We had some free time yesterday. So what did we do? We all went on harinam in downtown Sydney. We weren’t advertising any particular festival. Just having fun. And lots of it!
Australian tour
News coverageCheck out the recent news coverage of our harinams and festivals: “Cultural Icon of the ’70′s returns.” |
Broken heartWe just finished our festival in Manly, a suburb of Sydney. The good news is that 400 people came and loved the show. The sad thing is that because of limited seating we had to turn 210 people away at the door. My heart was broken into pieces. |
Sleepy HollowWe went into the suburbs on a quiet day to advertise our upcoming shows on the outskirts of Sydney. I assumed most people had never seen devotees before, but that didn’t stop them from smiling and waving as our harinama passed by! |
Beyond our imaginationOur festivals in the Sydney area are successful beyond our imagination. We are averaging 500 people a show. We are experimenting with ‘meditation workshops’ the day after the show. The workshop concludes with japa and kirtan. Yesterday over 100 people came to the workshop in Erina. They all left with a set of beads,… |
New Year’s EveOne and a half million people turned out for fireworks down by the Sydney harbor and opera house on New Year’s Eve. Most came early to get a good vantage point. As they sat for hours, waiting for the midnight show, we weaved in and out of the crowd to their great delight. |
New Year’s EveOne and a half million people turned out for fireworks down by the Sydney harbor and opera house on New Year’s Eve. Most came early to get a good vantage point. As they sat for hours, waiting for the midnight show, we weaved in and out of the crowd to their great delight. View slideshow [...] |
Beach Town KirtanTo advertise our upcoming festivals we did harinam in two coastal towns just north of Sydney. Mona Vale and Avalon are chic, high class towns with wealthy and affluent people. Like everyone, everywhere, they loved the kirtan of the holy names. |
Programs fully packedWe had a great festival in Kiama, south of Sydney on Sunday. Over 500 people attended. There was standing room only. We even had to turn people away. The word is out around Sydney and thus all our programs so far have been packed. We have 12 to go and at the end of January [...] |
Final performanceFantastic photo of our final performance at the Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne. It’s from the front page of the South Asia Times. We’re throwing flowers into the air as we bow out. 3,500 people were in attendance. |
