2006-11-09 08:09:52 · 11 answers · asked by Kelvin 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
Here you go:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21228,00.html
2006-11-09 08:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by galaxy_glider 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try typing in GOURANGA in on your search engine. You will find the answer as a Krishna message for peace. Why people have bothered to write it on almost every motorway bridge beats me - they must be either mad or totally dedicated to hang over the edge.........
2006-11-09 08:16:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some cities contained in the united kingdom i have encountered gouranga 'monks' asking for money in go back for a badge or some thing which says 'gouranga'. you're then inspired to shout out Gouranga. that's portion of the Hare Krishna flow. some info lower than from Wikipedia. the position the money is going, i do not extremely understand, I remember giving this form of adult men some quid on a walk abode through the city centre even as very lower than the impression of alcohol one evening! Gouranga, or Gauranga, is declared to originate contained in the Hare Krishna non secular flow, whose founder, Shri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, develop into referred to as Gaura, or Gauranga. In common custom that's time-honored typically as a word meaning basically 'sense free', notwithstanding the literal Sanskrit translation is 'gentle/golden-limbed'. Stickers bearing the word Gouranga or affirming "call out Gouranga and sense free!" were appearing on bridges over motorways and railways in Scotland and the North of britain, (and better those days the entire of the united kingdom) It has also acknowledged on public homes over present day years, and stickers and refrigerator magnets with the word have also been handed out through Hare Krishna monks at song gala's in the technique the united kingdom, which comprise Glastonbury and receive. ---------
2016-10-16 08:19:52 · answer #3 · answered by zeckzer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ye gouranga means BE HAPPY i like that cuz it makes me smile that through all the graffiti some one has the decency to say be happy.
suppose they write it there as like a billboard it gets noticed more.
2006-11-09 08:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by luna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know those hari krishna dudes who stop you in the street and ask you to say guranga and everyone avoids them like the plague? (apparently it means be happy). I think writing it on motorway bridges is perhaps a new marketing ploy....
2006-11-09 08:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by bethanie_25_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's used by Hari Krishnas
It means Be Happy!
2006-11-09 08:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by flossybean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coincidentally, it is also the name of the company that manufactures this certain type of bridge.
2006-11-09 08:21:05 · answer #7 · answered by Moorglademover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learned years ago that it supposedly means "be happy". Maybe it's some kind of road rage stress calming measure... Not that it works!
2006-11-09 08:13:09 · answer #8 · answered by kpk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is an harri krishna message ,not the bridge builder, ithink it means hello.
2006-11-09 08:13:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apart from all else, it's graffiti !
2006-11-09 23:03:05 · answer #10 · answered by Dover Soles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋