Every morning during the 1977 Mayapur Festival, the Mayapur gurukula students would perform kirtan for Srila Prabhupad as he arrived to greet Sri Sri Radha Madhava. This was a highlighted memory for so many of us who were there.  This is also one of the kirtans we would listen to while preparing offerings for Sri Sri Kishora Kishori in the Chicago temple in Evanston. 

This is the audio of the the video, recorded by Gopati das using a Nakamichi portable recording deck with a three mic system.  The track was remastered by Uttamasloka das in 2024.  

The Mayapur Chandrodaya Kirtan Group featuring a very similar kirtan was a highlight of the one and only 1977 Mayapur Kirtan Competition. More information about the kirtan here: https://www.prasad.life/kitchen-kirtans/1977-kirtan-competition-in-mayapur 

The photos are from the 1974 Mayapur festival and highlight Srila Prabhupada touring ISKCON's first F.A.T.E. exhibit on the temple grounds.  Other photos are of the ISKCON parikrama party on Bhaktisiddhanta Marg, initiation ceremony and the Mayapur temple grounds with only one building and Srila Prabhupada's original hut.