. Thursday will see a special Foundation Stone laying ceremony at the new Temple project in Sydney’s western suburb of Vineyard. Govinda’s Restaurant Darlinghurst will host a special 50th Celebratory Bhakti Film Fest on the Friday night and on Sunday there will be a special events; ‘Sadhu Sanga Sunday’ and ‘Journey Within – Kirtan Concert’ in Darlinghurst, Sydney.
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Damodara Pandit das
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