Koti
Japa Yagna

This Janmashtami, invite Krishna into your life by chanting His holy names.

Chant the maha-mantra on your own beads, log your rounds each day, and watch the offering rise together with devotees across the world, Koti by Koti.

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Names offered
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the first Koti, rising
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1,85,569
Total rounds
Today +498
3,184
Chanters joined
Today +41
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Cities chanting
across India & beyond
Arun from Bengaluru just offered 4 rounds · just now
Sri Sri Radha Krishnachandra, ISKCON Bangalore
Sri Sri Radha Krishnachandra · Bengaluru
Why we chant
harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā
"In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way."
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta · Ādi-līlā 17.21
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder-Ācārya of ISKCON
Founder-Ācārya of ISKCON

A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupāda

He carried the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra from a single room to millions of hearts across the world. In his own words:

“Live peacefully, chant Hare Krishna and be happy in your life.”Letter to Gurudāsa & Yamunā · 5 May 1967
“If you chant this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra you'll get all perfection, all perfection.”Lecture on Caitanya-caritāmṛta · Madhya 23.14
“Chanting is so nice that as soon as you take to chanting … immediately the cleansing process begins.”Lecture on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.1 · New York, 19 April 1973
The Holy Names

The mantras you'll chant

Chant the Pañca-tattva mantra once to begin, then the Hare Krishna maha-mantra on your beads.

To begin, the Pañca-tattva mantra

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
prabhu-nityānanda
śrī-advaita gadādhara
śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

First we offer our respects to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates, praying for their mercy to chant the Holy Names purely and with love.

The maha-mantra

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare
Hare Rāma Hare Rāma
Rāma Rāma Hare Hare

“These three words, Hare, Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, are the transcendental seeds of the mahā-mantra. The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His energy … like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence.”Śrīla Prabhupāda · The Science of Self-Realization

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How the yagna works

No app to download. Chant on your own beads, wherever you are.

A hand chanting japa on beads
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Register

Your name, mobile and city. This also registers you for the Swagatam Krishna Janmashtami celebration.

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Chant & hear

Chant the maha-mantra on your beads. One round of 108 is an offering of 1,728 holy names.

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Log your rounds

Submit your rounds each day. Keep your streak, climb the leaderboard, watch the offering rise.

Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa, President, ISKCON Bangalore
A word from our president
"When we chant the Holy Name together, we are not counting numbers. We are welcoming Krishna repeatedly, bead after bead, into our hearts. Let your voice be one of the crores that invite Him not only to your home this Janmashtami, but into this world at large, to usher in the much-needed peace on this earth."
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Sri Madhu Pandit Dasa
President, ISKCON Bangalore
Make your sankalpa

Commit to your daily Japa

Choose how many rounds of the maha-mantra you'll chant each day, from now to Janmashtami, and hold to it as your vow.

rounds / day
By Janmashtami you'll offer
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Register & begin your sankalpa →
Keep a daily streak, a flame for every day you complete your vow.

Why a vow, and why any number is a beginning

A sankalpa is a vow. What Krishna treasures is not the size of your offering, but the steady, determined heart behind it.

“Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination … these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.”
Bhagavad-gītā 9.14

And no one is ever turned away for beginning small.

“…you can begin a new life. … Try also to chant as many times as possible the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra on japa beads.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda · Letter, 1973
New to japa?

Learn to chant

Short guides to begin, and to chant along with us, one round at a time.

Leaderboard of devotion

Every round, from every heart

Chanters offering their hearts through the maha-mantra, updated live.

Cities leading the yagna
Voices from the yagna

Why they keep chanting

"I set out to chant just two rounds. By the tenth day it had quietly become the best part of my morning."
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Divya P. · Mysuru
"My whole family logs their rounds together at night now. The children ask if we've 'fed the counter' yet."
KR
Karthik R. · Bengaluru
"I had never chanted before in my life. The guided round made it simple, and now I cannot imagine my day without it."
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Meena S. · Bengaluru
Questions & answers

Everything you need to begin

New to chanting? These cover the essentials. Still stuck? Reach us any time.

Let this be Bangalore's welcome to Krishna

Add your voice to a rising ocean of the Holy Name. Register today and make your sankalpa.

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