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The Hare Krishna Tree, an American Elm in Tompkins Square Park, New York City, under which Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada began the first recorded public chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra outside India. [20] The Hare Krishna mantra appears in a number of famous songs, notably those of George Harrison.
Poster depicting Prabhupada for the 1967 Mantra-Rock Dance, a fundraising event in aid of ISKCON's San Francisco temple. In 1968, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder and acharya (leader) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), sent six of his devotees to London to establish a new centre there, the Radha Krishna Temple, and so expand on the success of ISKCON's ...
[92] [nb 6] Harrison's song popularised the Hare Krishna mantra internationally, [100] further to the impact of the Radha Krishna Temple's 1969 recording. [28] In response to the heavy radio play, letters poured into the London temple from around the world, thanking Harrison for his religious message in "My Sweet Lord".
Titled "Hare Krishna Mantra", the song reached the top twenty on the UK music charts, and was also successful in West Germany and Czechoslovakia. [23] [25] The mantra of the Upanishad thus helped bring Bhaktivedanta and ISKCON ideas into the West. [23] Kenneth Womack states that "Hare Krishna Mantra" became "a surprise number 12 hit" in Britain ...
The inclusion of Sanskrit in "It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna)" recalls both "My Sweet Lord", which incorporates part of the Hare Krishna mantra as well as other Hindu prayers, [33] [34] and "Gopala Krishna", [35] an unreleased track that Harrison also recorded for his All Things Must Pass triple album in 1970. [36]
The Hare Krishna mantra appears in some famous songs, such as former Beatle George Harrison's 1970 hit "My Sweet Lord". [ 51 ] [ 52 ] John Lennon included the phrase "Hare Krishna" in his lyrics to " Give Peace a Chance " and the Beatles' 1967 track " I Am the Walrus ".
In 2011, Sir Ivan released a hit single named "Hare Krishna" which contained the Hare Krishna mantra. In 2012 Rapper N.O.R.E. made a track called Hare Krishna featuring the RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan. Brazilian singer Nando Reis released "Mantra" (2003) as a partnership with fellow Titãs member Arnaldo Antunes.
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