Gaura Hari das - Classic modern ISKCON mrdanga

This is a video that I shot of Gaura Hari das, mentioned in H.H. Indradyumna Swami's recent diary entry, while he was here performing with Maharaja and his spiritual circus.

This is a good solid style of playing that is quite representative of modern ISKCON kirtan.

As for the ladies dancing in the background - have you noticed how all the computer-based media players (such as WinAmp, Kaffeine, MPlayer, etc.) got "visualizations" a few years ago?

People just get bored listening - they have to see something too. So this is the transcendental equivalent of the visualizations. Personally I always turn those things off, but I can appreciate by their existence that there must be demand for them.

If those ladies weren't dancing there then the audience would tire of the chanting much quicker than they do. They program is expert, actually, in how it balances these different factors.