Contributions to popular culture involving direct reference to the Hare Krishna mantra include the following.

In music

Beatles influence

After coming in contact with the Hare Krishnas in 1969, some of the Beatles took an interest in the movement. This interest is reflected in songs recorded by the band and its members.

Music

Straight Edge subculture

In the 1980s, several bands and individuals from the punk-related straight edge subculture took interest in the Hare Krishna doctrines, leading to a number of straight edgers becoming official members of the movement. Due to the influence of a Hare Krishna named Larry Pugliese, Krishna Consciousness found its way into the New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s and became known as Krishnacore. Early devotees included John Joseph and Harley Flanagan of the band Cro-Mags, Caine Rose and Jai Nitai Holzman of Fed Up!, Ray Cappo of Youth of Today, and Vic DiCara, former guitarist for Los Angeles band Inside Out, who established quite possibly the most famous of all of the newly dubbed bands, namely 108.

Mantra-Rock Dance

This concert in the San Francisco of the hippie era took place at the Avalon Ballroom on January 29, 1967. American poet Allen Ginsberg and the likes of The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape performed. Founder of the Hare Krishna movement, Prabhupada also entered the stage chanting the Hare Krishna mantra.

In films

In television

In fiction