By Emma WynneTaking part in last week's celebrations were Jagattarini Dasi and Bhurijana Dasa. The pair joined the movement at the height of the counter culture of the late-1960s. "We were young and those were hippy days," Ms Dasi said. Prior to becoming a Hare Krishna, Ms Dasi was a young Australian actress that went by the name Janne Wesley and starred opposite Mick Jagger in the 1970 film Ned Kelly. She said a visit to a temple in Los Angeles changed the course of her life. "Something was deeply moving for me at that point and I decided that I wanted to explore what the teachings were and what the lifestyle was," she said. "I stepped into another realm."