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The channel was launched on Janmashtami 2016, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of ISKCON for celebrating the various cultural elements of planet earth. [3]‘Hare Krsna’ TV is free to air, non commercial linear satellite television channel which broadcasts content about International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Television and OTT Platforms.
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.
Poster depicting Prabhupada for the 1967 Mantra-Rock Dance, a fundraising event in aid of ISKCON's San Francisco temple. In 1968, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder and acharya (leader) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), sent six of his devotees to London to establish a new centre there, the Radha Krishna Temple, and so expand on the success of ISKCON's ...
Nagar Kirtan of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In Hinduism, Bengali saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu [3] propagated ideas of bhakti, or devotion to a personal God, through kirtan (collective recitation of hymns) and nagar kirtan (kirtan the in form of religious processions), [4] and is credited in the Vaishnava tradition with introduction of the custom. [5]
Of various incarnations of Vishnu, he is revered as Krishna, popularised the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra [70] and composed the Siksastakam (eight devotional prayers) in Sanskrit. His followers, Gaudiya Vaishnavas , revere him as a Krishna with the mood and complexion of his source of inspiration Radha .
The following is a list of current notable Gurus in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Gurus are authorised by the Governing Body Commission after rigorous assessment and referral by the ISKCON GBC Body. [1] Only senior, advanced ISKCON devotees may become Gurus through a specific process.
In March, 1967 Hansadutta and Himavati moved to Montreal to assist with establishing the Hare Krishna center, and in May of the same year they were initiated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, ISKCON Founder-Acharya, in New York. In 1976 Hansadutta took the order of sannyasa, and Himavati remarried a few years later.
Bhakti Tirtha Swami (IAST: Bhakti-tīrtha Svāmī; February 25, 1950 – June 27, 2005), previously called John Favors and Toshombe Abdul [1] and also known by the honorific Krishnapada (Kṛṣṇapāda), was a guru [2] [3] and governing body commissioner [2] [4] of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or ISKCON). [2]