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Where are the street chanting Hare Krishnas?

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The Hare Krishna鈥檚 are celebrating an anniversary this year. Forty years ago the late Beatle George Harrison gave a Hertfordshire manor house to the movement. It went on to become their largest temple in the UK, the Bhaktivedanta Manor. But some are saying the Krishna movement used to be much more visible here in England. Do you remember Hare Krishna鈥檚 chanting and handing out leaflets? Is it still something we see today? Desi Download reporter Ruchi Tandon went to meet some Hare Krishna鈥檚 to find out about the changing face of the organisation over the last few decades. First she spoke to Ravi, originally from Ireland, who鈥檚 been part of the Krishna movement for over 20 years...

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