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Arjuna Polson, foreground, and Kalindi Williams play on the seesaw at the Hare Krishna Farm in Carriere Mississippi. |
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Every member of the Hare Krishna movement takes initiation, a
formal
ceremony where the initiate takes religious vows, which include no meat
eating and chanting the names of god a certain number of times each
day.
Bananas, sesame seeds and strands of Tulsi beads, a sacred wood, are
used in
the ceremony. |
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Rohininandana reads from the Srimad Bhagavatam, one
of the
Hare Krishna Movements sacred books, during a morning class at the
temple. |
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Hare Krishna devotee Mohanasini Lightfoot shows off her grandson Manu Mandal to fellow devotee Maharani Berg during the Sunday afternoon feast at the New Talavana Farm in Carriere, Mississippi. |
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Maharani Granham holds the small statue of Prabupada, the founder
of
the Hare Krishna Movement, during the morning service at the temple. |
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Rohita Hyndam reads from the Chatana Charitamrita, the biography
of the
greatest preacher, during the morning program. |
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The devotees bow down after a religious service held outside the
temple. |
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Members of the Hare Krishna Farm eat at the weekly vegetarian
Sunday
feast. |
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Young men at a Jehovah's Witness Convention in Biloxi, Mississippi. |
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A young man takes a nap during the Jehovah's Witness Convention in Biloxi, Mississippi. |
