Hare Krishna may refer to: *

International Society for Krishna Consciousness The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement, is a religious organization that follows the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. It was founded on 13 July 1966 in New York City by ...

, a group commonly known as "Hare Krishnas" or the "Hare Krishna movement" *

Hare Krishna (mantra) The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the (), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra mentioned in the Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad. In the 15th century, it rose to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings o ...

, a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra also known as the "Maha Mantra" (Great Mantra)

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