Haribol, Caru Prabhu,
“Ki” is made by spreading the fingers apart, and bringing the hand down on the *big head* of the drum.
“Ki” is played with left hand (unless you are left handed).
As a general rule, your strong hand goes on the small head.
(I included these in *lesson 1* now, thank you).
Regarding thumb striking first, that is, the side of the thumb is the first contacting the drum head.
Good and simple mantra’s that can be used in the daily program. I deeply appreciate your efforts I will direct my mridanga students also to your site
Here is another site which might be useful for a link section. Its of Bhairavesh Prabhu (superb mridanga player and kirtaneer) http://mridanga.spiritualcity.org/
Haribol Vinodji,
This site is only 3 days old and has 900 hits already
Great to be able to render some humble service to Vaishnavas.
Yes, I will send you some Damodarastaka mantras by my (expert already) son Arjuna in mp3, please do likewise.
The purpose of this site is reaching the many devotees that had some little contact with mrdanga, even tried some method but do the complications of the matter, never could learn in a comprehensive and practical way.
Maybe we should think about putting an “expert” section in the site for people like your good self, for sharing tehais and so on.
I just looked at your site and it proves to be promising, I have always wanted to learn how to play the Mrdanga and I have just practiced by listening to Bhajans and Kirtans… but i haven’t had much progress. I will start practicing tomorrow and i will keep you informed on my progress.
I will tell all my friends about this site.
I would like to thank you for all your time you have put into this site and I hope Krsna blesses your family.
Hare Krishna Jagannath Mishra Prabhu, Arjuna and Nitai, from your friend here at New Govardhana Aust. I still use the beats that you taught me a couple of years ago. I suggest anyone wishing to learn mrdanga to take seriously Prabhu’s lessons here. Learning and applying this system provides tangible results. I have just finished my album here at New Govardhana, Prabhu please listen to song samples at my site http://www.harekrishnamusic.com.au
Haribol Nandaraj Prabhu!!! We are hearing your music just now, while seeing the photos of your children at your site, your initiation ceremony and wife, congratulations, you all look fabulous. Thank you for your kind words of support for this humble service. Arjuna tells you to see us doing bhajana (you can find the link at the main page).
Beg to remain your servants forever.
I like very much your website and Im anxious to see more mrdanga mantras on it. Id like to know the reference of the mrdanga pranam.
Radhe Radhe
David (from brazil)
hi David,
Have you learned all the mantras in the site already?
Once you do know them it is very very easy to learn the rest of the hundreds of millions of mantras left
Do you have a temple near so you can learn more first hand from experiencied mrdanga players?
I recently started learning the mrdanga and I find your lessons very useful, but I have some difficulties synchronising the mrdanga mantra to the melodhy and the karatalas. I would appreciate if you can explain when the mantras start in raport to the karatalas, or on what beats.
Your lessons are very nice. Could you also advise me as to how one would combine the mantras in order to play for our Hare Krishna kirtan, including the breaks
Also, just out of curiosity, did you learn all of this from a bonafide guru
Truely wonderful site. Very nicely and simply presented.
I hope these mantra s will appeal to my children also. You make it very simple.
Hare Krishna
Jereme
Hari bol, Prabhu! Thanks so much for this site!
By Krishna’s causeless mercy we have a mrdanga now, which we’d prayed for after discovering your site which made it look possible for us to learn a little of so complex an art. The other guides to learning mrdanga had always seemed too intimidating, yet as a percussionist our yearning for this kirtan service had persisted for years. So now we begin our lessons, and practice, practice, practice! how blissful!
Glories to your service and Thank you.
Jai Jagannath! Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Hare Krishna!
Just for this comment I would make ten times the effort I put in making and maintaining this site, thank you very much and a warm “Hare Krishna” to you Carol.
Hopefully today we´ll make and upload a few small videos to make your practice easier and more visual.
Tips and Tricks: you can download the sound files to your mp3, computer, ipod and practice anytime, anywhere by clicking the image below the sound practice box “right click and “save target as”
Hare Krishna
Please can you tell me. If there are more than Mrdanga’s playing in a Kirtan. Do they have to play the same mantra or can different mantra’s be played simultaneously?
Kind regards
Jereme
Generally 2 or 3 mrdangas play at the same time with same rythms, but if the players are experienced there is no harm to the ear if they play a bit different say the final beats.
Thanks for the video with the Damodarastaka, but I find it very difficult to learn it from there. Maybe you could post the written version of the mantra when you have the time.
Dear Bogdan,
I understand you have perfected the eight lessons presented here at mrdanga.wordpress.com
I recommend you to learn the more intrincate skills from a dedicated mrdanga teacher in India or wherever can be found as this site is maintained with the clear purpose of teaching the basics of mrdanga and from then on there is practically unlimited scope of learning and literally the sky is the limit.
Thank you for using this your site and forgive us for our limitations.
Dear Jagannatha Prabhu,
Please accept my respects. It is nice web site and nice teaching. I would like to know where did you get the mrdanga pranam mantra. Please contact me on *email concealed*. Thank you.
YS
Murli Krsna Das
If you go through the lessons you will find them, beginning from slow beat to fast. Use them in the temple functions as needed and post any question here. Hari bol!
Do you know anything about mrdanga repair? My mrdanga has tiny little cracks all over the big end of the drum and now it doesn’t have a very nice sound. Is there some sort of oil or clay I can apply to it?
To repair the dayan, I heard that you make a paste with rice, but I do not know the exact recipe for that. Fiberglass is how I did repair one clay mrdanga with a big hole in the body. They sale at drugstores fiberglass sheets and a liquid you apply to the sheets and that hardens in a few hours. But for the dayan, I do not know. You might ask your question at http://www.pariprashnena.com and someone might know there.
Haribol,
Can you please write the mantra used to play mangalarati and guruvandana. I saw one video on youtube but couldn’t decode the mantra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5u2BYk87ww
Haribol.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I am a Hong Kong devotee. Thanks for your wonderful service, I have learnt alot from your website. Can I ask you for a written mantra for Damodarastaka? Hare Krishna.
Thank you for this wonderful service. I just wanted to alert you that the the video that accompanies Lesson Two has been repeated from Lesson One. I was then motivated to click the sound file link and discovered that offers the pleasure of being able to play along to a sung bhajan.
It is easy enough to practice Lesson Three with the written mantra and the instructions from Lesson One, but a correction would help others avoid the initial confusion I experienced.
Dear Bhaktin Elle:
Thank you for your feedback-
Lesson 1 is to teach the fundamental strokes that then are used in Lesson 2. They are not a repetition as far as we see.
In fact it is ESSENTIAL you learn FIRST the mantra in lesson 2.
I have seen that those who skip the first mantra (lesson 2) then have a hard time to grasp the rest.
On the other hand you are right on the downloadable audio lack of explanation of its purpose, we are adding a note besides the link.
I apologize for any confusion. What I meant to say was that the video from Lesson Three repeats the video from Lesson Two. Thus the Lesson Three mantra (ki – ta – ge – dha – dha) is accompanied by the video for Lesson One (ta – ki – ta – ge – dha). However, the audio file links for Lessons One and Two are both correct. I have only progressed as far as Lesson Four and the video and audio files posted for that lesson are both correct also.
I do believe the audio links explanation is necessary, as I was ignoring them in the expectation that they replicated the soundtracks of the videos.
Hare Krishna, Elle!
You were right, the video was repeated, mantra 1 was in lesson 3 as well!
I can´t believe this, 1 year and a half online and nobody noticed.
Now it’s fixed. Thank you very much for your feedback.
I want to start to learn how to use the mrdanga,but first I must buy one.I have contacted all Iskcon shops in Australia and even Krishna.com have stopped taking orders.I have emailed someone recomended in Vrndavana with no luck,is there no where to get these drums in Australia?
Perhaps you may know of someone privately?
I would really appreciate any ideas or contacts.
Thank you
Haribol
Steve
Dear Steve, I do not know beyond the scope you investigated so far.
May I suggest you ask a question at this forum: http://www.pariprashnena.com
The community there proved useful other times in similar quests.
Hare Krishna!
I learned so much from your site. I am still learning many of the songs sung in iskcon temples. It would be great if you and your son did some recordings of these songs, so students can play mrdanga and practice singing along.
Thank you!
Colin
Dear Colin, Thank you for your kind words.
We are looking forward to do what you suggest, see if we can do it before new year! Stay tuned. Hare Krishna!
A good idea is to RSS this site, just click on the orange icon up on the right hand side or this link http://mrdanga.wordpress.com/feed and paste it in your RSS reader.
Prabhu, thanks a lot for this. I’ve been trying to learn mrdanga, but with three little children is almost impossible. I find your website quite useful. The step by step . I’m in my second lesson, let’s see how it goes. Can I ask you questions in Spanish. I’m from Puerto Rico.
Bueno, aqui le voy dejando saber que voy por la leccion 5. Se me hace dificil encontrar una tonada para cantar Hare Krishna. Seria posible en un futuro annadir videos con la mrdanga acompanada por alguien cantando? ( El vocalista mayor de la casa tiene solo tres annos De paso, no se si es que hay algun problema con mi computadora, pero no puedo abrir el sonido de la leciion 5 y subsiguientes. Gracias por dedicarle tiempo a ensennarnos
Hare Krsna! All Glories to His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada! Thank you for posting these lessons. I have been searching for lessons that could help me learn at home. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
I was just wondering about a mrdanga repair method.
I have three clay mrdangas. Two of them have holes on the big end of the drum. I heard that you might be able to use a patch of the leather from one of the drums with a hole in it to patch up the other that has the hole? Is this possible, and how would i go about doing it? what kind of glue, or a glue type solution would i need to use?? please let me know what you think.
I was just wondering about a mrdanga repair method.
I have three clay mrdangas. Two of them have holes on the big end of the drum. I heard that you might be able to use a patch of the leather from one of the drums with a hole in it to patch up the other that has the hole? Is this possible, and how would i go about doing it? what kind of glue, or a glue type solution would i need to use?? please let me know what you think.
I did repair holes in the clay portion, I never did or have any experience repairing ends. I am posting your question at pariprashnena.com , probably some devotee will know and I will post back here.
Not Clear to me, for “ki” , which hand to use and which head of the drum to strike. Also, can’t picture the thumb striking either head first.
Haribol, Caru Prabhu,
“Ki” is made by spreading the fingers apart, and bringing the hand down on the *big head* of the drum.
“Ki” is played with left hand (unless you are left handed).
As a general rule, your strong hand goes on the small head.
(I included these in *lesson 1* now, thank you).
Regarding thumb striking first, that is, the side of the thumb is the first contacting the drum head.
Haribol, nice Prabhuji!
Good and simple mantra’s that can be used in the daily program. I deeply appreciate your efforts
I will direct my mridanga students also to your site 
Here is another site which might be useful for a link section. Its of Bhairavesh Prabhu (superb mridanga player and kirtaneer) http://mridanga.spiritualcity.org/
All glories to Lord Balarama! Jaya Balai!
by the way, I already replied to your youtube video some time ago as Nitaitje
I didn’t know you had a site 
If you like, I would love to exchange some mantras for playing Damodarastaka
Haribol Vinodji,
This site is only 3 days old and has 900 hits already
Great to be able to render some humble service to Vaishnavas.
Yes, I will send you some Damodarastaka mantras by my (expert already) son Arjuna in mp3, please do likewise.
here you are… Arjuna´s 2 small recordings made a few days ago
http://odeo.com/show/2539543/1103252/download.mp3
http://odeo.com/show/2539513/1103252/download.mp3
the Damodarastaka one doing soon, he is keen
Hare Krsna !!
Can you teach more advance beats? The ones in the lessons are too simple for me.Thanks.
ys,Hayasya dasa
Hare Krishna, Hayasya Prabhuji,
The purpose of this site is reaching the many devotees that had some little contact with mrdanga, even tried some method but do the complications of the matter, never could learn in a comprehensive and practical way.
Maybe we should think about putting an “expert” section in the site for people like your good self, for sharing tehais and so on.
What do you think?
dandavats, Vinod Prabhu,
here is a little video with damodarastaka beat promised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBvkd_guRmo
[...] Feedback [...]
My name is Nimai Sundar Das. I am 15 years old.
I just looked at your site and it proves to be promising, I have always wanted to learn how to play the Mrdanga and I have just practiced by listening to Bhajans and Kirtans… but i haven’t had much progress. I will start practicing tomorrow and i will keep you informed on my progress.
I will tell all my friends about this site.
I would like to thank you for all your time you have put into this site and I hope Krsna blesses your family.
Hare Krsna
Thank you Nimai for your nice words of encouragement and, yes, please, stay in touch, we are here to serve you!!!
Hare Krishna!
Hare Krishna Jagannath Mishra Prabhu, Arjuna and Nitai, from your friend here at New Govardhana Aust. I still use the beats that you taught me a couple of years ago. I suggest anyone wishing to learn mrdanga to take seriously Prabhu’s lessons here. Learning and applying this system provides tangible results. I have just finished my album here at New Govardhana, Prabhu please listen to song samples at my site http://www.harekrishnamusic.com.au
Haribol Nandaraj Prabhu!!! We are hearing your music just now, while seeing the photos of your children at your site, your initiation ceremony and wife, congratulations, you all look fabulous. Thank you for your kind words of support for this humble service. Arjuna tells you to see us doing bhajana (you can find the link at the main page).
Beg to remain your servants forever.
check this nice video for mrdangas expertise, thank you janardana and co.!
haribol prabhu
I like very much your website and Im anxious to see more mrdanga mantras on it. Id like to know the reference of the mrdanga pranam.
Radhe Radhe
David (from brazil)
hi David,
Have you learned all the mantras in the site already?
Once you do know them it is very very easy to learn the rest of the hundreds of millions of mantras left
Do you have a temple near so you can learn more first hand from experiencied mrdanga players?
Hare Krishna Prabhu,
I recently started learning the mrdanga and I find your lessons very useful, but I have some difficulties synchronising the mrdanga mantra to the melodhy and the karatalas. I would appreciate if you can explain when the mantras start in raport to the karatalas, or on what beats.
Thanks
Sure, I will be posting a video by the weekend for each lesson with karatalas along so that you can watch the synchro
Haribol Prabhu
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Your lessons are very nice. Could you also advise me as to how one would combine the mantras in order to play for our Hare Krishna kirtan, including the breaks
Also, just out of curiosity, did you learn all of this from a bonafide guru
Thank you for the wonderful service
Hare Krishna
please see the info about this already in lesson 8, but this weekend i will do some video demonstration and post it in there.
Truely wonderful site. Very nicely and simply presented.
I hope these mantra s will appeal to my children also. You make it very simple.
Hare Krishna
Jereme
Hari bol, Prabhu! Thanks so much for this site!
By Krishna’s causeless mercy we have a mrdanga now, which we’d prayed for after discovering your site which made it look possible for us to learn a little of so complex an art. The other guides to learning mrdanga had always seemed too intimidating, yet as a percussionist our yearning for this kirtan service had persisted for years. So now we begin our lessons, and practice, practice, practice! how blissful!
Glories to your service and Thank you.
Jai Jagannath! Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Hare Krishna!
Just for this comment I would make ten times the effort I put in making and maintaining this site, thank you very much and a warm “Hare Krishna” to you Carol.
Hopefully today we´ll make and upload a few small videos to make your practice easier and more visual.
Tips and Tricks: you can download the sound files to your mp3, computer, ipod and practice anytime, anywhere by clicking the image below the sound practice box “right click and “save target as”
Haribol Prabhu,
I was wondering if you could give me some information on where I could purchase a Mrdanga from please, preferably somewhere in the U.K.
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Please can you tell me. If there are more than Mrdanga’s playing in a Kirtan. Do they have to play the same mantra or can different mantra’s be played simultaneously?
Kind regards
Jereme
Correction for last comment. I meant more than one Mrdanga playing.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Hare Krishna
Jereme
Haribol, Jereme
Generally 2 or 3 mrdangas play at the same time with same rythms, but if the players are experienced there is no harm to the ear if they play a bit different say the final beats.
This post is for “Jai” and all interested in buying a mrdanga.
This few sites we found to carry mrdangas for sale:
http://www.krishnaculture.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KC&Category_Code=INSTRDRUM
http://krishna.tv/krishna/MRD.html
http://www.thekrishnastore.com/Detail.bok?no=4668&bar=_shp_new
Hare Krishna,
Can you please post the mrdanga mantra used for playing Damodarastaka?
Thanks
Damodarastaka mantra:
Thanks for the video with the Damodarastaka, but I find it very difficult to learn it from there. Maybe you could post the written version of the mantra when you have the time.
Hare Krishna
Dear Bogdan,
I understand you have perfected the eight lessons presented here at mrdanga.wordpress.com
I recommend you to learn the more intrincate skills from a dedicated mrdanga teacher in India or wherever can be found as this site is maintained with the clear purpose of teaching the basics of mrdanga and from then on there is practically unlimited scope of learning and literally the sky is the limit.
Thank you for using this your site and forgive us for our limitations.
thanks for linking us here:
http://nimaihuset.blogspot.com/2007/05/mrdanga-banana.html
Dear Jagannatha Prabhu,
Please accept my respects. It is nice web site and nice teaching. I would like to know where did you get the mrdanga pranam mantra. Please contact me on *email concealed*. Thank you.
YS
Murli Krsna Das
I copied from here:
http://mridanga.spiritualcity.org/mridanga_lessons.html
Vedic source, I do not know. We can ask at http://www.pariprashnena.com , new site for questions and answers.
Hare krsna,
i am looking for mrdanga mantras that we use in everyday kirtans.
plz post any that u may know of…will really appreciate them…
send them to my blog!!!
Haribol
If you go through the lessons you will find them, beginning from slow beat to fast. Use them in the temple functions as needed and post any question here. Hari bol!
Hare Krishna!
Do you know anything about mrdanga repair? My mrdanga has tiny little cracks all over the big end of the drum and now it doesn’t have a very nice sound. Is there some sort of oil or clay I can apply to it?
To repair the dayan, I heard that you make a paste with rice, but I do not know the exact recipe for that. Fiberglass is how I did repair one clay mrdanga with a big hole in the body. They sale at drugstores fiberglass sheets and a liquid you apply to the sheets and that hardens in a few hours. But for the dayan, I do not know. You might ask your question at http://www.pariprashnena.com and someone might know there.
Haribol,
Can you please write the mantra used to play mangalarati and guruvandana. I saw one video on youtube but couldn’t decode the mantra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5u2BYk87ww
dear sivakumarji. that mantra is in lesson 7:
http://mrdanga.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/lesson-7/
Dear Jaganat Prabhu,
Haribol.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I am a Hong Kong devotee. Thanks for your wonderful service, I have learnt alot from your website. Can I ask you for a written mantra for Damodarastaka? Hare Krishna.
You can buy mrdangas in the UK from the Bhaktivedanta Manor website and go to the shop link.
Hare Krsna
Hare Krsna, Jaganat Prabhu,
Thank you for this wonderful service. I just wanted to alert you that the the video that accompanies Lesson Two has been repeated from Lesson One. I was then motivated to click the sound file link and discovered that offers the pleasure of being able to play along to a sung bhajan.
It is easy enough to practice Lesson Three with the written mantra and the instructions from Lesson One, but a correction would help others avoid the initial confusion I experienced.
Dear Bhaktin Elle:
Thank you for your feedback-
Lesson 1 is to teach the fundamental strokes that then are used in Lesson 2. They are not a repetition as far as we see.
In fact it is ESSENTIAL you learn FIRST the mantra in lesson 2.
I have seen that those who skip the first mantra (lesson 2) then have a hard time to grasp the rest.
On the other hand you are right on the downloadable audio lack of explanation of its purpose, we are adding a note besides the link.
Excuse me Jaganat Prabhu,
I apologize for any confusion. What I meant to say was that the video from Lesson Three repeats the video from Lesson Two. Thus the Lesson Three mantra (ki – ta – ge – dha – dha) is accompanied by the video for Lesson One (ta – ki – ta – ge – dha). However, the audio file links for Lessons One and Two are both correct. I have only progressed as far as Lesson Four and the video and audio files posted for that lesson are both correct also.
I do believe the audio links explanation is necessary, as I was ignoring them in the expectation that they replicated the soundtracks of the videos.
Yours in service,
Bhaktin Elle
Hare Krishna, Elle!
You were right, the video was repeated, mantra 1 was in lesson 3 as well!
I can´t believe this, 1 year and a half online and nobody noticed.
Now it’s fixed. Thank you very much for your feedback.
Hare Krishna Prabhu,
Please can you help me?
I want to start to learn how to use the mrdanga,but first I must buy one.I have contacted all Iskcon shops in Australia and even Krishna.com have stopped taking orders.I have emailed someone recomended in Vrndavana with no luck,is there no where to get these drums in Australia?
Perhaps you may know of someone privately?
I would really appreciate any ideas or contacts.
Thank you
Haribol
Steve
Dear Steve, I do not know beyond the scope you investigated so far.
May I suggest you ask a question at this forum:
http://www.pariprashnena.com
The community there proved useful other times in similar quests.
someone is selling mrdangas here:
http://www.nectarshare.com/job.php?job=157
Some links to the downloadable mp3´s were not working, now they ALL do work. Sorry for the glitch. Hare Krishna.
Hare Krishna!
I learned so much from your site. I am still learning many of the songs sung in iskcon temples. It would be great if you and your son did some recordings of these songs, so students can play mrdanga and practice singing along.
Thank you!
Colin
Dear Colin, Thank you for your kind words.
We are looking forward to do what you suggest, see if we can do it before new year! Stay tuned. Hare Krishna!
A good idea is to RSS this site, just click on the orange icon up on the right hand side or this link http://mrdanga.wordpress.com/feed and paste it in your RSS reader.
for Bogdan, Bhakta Dick and others that asked, here is the mantra for the Damodarastaka video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBvkd_guRmo
dha ki ta ki dha ge ta ge
Would it be possible to make a video for lessons 5 and 6? I find them to be very helpful.
Daniel: I have noted down your request and will contact you when done. Hare Krishna!
hare krishna,
Thanks so much for offering lessons to us, I am finding the lessons so helpful.
I have one problem, that is I am unable to down load the audio lessons ie lesson 4,5,6 etc.
Is there some problem with this?
thanks,
Chris
hare krishna prabhuji and dandavat pranam all glories to srila prabhupada all glories all glories to shri guru and shri gauranga
Prabhu, thanks a lot for this. I’ve been trying to learn mrdanga, but with three little children is almost impossible. I find your website quite useful. The step by step
. I’m in my second lesson, let’s see how it goes. Can I ask you questions in Spanish. I’m from Puerto Rico.
Radhe Radhe!
Madre Vishnupriya: Soy español de nacimiento, asi que no hay problema. Gracias por tus ánimos.
Hare Krsna prabhu!
Bueno, aqui le voy dejando saber que voy por la leccion 5. Se me hace dificil encontrar una tonada para cantar Hare Krishna. Seria posible en un futuro annadir videos con la mrdanga acompanada por alguien cantando? ( El vocalista mayor de la casa tiene solo tres annos
De paso, no se si es que hay algun problema con mi computadora, pero no puedo abrir el sonido de la leciion 5 y subsiguientes. Gracias por dedicarle tiempo a ensennarnos 
Radhe Radhe!
Hare Krsna! All Glories to His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada! Thank you for posting these lessons. I have been searching for lessons that could help me learn at home. Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krishna,
I was just wondering about a mrdanga repair method.
I have three clay mrdangas. Two of them have holes on the big end of the drum. I heard that you might be able to use a patch of the leather from one of the drums with a hole in it to patch up the other that has the hole? Is this possible, and how would i go about doing it? what kind of glue, or a glue type solution would i need to use?? please let me know what you think.
thanks, Gaura
Hare Krishna,
I was just wondering about a mrdanga repair method.
I have three clay mrdangas. Two of them have holes on the big end of the drum. I heard that you might be able to use a patch of the leather from one of the drums with a hole in it to patch up the other that has the hole? Is this possible, and how would i go about doing it? what kind of glue, or a glue type solution would i need to use?? please let me know what you think.
thanks, Gaura !
I did repair holes in the clay portion, I never did or have any experience repairing ends. I am posting your question at pariprashnena.com , probably some devotee will know and I will post back here.
you can follow the thread on repairing mrdangas here: http://www.pariprashnena.com/discussion/936/mrdanga-repair-method/
Hare Krishna
thank you so much for your response. I am looking over that link right now.
Gaura