In this photo gallery, the movement known for its shaved heads and flowing robes marks 40 years of chanting its famous mantra.
On July 18, 1966, an elderly Indian monk formed a Hindu organization in New York that he called the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)--better known as the Hare Krishnas.
Open the gallery to see photos of New York's Hare Krishnas celebrating the movement's 40th anniversary with a parade down Fifth Avenue and a festival in Greenwich Village, not far from where ISKCON was born.