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Yes, he was chanting 16 hours of japa.

Danavir Goswami : I remember one time we were in the garden and I asked Prabhupada about chanting fast on japa and he said, "Yes, you can chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare but you must hear all 32 syllables." He demonstrated. And then he said, "Haridas Thakur was chanting fast. He was chanting 333,000 names." So he asked how many rounds that was. Karandhar calculated it was 192.
 
Then Prabhupada said, "So if he was chanting five minutes per round, how many hours would that take?" and Karandhar said, "Sixteen." So he said, "Yes, he was chanting 16 hours of japa."


Reference: Following Srila Prabhupada-A Chronological Series by Danavir Swami





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