Avalon Ballroom
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The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street. The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture move
The building in 2022
Malati Dasi
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Malati Dasi is a senior spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Born in Vallejo, California, she was part of the hippie movement before becoming an initiated disciple
Malati Dasi in 2011
The Mantra-Rock Dance poster by Harvey W. Cohen (created December 1966)
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada chanting in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, with the deity of Jagannath to his right. February 1967
Malati Dasi helped introduce George Harrison to the spiritual practices of Gaudiya Vaishnavism (pictured performing japa, or chanting Hare Krishna on beads). Vrindavan (Uttar Pradesh, India), 1996