# Kirtan and Sankirtana **See also:** [[artwork/themes/meditation|Meditation and Yoga]] | [[artwork/themes/temples|Temples and Altars]] **85 images** --- <h3>The Panca-tattva</h3> ![[0023_TLC-1.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 1 1974, 1996: Lord Caitanya and His associates chanted and danced again and again and thus made it easier to drink nectarean love of Godhead.* <h3>Lord Caitanya Chants with the Crowds</h3> ![[0030_Adi-2-6.jpg]] *Whenever the crowds became too great, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would stand up, raise His hands and chant, “Hari! Hari!” All the people would then respond, filling the land and sky with the vibration.* <h3>The Panca-tattva and Devotees on Sankirtana</h3> ![[0062_SB-11-2-2.jpg]] *In this Age of Kali, people endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is accompanied by His associates, by performing congregational chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.* <h3>Harinama Sankirtana</h3> ![[0064_SB-11-2-4.jpg]] <h3>The Sankirtana-yajna Brings Happiness</h3> ![[0065_BG--12.jpg]] *3.10: “Be thou happy by this /yajña/ [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you everything desirable for living happily and achieving liberation.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, wearing yellow, leads thousands of followers in the chanting of the holy names of Kṛṣṇa. The congregational chanting of God’s holy names is the highest sacrifice one can perform in the Age of Kali.* <h3>Harinama Sankirtana</h3> ![[0071_BG-82.jpg]] <h3>The First Janmastami</h3> ![[0093_KB1-4-pg.38.jpg]] *The joyous vibrations at Kṛṣṇa's birth ceremony could be heard in all the pasturing grounds and houses.* <h3>0102/BTG v.18 no12 p6-7</h3> ![[0102_BTG-v.18-no12-p6-7.jpg]] <h3>Jagannatha Temple Kirtana</h3> ![[0154_King-who..jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda Dance at Ratha-yatra</h3> ![[0156_King-swept-rd-5.jpg]] <h3>Panca-tattva Sankirtana</h3> ![[0174_UP--79.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya Chants in South India</h3> ![[0175_UP--111.jpg]] <h3>0180/UP 78</h3> ![[0180_UP--78.jpg]] <h3>Panca-tattva</h3> ![[0191_UP--218.jpg]] <h3>Panca-tattva Kirtana</h3> ![[0192_UP--231.jpg]] <h3>The Passing of Haridasa Thakura</h3> ![[0196_UP--295.jpg]] <h3>Lord Govinda's Boat Pastimes with Lord Caitanya</h3> ![[0204_Antya-3-3.jpg]] *EN CC Antya 3 1975: “Boarding a boat in the waters of Narendra-sarovara, Lord Govinda performed His water pastimes with all the devotees. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu arrived with His personal associates to see the jubilant pastimes of Lord Jagannātha in the Narendra-sarovara. At the same time, all the devotees from Bengal arrived at the lake and had a great meeting with the Lord. Because of the pastimes in the water, there was great jubilation on the shore, with music, singing, chanting, dancing and tumultuous crying. The chanting and crying of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas mixed and created a tumultuous sound vibration that filled the entire universe. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the water with His devotees and began His pastimes with them in great jubilation.”* <h3>Sankirtana at the Bindu Madhava Temple</h3> ![[0204_Mad-9-6.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 5: Upon reaching the temple of Lord Bindu Mādhava, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, seeing the beauty of the Deity, became overwhelmed with ecstatic love. He then began to dance in the courtyard of the temple. There were four people accompanying Him, and these were Candraśekhara, Paramānanda Purī, Tapana Miśra, and Sanātana Gosvāmī. They were all chanting, “Haraye namaḥ kṛṣṇa yādavāya namaḥ, gopāla govinda rāma śrī-madhusūdhana.” In all directions, hundreds of thousands of people began to chant, “Hari! Hari!” Thus there arose a tumultuous and auspicious sound that filled the entire universe.* <h3>Navadvipa and Goloka Vrndavana</h3> ![[Adi-1-8.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 1 1974: Lord Caitanya appeared with the sentiment of Rādhā and preached the chanting of the holy name.* <h3>Lord Caitanya Lifts the Body of Haridasa Thakura</h3> ![[Adi-2-10.jpg]] *Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu raised up the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.* <h3>Arati for Govindaji</h3> ![[Adi-2-7.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 2: In the temple of Govindajī, thousands of servitors always render service to the Lord, who is seated on a golden throne bedecked with jewels.* <h3>Krsnadasa Kaviraja Receives the Blessings of Sri Madana-mohana</h3> ![[Adi-2-8.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 2 1996: When Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja prayed to the Deity of Madana-mohana for permission to write Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, a garland from His neck slipped down, signifying assent, and the priest respectfully placed it on Kṛṣṇadāsa's neck.* <h3>An Invisible Caitanya Mahaprabhu Watches Lord Nityananda Dancing</h3> ![[Antya-2-6.jpg]] *Invisible to all but Lord Nityānanda, Lord Caitanya observed His ecstatic dancing.* <h3>Street Sankirtana</h3> ![[Antya-3-5.jpg]] *Az Úr Caitanya Mahāprabhu és legbensőségesebb társai saṅkīrtana (Isten szent neveinek közös éneklése) közben.* <h3>Caitanya Mahaprabhu Speaks to the Temple Gatekeeper</h3> ![[Antya-5-2.jpg]] *“One day when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to visit the temple of Lord Jagannātha, the gatekeeper at Siṁha-dvāra approached Him and offered respectful obeisances. The Lord asked him, ‘Where is Kṛṣṇa, My life and soul? Please show Me Kṛṣṇa.” Saying this, He caught the doorkeeper’s hand. The doorkeeper replied, ‘The son of Mahārāja Nanda is here; please come along with me, and I shall show You.’ Lord Caitanya said to the doorman, ‘You are My friend. Please show Me where the Lord of My heart is.’ After the Lord said this, they both went to the place known as Jagamohana, where everyone views Lord Jagannātha. ‘just see!’ the doorkeeper said. ‘Here is the best of the Personalities of Godhead. From here You may see the Lord to the full satisfaction of Your eyes.’ Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed behind the huge column called the Garuḍa stambha and looked upon Lord Jagannātha, but as He looked He saw that Lord ]agannātha had become Lord Kṛṣṇa, with His flute to His mouth.”* <h3>Art 0002/Mad 7-4</h3> ![[Mad-7-4.jpg]] <h3>Art 0004/Antya 2-6.</h3> ![[Antya-2-6_0.jpg]] <h3>Art 0016/NCL 16</h3> ![[NCL-16.jpg]] <h3>Art 0020/Antya1-2</h3> ![[Antya1-2.jpg]] <h3>Art 0021/Antya 3-3</h3> ![[Antya-3-3.jpg]] <h3>Art 0021/Antya 9-6</h3> ![[Antya-9-6.jpg]] <h3>Art 0032/0032/SB 2/1 6</h3> ![[0032_SB-2_1-6.jpg]] <h3>Art 0082/0082/SB 2-1-6</h3> ![[0082_SB-2-1-6.jpg]] <h3>Art 0100/0100/BTG 18-7 p22-23</h3> ![[0100_BTG-18-7--p22-23.jpg]] <h3>Art 0156/0156/King swept rd 6</h3> ![[0156_King-swept-rd-6.jpg]] <h3>Art 0157/0157/King swept rd 4</h3> ![[0157_King-swept-rd-4.jpg]] <h3>Art 0190/0190/UP 213</h3> ![[0190_UP--213.jpg]] <h3>Art 0192/0192/UP 232</h3> ![[0192_UP--232.jpg]] <h3>Art 0207/Art 0207/KIR 12</h3> ![[Art-0207_KIR-12.jpg]] <h3>Art 0208/Art 0208/KIR 11</h3> ![[Art-0208_KIR-11.jpg]] <h3>Art 0208/Art 0208/KIR 21</h3> ![[Art-0208_KIR-21.jpg]] <h3>Art 0208/Art 0208/KIR 25</h3> ![[Art-0208_KIR-25.jpg]] <h3>Art 0208/Art 0208/KIR 26</h3> ![[Art-0208_KIR-26.jpg]] <h3>Art 0208/Art 0208/KIR 28</h3> ![[Art-0208_KIR-28.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya in Benares</h3> ![[Art-0208_KIR-24.jpg]] <h3>Art 0215/Art 0215/CC3 12</h3> ![[Art-0215_CC3-12.jpg]] <h3>Sri Caitanya and His Associates Dance Before Lord Jagannatha</h3> ![[Mad-3-1.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya Dances Before the Ratha-yatra Cart</h3> ![[Mad-5-4.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 3: As Lord Caitanya danced before Lord Jagannātha in the Ratha-yātrā festival, He displayed various symptoms of transcendental ecstasy.* <h3>Lord Caitanya Moves the Ratha Cart With His Head</h3> ![[Mad-5-7.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 3: Even elephants had been unable to move the cart, yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu easily pushed it with His head.* <h3>The Sankirtana Party Confronts Chand Kazi</h3> ![[SB-1_1_2.jpg]] *Lord Caitanya convinced the Kazi about His saṅkīrtana movement.* <h3>Sr Caitanya Mahaprabhu Dancing</h3> ![[0023_TLC-f.c.jpg]] *Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared five hundred years ago in West Bengal, India, to propagate the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa all over the world.* <h3>Gaura-Nitai</h3> ![[0023_TLC-2.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 1 1996: Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda have arisen like the sun and moon to dissipate the darkness of ignorance.* <h3>Devotees Watching Balarama-Yamuna Lila</h3> ![[0026_Adi-3-6.jpg]] *EN CC Adi 2, Adi 3: While Lord Caitanya was in the ecstasy of Baladeva, all the devotees assembled together and danced, overwhelmed with ecstasy.* <h3>Radha-Govinda in Vrndavana</h3> ![[0028_TLC-3.jpg]] *Among the many transcendental lovers of Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs [cowherd girls of Vṛndāvana are the best, and among the gopīs Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the best.* <h3>Narada Walks the Mystic Pathways</h3> ![[0029_SB-1_1_22.jpg]] *Nārada Muni, a liberated spaceman, travels throughout the material and spiritual worlds singing the glories of the Lord and delivering the fallen souls.* <h3>Radha-Krsna and the Principal Gopis</h3> ![[0048_SB-10-6-2.jpg]] *In the Sanskrit classic Brahma-saṁhitā, Lord Brahmā, the first created being in the universe, states, “I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who resides in His own realm, Goloka, with Rādhā, who resembles His own spiritual figure and who embodies the ecstatic potency hlādinī. Their companions are Her confidantes, who embody extensions of Her bodily form and who are imbued and permeated with ever-blissful spiritual rasa.” The gopīs assist Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in Their transcendental pastimes, expertly using their talents to increase the Divine Couple’s spiritual pleasure.* <h3>Prahlada Chants With His School Friends</h3> ![[0050_SB-7-2-3.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya, the Incarnation for Kali-yuga</h3> ![[0105_BTG-22-14-11-p.23.jpg]] <h3>Narada Muni</h3> ![[0137_KB1-12--pg67.jpg]] *The great sage Nārada Muni.* <h3>Krsna and the Gopis Enjoy Pastimes in a Boat</h3> ![[0142_KB1-28_1984_--KA128.jpg]] <h3>The Kingdom of God</h3> ![[0160_UP-25.jpg]] <h3>Gaura-Nitai in Navadvipa</h3> ![[0175_UP--106.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya in the Jharikhanda Forest</h3> ![[0179_UP--110.jpg]] <h3>Laksmi-Narayana in Vaikuntha</h3> ![[0196_UP--287.jpg]] <h3>Prahlada Teaches His Classmates</h3> ![[0201_UP--251.jpg]] <h3>Cleansing the Gundica Temple</h3> ![[0206_NCL11.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda at the Chipped Rice Festival</h3> ![[Antya-2-4.jpg]] *As Lord Nityānanda and Lord Caitanya walked among the groups of devotees eating the chipped rice and yogurt, They jokingly took a morsel of food from every pot and made each other eat it.* <h3>Haridasa Thakura's Disappearance</h3> ![[Art-0214_CC3-22.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya Carries the Body of Haridasa Thakura</h3> ![[Art-0215_CC3-38.jpg]] <h3>Lord Siva and the Kirtana Party</h3> ![[BB-3.49-51.jpg]] <h3>Nrsimhananda Brahmacari Decorates Lord Caitanya's Road to Vrndavana</h3> ![[Mad-1-5.jpg]] *When Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī heard that Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu would go to Vṛndāvana, he became very pleased and mentally began decorating the way there.* <h3>Radha-Krsna and the Gopis</h3> ![[Mad-3-6.jpg]] <h3>Caitanya Mahaprabhu Dances with the Animals</h3> ![[Mad-7-1.jpg]] *EN CC Madhya 4: Sometimes Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted very loudly while passing through the Jhārikhaṇḍa forest on His way to Vṛndāvana. Hearing His sweet voice, all the does came near Him and followed Him left and right. While reciting a verse with great curiosity, the Lord patted them. Then five or seen tigers came and began to follow the Lord. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Chant Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!” the tigers and deer began to chant “Kṛṣṇa!” and dance. When all the tigers and does danced and jumped, Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya saw them and was struck with wonder. Indeed, the tigers and deer began to embrace one another, and touching mouths, they began to kiss. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw all this fun, He smiled.* <h3>Art 0062/0062/SB 1-1 f.c. (NE)</h3> ![[0062_SB-1-1-f.c.-(NE).jpg]] <h3>Art 0191/0191/UP 216</h3> ![[0191_UP--216.jpg]] <h3>A Snake Gives its Cave to Haridāsa Ṭhākura</h3> ![[0032_SB-2_1_2.jpg]] *Haridāsa Ṭhākura, a great devotee of Lord Śrī Caitanya, used to live in a cave, and by chance a great venomous snake also was a copartner of the cave. Some admirers of Haridāsa, who had to visit the Ṭhākura every day, feared the snake and gave a suggestion to the Ṭhākura to leave that place. Because his devotees were afraid of the snake, Haridāsa Ṭhākura agreed to the proposal on their account. But as soon as this was settled, the snake actually crawled out of its hole in the cave and left the cave for good. By the dictation of the Lord, who lives also within the heart of a snake, the snake gave preference to Haridāsa and decided to leave the place and not disturb him.* <h3>Sankirtana Warrior</h3> ![[0105_BTG-20-4-p.25.jpg]] <h3>Dhruva in Meditation</h3> ![[0163_UP--23.jpg]] <h3>Bharata Maharaja Meditates on Surya-Narayana</h3> ![[0174_UP--90.jpg]] <h3>Māyādevī Tests Haridāsa Ṭhākura</h3> ![[Adi-2-9.jpg]] *While chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra in Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was personally tested by Māyādevī herself.* <h3>Lord Caitanya Feeds Sivananda Sena's Dog</h3> ![[Antya-1-3.jpg]] *“When all the devotees came to the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they saw that the same dog was sitting a little apart from the Lord. Furthermore, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was throwing remnants of green coconut pulp to the dog. Smiling in His own way, He was saying to the dog, ‘Chant the holy names Rāma, Kṛṣṇa and Hari.’ Seeing the dog eating the green coconut pulp and chanting ‘ Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa’ again and again, all the devotees present were very much surprised. When he saw the dog sitting in that way and chanting the name of Kṛṣṇa, Śivānanda, because of his natural humility, immediately offered his obeisances to the dog just to counteract his offenses to it. The next day, no one saw that dog, for it had obtained its spiritual body and departed for Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual kingdom.”* <h3>Haridasa Thakura Leaves the Purified Prostitute to Practice</h3> ![[Antya-1-8.jpg]] *After instructing the prostitute about the process of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, Haridāsa Ṭhākura stood up and left, continuously chanting “Hari, Hari.”* <h3>Caitanya Mahaprabhu Lying Unconscious at the Simha-dvara Gate</h3> ![[Antya-4-6.jpg]] *After searching for some time, the devotees came upon Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lying in a corner by the northern side of the Siṁha-dvāra gate.* <h3>Art 0070/0070/BG -71</h3> ![[0070_BG--71.jpg]] <h3>Lord Caitanya Induces the Animals to Chant and Dance</h3> ![[Art-0214_CC2-29.jpg]] --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. All rights reserved. These images are reproduced here with permission for educational and devotional purposes. 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