Krsna Kirtana Songs est.
2001 www.kksongs.org
Archived
News: Year 2011
December 31, 2011:
Hari Bol!
Before ending 2011,
your forgiveness is requested for the period of inactivity the last three
months. Hopefully, in a few weeks, things can begin to get caught up again.
Your patience is greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much
for your support for this project. Many best wishes as we approach a near year.
UPCOMING EVENTS IN JANUARY per Chicago calendar:
January 4: – Putrada
Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
Janaury 19: – Sat-tila Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
Hare
Krsna!
October 9, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS IN OCTOBER:
October 11 – Kartik (Damodara) māsa begins. Since it is the holiest month, it is advised to increase the spiritual
activities and glorify Sri Damodara via the song: Namamisvaram
Saccidananda Rupam.
October 23 – Rama Ekadasi: Please fast from all grains and beans.
October 26 – 27: Dipavali/Govardhana
Puja
September 17, 2011
IFP (Increased Functionality Project) III begins now. Unlike IFP I of 2008 and IFP II of 2009, this project may
not be completed until late 2012.
Features of this new
update will include the following components:
-
Downloadable PDF for all
songs
-
Devanagari/Bengali scripts for songs, as previously described
-
Relinking of the Vaisnava literatures page
-
“Search by Personality”
feature to the Songs Lyrics Page Main Menu
The “Search by Book
Name” has been incorporated into the Main Menu of the Song Lyrics Page. As the
project progresses, that page will be all inclusive to allow ease in searching.
September 11, 2011
Hare Krsna!
NEW FEATURES SOON TO COME TO KKSONGS.ORG!
If you have been viewing
the alphabetical index of for the song lyrics, you may have noticed something
different. There are two blank columns to the left of each song.
These two blank columns
will be filled through time. The far left will allow one to view the song in Devanagari (for Sanskrit/Hindi/Braja
Bhasa songs) or Bengali (for Bengali songs). For
non-Indian language songs, this option will not be there.
The second blank column
will allow one to view/print the song in PDF, so they may use these as handouts
for programs. The goal is to convert every song on this site to both formats by
the end of 2012.
As of now, the Indian Scripts Page still remains
functional. Once each page of the currently uploaded Devanagari/Bengali/Odia
font songs gets updated to the current format, the Indian Scripts Page will
be permanently removed.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION:
The authors
page will also be undergoing major relinking and
reconstruction. The current links to the pages within the Authors and
Literature page will remain functional until the relinking
project is completed.
AUDIO:
All music files have
been taken off KKSongs.org and will not be reuploaded
again.
September 3, 2011
Hare Krsna!
One of the goals of the
site is to make all of the songs viewable in Devanagari
and Bengali script. This will occur through time. Each page will feature a link
that will allow one to view the respective song in the Devanagari
script or Bengali script, depending on the original language. The most common
songs are currently worked on.
UPCOMING EVENTS IN SEPTEMBER:
September
4: – Radhastami; the appearance of Srimati Radharani,
the eternal consort of Sri Krsna. Please fast till noon and read and sing Her
glories.
September 7: – Parsva Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
September 23: – Indira Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
July 17, 2011
Khol videos up through Lesson 12 Part 3 are
posted.
UPCOMING EVENTS IN JULY AND AUGUST:
July 26: – Kamika Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
August 9: – Pavitraropana Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
August 9 – 13: – Jhulana
Yatra: The swing (jhulana)
festival of Radha and Krsna
August 13: – Balarama
Jayanti: Appearance day of Sri Krsna’s elder brother, Sri Balarama.
Please sing the glories of Sri Balarama and fast till
noon.
August 21: – Krsnastami:
Also known as Janmastami, the appearance day of Sri Krsna. Fast till midnight, followed by Ekadasi
prasadam
August 22: – Vyasa
Puja: The appearance day of Srila
Prabhupada. Devotees typically write
offerings unto him. Please fast till noon.
August 25: – Annada Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
UPCOMING EVENTS
IN JULY:
July 11: – Sayana Ekadasi: From all grains and
beans
July 26: – Kamika Ekadasi: Fast from all grains
and beans
TORONTO
RATHA YATRA:
The devotees of the Toronto congregation will be
celebrating their Ratha Yatra
festivities on July 15 (the 12 hour kirtan event),
July 16 and 17 (the actual Ratha Yatra
event). Please visit this link for more information: www.festivalofindia.ca
May 29, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS IN MAY:
June
11: – Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi: If one has broken any Ekadasi within the
year, one should perform a complete fast from food and water. If has not broken
a Ekadasi within the year,
one may follow regular Ekadasi regulations (i.e. no
grains, beans, etc.)
June
26: – fasting for Yogini Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
KHOL VIDEOS:
The remainder of videos for
Lesson 10, 10A, and 10B have been uploaded and linked to their respective
pages.
On KKSongs
Video Page, the khol videos are in progress of being
linked to that page.
May 7, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS IN MAY:
May
13: – Mohini Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
May
16: – the appearance day of Sri Nrsimhadeva
(Nrsimha
Caturdasi); the incarnation of the Lord in
His man-lion form who protects His devotees. Fast till
May
28: – fasting for Apara Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
E-MAILS:
There have been
many e-mails sent between February and March that weren’t replied to. I
apologize for the lack of reply and any inconveniences caused by it. Specific
questions should have responses sent out. If not, please send another e-mail to
KKSongs.org.
Few
common questions that came up in the e-mails.
à BROKEN LINKS: If you find a broken link, please
include the URL where the link to the broken link is found. This way, we can
resolve the problem accordingly. The audio files should be restored
temporarily.
à MP3 REQUESTS: Due to certain constraints,
KKSongs.org will not post or send e-mails of any MP3 of any recorded
music/file.
Once again,
please forgive me for the lack of responses.
KHOL VIDEOS:
Filming should
resume in May for Lessons
UPCOMING EVENTS
IN APRIL:
March 29: – Papamocani Ekadasi: Fast from all grains
and beans
April 12: – the appearance day of
Sri Rama; the incarnation of the Lord as the ideal
personality. Fast till sunset
April 14: – fasting
for Kamada Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and
beans
April 28: – fasting for Varuthini Ekadasi: Fast from all grains
and beans
February 26, 2011
VIDEO PAGE UPDATE: All 94 episodes
of Mahabharata are linked to KKSongs.org. Please click the video page to view
these.
AUDIO PAGE UPDATE: After many
e-mail requests about audio files, most of the audio files will be
restored temporarily. There are future plans on rerecording many of the audio
files, but those won’t be implemented in the near future.
UPCOMING EVENTS IN MARCH:
February 28: – Vijaya Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
March 16: – fasting for Amalaki Ekadasi: Fast from all grains
and beans
March
19: – Gaura
Purnima Appearance
day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
incarnation of Sri Krsna in Kaliyuga
to spread congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna mahamantra.
March
29: – Papamocani Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
January 29, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS IN FEBRUARY:
February 14: – Bhaimi Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
February 16: – Nityananda
Trayodasi Fast till noon: followed by Ekadasi prasadam.
February 22: – Appearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura: fast till noon
February 28: – Vijaya Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
Hare Krsna! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Welcome to a new
year! This year will be quite unique as KKSongs.org celebrates its tenth
anniversary of being on the web, providing bhajan
lyrics to the web community. In addition, January 15th (an Ekadasi day too) is the fifth anniversary that the site has
been transferred to KKSongs.org. The site has grown from a mere bhajan lyrics site to a portal of musical knowledge,
education, as well as cultural aspects of Krsna
Consciousness. Few new changes has been implemented
for this year.
NEW SITE
APPEARANCE:
As you can tell,
our homepage looks different. Hopefully, this will ease navigation through the
site.
OFFICIAL SONG
LYRICS:
If you click on the
song lyrics, two alphabetical indexes are found. The first one in green shows
an index of songs sorted by the first words of the song. The second in
red sorts the songs by their title/official name.
KKSONGS AUDIO
PAGE QUESTIONS:
The links for bhajans have been delinked and
deactivated. There are plans for creating audio clips on how to sing the bhajan, but it is not known when they will begin.
UPCOMING EVENTS
IN JANUARY:
January 15: – Putrada
Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans
Janaury 29: – Sat-tila Ekadasi: Fast from all grains and beans