For more than a decade, Fundacja Viva Kultura has organized Festivals of India events, attracting over 200,000 people each year. On this film you will meet the 150 smiling devotees from around the world, who put on these wonderful festivals with unrivalled determination and dedication. Featuring: HH Indradyumna Swami
Perhaps nowhere in the world have people so eagerly adopted the spiritual practices of Krishna consciousness as in Ukraine, formerly part of the Soviet Union. Through first-hand accounts, relive the struggles that were commonplace in the lives of the Ukrainian Hare Krishna devotees during Soviet rule.
Despite the threat of imprisonment and torture, they worked to spread Chaitanya's message of bhakti yoga. Holding secret meeting in their houses and hiding their books when the KGB searched their homes, the devotees continued to spread Krishna consciousness in secret until the U.S.S.R. fell. Then, nervously but with excitement, they started to spread Krishna consciousness openly, wearing saris and dhotis, chanting in public, and established temples.
Niranjana Swami describes the growth of the Ukrainian Hare Krishna movement, from the arrival of the first devotees in the late 80s and the early underground preaching, to the many temples and huge annual festivals held today.
The difficult past of the Ukrainian devotees and their struggles and determination under an oppressive system only serves to glorify their accomplishments. Today there are dozens of temples and thousands of members.
This video is an amazing testament to the spiritual potency of Srila Prabhupada, who by his visit to Moscow in 1971 ignited a spiritual revolution in the U.S.S.R.
Polish Woodstock 2004 drew over 400,000 young people, and Hare Krisha devotees were there for the annual cultural revolution.
Indradyumna Maharaja and 500 Hare Krishna devotees joined the three-day event, offering the festival-goers vegetarian meals, Prabhupada's books, and of course, the Maha Mantra!
Special guests included Bhakti Bringa Govinda Maharaja and Lokanatha Maharaja. It is interesting to note that several European devotional bands have harvested an underground following of fans, offering a new wave of mantra rock.
Extra features: -Harinam with Indradyumna Swami -Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami Kirtan -Interviews -'Not for a gentleman' video -Dhira Sound System Concert -Village of Peace Concert
