Kirtan In The Gobi Desert

In 1996, several foreign devotees who were visiting Mongolia, held kirtan in the streets of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. They were immediately caught and deported. For almost 20 years now the streets of the country have remained silent of the singing of Krsna's holy names. Our renewed status as a religious organization, however, now allows us to sing freely everywhere with prior permission. So yesterday with great enthusiasm we took to the streets of Sainshand in the Gobi desert and chanted and danced along with the local people. Later in the day we had a hall program in the center of town. Another milestone in the history of Lord Caitanya's samkirtan movement!