Mr. Tamal Lena and Mrs. Shakti Lena organized their monthly Kitchari Kirtan (KK) with Adam Bauer as a featured singer of Bhajans on Friday April 13, 2018 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm at their residence in Cambridge, MA. KK of Cambridge is getting popularity among the lovers of Kirtans in the surrounding areas of Massachusetts because a group of professional musicians who delight all the participants in raising their collective voices together in the singing of the names Hindu Gods.

Mr. Tamal cordially welcomed Mr. Adam Bauer and audience to the warm evening of chanting in community. He also said that Mr. Adam is now traveling the globe and sharing the heart-expanding beauty of Kirtan. Mr. Adam enchants and inspires listeners with his deep devotional singing wherever he goes. He spent many years with sacred chant pioneer, Krishna Das, and Bhakti Yoga legend, Shyamdas, and both of whom nourished his love of sacred sound and the yoga of devotion. Mr. Tamal Lena offered his special admiration and thanks to his wife Mrs. Shakti Lena, for preparing delicious Kitchari; to all friendly greeters; and to the cleaners for putting the sparkle into counter, sink, and cabinet.

Like Yoga, one of the popular meditation music genre called Kirtan, the call and response singing is getting increasing acceptance and admiration among American Kirtan loves because Kirtan is incredibly beautiful and experimental, and a glorious world of sound therapy. Mr. Adam Bauer sang melodious Hare Krishna classic Bhajans of Lord Ganesh, Lord Ram, Lord Krishna, Lord Shiva, Ma Radha along with Jacky Glen, and Kalia Kellogg. The magical music crew included Mr. Joseph Kalidas Getter on flute, Mr. Richard Davis on Guitar, and Jojo Silverman on Drums. They provided very harmonious music to the singing of Bhajans. It is believed that group singing of Bhajans helps the soul to enter the sacred space, and to be lifted from our present plane of consciousness to spiritual land.

Kitchen Kirtan is a unique spiritual experience that involves all our senses and provides a feeling of healing, nurturing, and fundamentally uplifting. By chanting, a devotee glorifies the supreme with Mantras and Bhajans that puts one in direct touch with Divinity. The sound of singing engulfs our ears and hearts.  In Kirtan environment, devotees see the other chanters and perhaps stare at pictures of deities or divine personalities, inhale the smell of fresh flowers, play cymbals, or even clap their hands.

One of the participants said that Kitchari Kirtan is a lovely and thoughtful platform offering a realm of delighted bliss. I immediately feel good, cleansed, relieved. A special feeling of purification sets in, and a distinctive happiness rises up in my heart.

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