Talk:Hare Krishna in popular culture

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[edit] Hare Krishna... Virus?

Isn't Hare Krsna the name of a virus or something like that? 69.192.62.63 01:30, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

There is a virus called Krishna, and a virus called Hare, but no Hare Krishna Virus. Dwayne Kirkwood 01:59, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Well the one called Hare makes a reference to Hare Krishna in it. I have never heard of the Krishna virus thought.... 69.192.62.63 21:50, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
See Hare (computer virus) for details on the Virus, but obviously Hare Krishna has been around a long time before computer viruses ever existed. ;-) GourangaUK 07:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] additions I made

I added one movie and two t.v sketch comedies and a fiction section which included two novels.

Shiva das 23:17, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

To GourangaUK, you shouldn't radically alter this article. I know that it's not all cited, but why gut the article? It's still accurate and informative, it's not like this is some majorly important article that needs to be taken seriously, it's just a trivia type of article in the first place, just let people add to it to see what we can learn, umkay?Shiva das (talk) 21:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually the article does need to be gutted, otherwise it will be deleted. Please see the last AFD nomination for details. Only specifically relating things stay, cameos don't. Chopper Dave (talk) 22:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Shiva das. My thoughts were originally the same as yours, but it was a choice of removing the trivia, or potentially having the entire article deleted. From the point of view of this being an encyclopedia I can understand why people don't want lots of articles filled with trivia information and so decided that to reduce it down to useful facts only was a good idea. Best wishes, Gouranga(UK) (talk) 20:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


I don't get it. The only difference between now and then is the amount. In both cases it's just trivia. Why is less trivia somehow better, when usually in an encyclopedia of anything, the more the better? Shiva das (talk) 00:19, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia's policy is not "the more the better". The article has been trimmed to the most notable and useful information on how Hare Krishna has affected popular culture. Mentioning every single time you see a Hare Krishna in a film or TV show is not useful or notable. It's trivia (which this article isn't). Chopper Dave (talk) 03:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Strange recollection

I have an odd recollection of seeing an old Saturday Night Live rerun, with someone like Father Guido Sarducci saying maha mantra for one reason or another. Of course, it is a very foggy memory, so I wont quote it until I get some confirmation. One thing I do know, I either heard Maha Mantra on an old SNL rerun (late 70's early 80's), or on the old program Second City TV. Siyavash 12:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

If possible, we should try and reference all of the statements in this article. I'll start when I have time :) Chopper Dave 22:33, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Does this count? (Heroes, TV)

On Heroes, during the funeral services of Chandra Suresh, the priest is chanting some mantra concerning Sri Nrsimhadeva, but he appears to be wearing tilak from another Vaishnava sampradaya. I'm assuming this does NOT count to be listed in the article, but I'm mentioning it here just in case. Siyavash 15:35, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Movies

I think there is a reference in the movie Stripes. And as for George Harrison there is also a reference I think in the song "Living in the Material World." MDuchek 04:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)