The album was produced by George Harrison ( The Beatles ) and released on the Beatles’ Apple record label. It compiled two hit singles by the Temple devotees, “Hare Krishna Mantra” and “Govinda”, with other Sanskrit-worded mantras and prayers recorded with Harrison from July 1969 onwards.
The recordings reflected Harrison’s commitment to the Gaudiya Vaishnava teachings of the movement’s leader, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who had sent devotees from San Francisco to London in 1968.
The success of the Temple’s first single, “Hare Krishna Mantra”, helped popularise the Hare Krishna
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