what does the words "gouranga" stand for on the motorway bridges and who puts them there ?

Answer 1

It' a Hare Krishna thing "call out gouranga and be happy". I'd always thought it was the name of an engineering company but Wiki knows...

Answer 2

In some cities in the uk I've encountered gouranga 'monks' asking for money in return for a badge or something which says 'gouranga'. You are then encouraged to shout out Gouranga. It's part of the Hare Krishna movement. Some info below from Wikipedia. Where the money goes, I don't really know, I recall giving one of these guys a couple of quid on a walk home through the city centre whilst very drunk one evening!

Gouranga, or Gauranga, is said to originate in the Hare Krishna religious movement, whose founder, Shri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was also called Gaura, or Gauranga. In popular culture it is accepted generally as a word meaning simply 'be happy', although the literal Sanskrit translation is 'light/golden-limbed'.

Stickers bearing the word Gouranga or stating "Call out Gouranga and be happy!" have been appearing on bridges over motorways and railways in Scotland and the North of England, (and more recently the whole of the UK) It has also appeared on public buildings over recent years, and stickers and fridge magnets with the phrase have also been handed out by Hare Krishna monks at music festivals throughout the UK, such as Glastonbury and Download.

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Answer 3

G'day Deanobeano,

Thanks for your question.

Gouranga means "be happy" and is associated with the Hare Krishna.

Gouranga, or Gauranga, is said to originate in the Hare Krishna religious movement, whose founder, Shri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was also called Gaura, or Gauranga. In popular culture it is accepted generally as a word meaning simply 'be happy', although the literal Sanskrit translation is 'light/golden-limbed'. Krishna is said to reappear as this name in the future.

Stickers bearing the word Gouranga or stating "Call out Gouranga and be happy!" have been appearing on bridges over motorways and railways in Scotland and the North of England. It has also appeared on public buildings over recent years, and stickers and fridge magnets with the phrase have also been handed out by Hare Krishna monks at music festivals throughout the UK, such as Glastonbury and Download.

In Grand Theft Auto, you get a Gouranga bonus for running over Hare Krishna.

I have attached some sources for your reference.

Regards

Answer 4

I'd always believed it was tied up with the launch of a Grand Theft Auto Game.

Apparently if you wiped out a complete Hari Krishna group you got a "Gouranga Bonus"

Answer 5

Theres a cult called the Hari Krishnas which has been westernised out of all recognition from the original teachings. One of their teachers said 'call out gouranga and be happy', so people think that 'gouranga' means 'be happy' but it doesn't.
Its the name of one of the original teachers and means 'light, golden limbed'. So its someones name that means tanned and nimble.

Answer 6

Gouranga is a word which, so the Hare Krishna movement believe, has simply to be said to make things better.
To spread the "word" around, packs of plain-clothes Krishnas have been decorating motorway bridges and junctions with the letters, or sometimes just painted graffiti. It had bugged me for ages.
But its to do with the Hare Krishna movement and its literal meaning is "Be Happy"
Quite nice really............................
......................GOURANGA...............................

Answer 7

do not do this. it may be egocentric, thoughtless and intensely risky. it really is unlawful too. The regulation prohibits any reveal which could distract motorists. This genuinely contains posters putting from street bridges. there is also the conventional regulation about vandalism (criminal damage), that you will be accountable of too. There are numerous risks linked with this: distraction of drivers on the flow at very severe speeds (you could not deny that it will be distracting - this is the entire objective of banners); the possibility of it coming loose and falling to the line (for the time of windscreens); and the possibility of you falling even as fixing it. human beings do dangle out this stuff yet they're continuously unlawful. The police frequently turn a "blind eye" in the journey that they are on low % facet roads or in estates. yet you could be particular of prosecution in case you do it on a street bridge, and rightly too. by the fashion, there is not any "danger-free" era (or little while) for you dangle the banner out, even is someone says that there is. It in ordinary words takes a 2d of distraction for a motive force to get into worry and then you could finally end up watching a street pile-up with all the misery and damage that is going with it. even with the undeniable fact that you tried to rationalise this - it may be YOUR fault.

Answer 8

Do a Google search on the word Gouranga, it tells you all about it.

Answer 9

You would have to be 'happy' to climb out on those bridges and paint that stuff on. Seems like a major engineering feat to me and when do they do it without being noticed? Motorways are really busy 24/7...

Answer 10

If you shout the word "gouranga" you will find you are instantly happier, try it..... go on.... you know you want to.