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Chinmoy Krishna Das is a Hindu monk, who heads the Pundarik Dham, a Vaishnavite religious centre in Hathazari, Chittagong District. The Dham is also an important part of ISKCON in Bangladesh. [13] Das was a member of ISKCON till July 2024, when he was expelled on the grounds of organisational discipline. [14]
Kirtanananda Swami [1] (IAST: Kīrtanānanda Svāmī; September 6, 1937 – October 24, 2011), [2] also known as Swami Bhaktipada, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, the co-founder of New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he served as spiritual leader from 1968 until 1994, and a convicted criminal.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly referred to as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.It was founded by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada [2] on 13 July 1966 in New York City.
The Hindu monk had been advocating for the rights of the Hindus, who make up roughly 8 per cent of Bangladesh's population, in the wake of the targeted violence that ensued in the wake of the ...
Jan. 4—A body was found in a pond near the Sravasti Abbey where a 64-year-old monk went missing in November during a walk. The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office said in a news release ...
The son of a Kentucky dentist has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found in the dentist's home over a year ago. The body of 38-year-old Amber Spradlin was ...
Ex-monk. In protest of police interference with unto-death hunger-strike in Delhi. Died 2 days later in hospital after visit by the Dalai Lama. [103] [104] [105] February 16, 1999: Necla Coşkun: 14 United Kingdom: Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan: Survived [106] [107] February 1999 Zülkuf Yilmaz Switzerland Arrest of Abdullah Öcalan: Survived [108]
In late January 2019, an attack on the Swaminarayan Temple in Louisville, Kentucky, resulted in damage and Hinduphobic graffiti on the temple. A cleanup effort was later organised by the mayor to spread awareness of Hinduism and other hate crimes. An arrest of a 17-year-old was made for the hate crime days later. [358] [359] [360]