ISKCON Kirtan Ministry · Worldwide

World Holy Name Festival 2026

17–23 September 2026

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Most recent report from India

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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

1

1 programmes held

Countries reporting

1

1 of 78 countries so far

Participants reported

20

20 of the 25M goal so far

Hours of Holy Name

3

From 1 centre

Average per programme
20 participants
In days and hours
Fewer than one full day of Holy Name reported so far
Photographs published
1

Kinds of programme reported

  • Harinama Sankirtana1

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 — no reports yet
  2. Friday 18 September 2026 — no reports yet
  3. Saturday 19 September 2026 — no reports yet
  4. Sunday 20 September 2026 — no reports yet
  5. Monday 21 September 2026 — no reports yet
  6. Tuesday 22 September 2026 — no reports yet
  7. Wednesday 23 September 2026 — no reports yet

No published report yet carries a date of event inside the festival week. 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.

— entries received
  • —Drawing
  • —Creative Video
  • —Harināma Reel

Enter a competition Participants' details are never published. 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

1 of 78 countries so far

Goal

1,256+

Temples & centres

1 of 1,256 centres so far

Goal

108M+

Maha mantras

Not collected in submitted reports

Goal

25M+

Participants

20 of the 25M goal so far

Reports by continent

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

Reports by continentAsia 1 report (100%).
Asia
1

1 of the six continents has reported

  • Asia — 1 report
  • Europe — no reports yet
  • Africa — no reports yet
  • North America — no reports yet
  • South America — no reports yet
  • Australia — no reports yet

From the festival

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

Temples and Communities Taking Part

Every temple and community that has sent a report so far

  • 1 from congregations

Temple or communityParticipants

  • Centre Haryana, India · Congregation 20

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 — 1 country so far, across 1 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
India11203
All countries11203

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Reports from the field

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