53 min
Interview
Raised in bhakti, and what she does with it
Nearly an hour with Jahnavi Harrison on growing up in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition and on what chanting asks of the one chanting.
About the artist
Jahnavi Harrison
British kirtan musician and violinist born in 1987, raised in the Gaudiya Vaishnava bhakti tradition at Bhaktivedanta Manor in England. For close to twenty years she has offered voice and violin in mantra kirtan and original devotional music around the world. Her album Into the Forest is nominated for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
“We always think about wanting to become something or attain something, but at least from the view of yoga, the soul is already brilliant. It is already completely pure, perfect, and beautiful. It's just that it gets covered over and it needs to be uncovered.”Jahnavi Harrison
Upcoming events
Meet Jahnavi Harrison in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this artist in their own words.
168 min
Music
An evening of kirtan, all of it
The full evening kirtan at Bhaktivedanta Manor, close to three hours, as the temple streamed it.
38 min
Music
Vrikshavalli: a kirtan at Bhaktivedanta Manor
Thirty-eight minutes of call-and-response kirtan at the Manor where she grew up, the maha mantra carried from a near-whisper up to the whole room.
Path
The wider context.
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Love as the direct path
Bhakti
The path of loving devotion: surrender, chanting and remembrance as ways to dissolve the sense of separation from the divine.
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