{"id":400,"date":"2013-03-24T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=400"},"modified":"2013-03-24T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:11:27","slug":"crowd-attends-hare-krishna-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/crowd-attends-hare-krishna-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd attends Hare Krishna festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mediaarticlebody\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1364169986494_1050\">\n<p>Bhaktivedanta Manor, England &#8211;\u00a0March 24, 2013 (VNN) via\u00a0Press Association<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/UKNews2403201317395010-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-401\" alt=\"Members of the Hare Krishna congregation take part in a holy Hindu ritual called Yajna at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Krishna temple (PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/UKNews2403201317395010-1-300x215.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/UKNews2403201317395010-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/UKNews2403201317395010-1.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Hare Krishna congregation take part in a holy Hindu ritual called Yajna at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Krishna temple (PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1364169986494_1054\">Thousands of people have attended a colourful and rhythmic festival at a Hare Krishna temple.<\/p>\n<p>Forty years after the religious group moved into a manor house bought by the c George Harrison, they celebrated with prayers, songs and ancient costumes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1364169986494_1053\">Vinay Tanna, a spokesman for Bhaktivedanta Manor, said: &#8220;Although it&#8217;s been very cold, we have seen the best colours and thousands of people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations, which were timed to mark the start of spring, culminated with robed priests pouring clarified butter &#8211; called ghee &#8211; onto open fires in a ritual called a Yajna, and the guests throwing different colours at each other.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_8_1_1_1364169986494_1097\">Mr Tanna estimated around 10,000 people attended the festival at Bhaktivedanta Manor, near Radlett in Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhaktivedanta Manor, England &#8211;\u00a0March 24, 2013 (VNN) via\u00a0Press Association Thousands of people have attended a colourful and rhythmic festival at a Hare Krishna temple. 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