Ukraine’s Hare Krishnas survive war by Zoom and serving neighbors
Many of the estimated 15,000 Hare Krishnas who call Ukraine home have continued their daily practice and serve their neighbors, even as several temples have been damaged or destroyed and their communities scattered.
Krishna Kripa Das: In the fall of 2020, Tori Luecking, pursuing a masters in journalism at NYU, did a brief documentary on the Hare Krishnas (https://youtu.be/c-3pA-KIb5Q), having often seen them chanting in NYC. As a reporter for Religion New Service, she asked me for Hare Krishna news. I told her Niranjana Swami wrote a book on Hare Krishnas and the Ukraine war, and she wrote this very nice article: https://bit.ly/406j2Yv