JAPA YAJNA FOR WORLD PEACE AND HARMONY
A Unique program for mass distribution
of the holy name
ISKCON Bangalore has a unique program tomake thousands of people chant at least one round of the Hare Krishna maha mantra everyday at the temple on Hare Krishna Hill. This unique program was inaugurated by the then Governor of Karnataka, Her Excellency Smt. Ramadevi.
Over 9000 rounds of the mahamantra were chanted by pilgrims on January 1st, at Hare Krishna Hill. This marked the beginning of ISKCON Bangalore's offering to World Peace & Harmony in the year 2000: the Shata Koti Nama Japa Yajna (Sacrifice to chant 100 crore holy names of Sri Krishna) in the Year 2000, in ISKCON's Harinama Mantap.
The Harinama mantap is just located before the pilgrims reach the first temple of Sri Prahlada Narasimha. Designed in South-Indian style, this has two sets of 108 steps. A recorded voice of Srila Prabhupada chanting the mahamantra with full clarity, resounds in the mantap, playing off a CD. One full round takes exactly 10 minutes - meaning that 1296 people can pass through the mantap in an hour, each chanting the mahamantra 108 times.
Day after day, devotees of the Sri Radha Krishna-chandra temple take turns in appealing to the visitors to participate in this yajna for world Peace, and to receive Krishna's blessings in His temple. Braving all types of weather, the devotees stand before the japa mantapa, enthusing visitors to participate in the Nama Japa Yajna.
Each participant chants the Hare Krishna mahamantra
(consisting of 16 holy names) 108 times as he passes through the Harinama Mantap.
