ISKCON Kirtan Ministry · Worldwide

World Holy Name Festival 2026

17–23 September 2026

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Every figure on this page comes from a report sent by a devotee.

Reported so far

Live

Gathered from reports sent by temples and devotees worldwide

Reports received

73

194 programmes held

Countries reporting

4

4 of 78 · 5.1%

Participants reported

10,067

of 25M · <0.1%

Hours of Holy Name

312

From 30 centres

Average per programme
52 participants
In days and hours
13 days of Holy Name
Photographs published
8

Kinds of programme reported

  • Harinama Sankirtana38
  • Nagar Sankirtan13
  • Book Distribution with Kirtan4
  • Japathon4
  • Online Program4
  • Other4
  • Home Program3
  • Kirtan Mela3

Updated · taken from the most recently published report

The festival week

Seven days, 17–23 September 2026. A column holds the reports whose date of event falls on that day.

  1. Thursday 17 September 2026 — 14 reports
  2. Friday 18 September 2026 — 9 reports
  3. Saturday 19 September 2026 — 8 reports
  4. Sunday 20 September 2026 — 14 reports
  5. Monday 21 September 2026 — 6 reports
  6. Tuesday 22 September 2026 — 10 reports
  7. Wednesday 23 September 2026 — 8 reports

69 reports give a date of event inside the festival week; 2 give a date outside it; 2 give no date. The date of event is an optional field on the report form.

Global Competitions

Drawing, ISKCON 60 Creative Video, and Best Harināma Saṅkīrtana Reel. Entries close 23 September 2026.

3 entries received
  • 1Drawing
  • 2Creative Video
  • —Harināma Reel

Entries have closed. Winners will be announced by the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry.

Festival goals

Goal

Set by the Kirtan Ministry — these are aims for 2026, not counts of what has happened

Goal

78

Countries

4 countries · 5.1%

Goal

1,256+

Temples & centres

30 centres · 2.4%

Goal

108M+

Maha mantras

Not collected in submitted reports

Goal

25M+

Participants

10,067 · <0.1%

Reports by continent

Every published report, grouped by the continent given on the form

Reports by continentAsia 69 reports (94.5%). Australia 2 reports (2.7%). Europe 2 reports (2.7%).
Asia
69
Australia
2
Europe
2

3 of the six continents have reported

  • Asia — 69 reports
  • Europe — 2 reports
  • Africa — no reports yet
  • North America — no reports yet
  • South America — no reports yet
  • Australia — 2 reports

From the festival

Photo submitted with the World Holy Name Festival 2026 sankirtan report from Surendranagar, Gujrat, India
Congregation — Surendranagar, India Photograph shared with the report from Surendranagar

Temples and Communities Taking Part

Participants reported by each temple and community, as published by the Kirtan Ministry

  • 44 from temples
  • 21 from congregations
  • 8 from individuals

Temple or communityParticipants

  • ISKCON VIRAR Mumbai, India · Temple 1,560
  • ISKCON Nellore Temple inside and outside, India · Temple 1,160
  • Srila prabhupada castle Werribee, Australia · Congregation 1,000
  • New Vraja-dhama (Krisna-valley) Somogyvámos, Hungary · Temple 600
  • ISKCON DHANBAD Dhanbad, India · Temple 548
  • ISKCON Surendranagar Surendranagar, India · Individual 535
  • Iskcon EOK Delhi, India · Temple 500
  • Prabhupada Anugas Jharkhand Villages, India · Congregation 454

All reports

Where the Holy Name has been chanted

Built from reports reviewed and published by the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry

Each mark is a country that has sent a report — 4 countries so far, across 3 of the six continents. Drag the globe to turn it, or choose a country in the table. The globe could not be loaded. The table beside it lists every country that has sent a report.
Countries that have published a report, with the programmes, participants and hours of Holy Name reported from each. This table carries the same information as the globe.
CountryReportsProgrammesParticipantsHours
India691878,413279
Australia251,04716
Hungary1160015
Switzerland1172
All countries7319410,067312

Showing all countries.

Reports from the field

Each one reviewed and published by the ISKCON Kirtan Ministry

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