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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Mangal arati with the early risers

Bhakta April played whompers and the kirtan soon soared to its peak with the devotees dancing ecstatically. Later he was throughly elated when Nrsimhananda Prabhu gifted him with a new mrdanga. Here in Africa beat is in the blood! At the end of the kirtan everyone is wet and blissed out.


When I arrived at the Pretoria Temple at 4am to attend mangal arati with a group of karate kids from Bhakta April's Karate Academy I was throughly elated to see that everyone was up and waiting in great enthusiasm to see what was in store for them. Their foreheads were anointed with tilak and the female all were clad in beautiful saries. This program was collaborated by Bhakta April and Nrismhananda Prabhu with support from the Pretoria management team and left the attendees eager to come back for more next Sunday.





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