Marble images of Radha and Krishna and more or less continuous chanting set the tone at Indore's ISKCON temple.
ISKCON Indore is dedicated to Krishna and is run on the lines of the movement's temples elsewhere: regular aratis, kirtan through the day and a large open hall where people sit for as long as they like. The deities of Radha and Krishna are carved entirely in marble.
What most visitors notice is the sound. Hymns and chanting carry through the hall almost continuously, and the temple is used as much for sitting quietly as for formal darshan. For a traveller moving between the crowded old-city shrines and the Holkar palaces, it is the calmest stop on an Indore itinerary.
The presiding images of Radha and Krishna are made of marble and are dressed and decorated afresh through the day. The altar is the focus of the hall, and the aratis are timed and announced.
The hall is open and people stay in it. Kirtan continues for long stretches, and there is no expectation that you move on quickly. This is the part of the visit that travellers tend to remember.
The temple keeps published arati timings, and planning around one of them gives a much fuller sense of the place than arriving at random.
Come for a morning or evening arati, when the hall is active and the chanting is at full strength. October to March is the comfortable season in Indore. Janmashtami is the largest festival here and draws a crowd well beyond the usual.
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