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ISKCON Vrindavan, also called Sri Krishna Balaram Mandir, is one of the major ISKCON temples in the world. It is a Gaudiya Vaishnava temple located in the city of Vrindavan, Mathura district, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [1] The temple is dedicated to the Hindu gods Krishna and Balarama.
A related work is Light of the Bhagavat, written by Prabhupada in Vrindavan in 1961, before he went to the West, but published only after his death. The book is a treatment of one chapter (chapter twenty) of the tenth canto. Prabhupada composed forty-eight commentaries for the chapter’s verses.
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.
Founder of ISKCON: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following is a list of members or people closely associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. This list is not exhaustive.
Srila Prabhupada in a lecture in front of Rupa Goswami Samadhi. In 1972, Srila Prabhupada, the founder and Acharya of ISKCON spoke about the principle of Yukta Vairāgya right in front of the Bhajan Kutir (a simple and austere dwelling of an ascetic primarily intended to perform his spiritual activities like chanting Krishna's names, writing and teaching) of Sri Rupa Goswami (see picture) to ...
Indradyumna Swami was born as Brian Tibbitts on May 20, 1949, in Palo Alto, California. [6] As a young man, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, thinking that helping to stop the spread of communism in Vietnam would bring about greater peace in the world.
The teachings of Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON and the Inspiration behind the Akshaya Patra programme has been Madhu Pandit Dasa's guiding light throughout his journey as a missionary. Srila Prabhupada’s biography inspired Madhu Pandit Dasa to join the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Padma Shri Award
In the 1960s, the one of his disciples, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada went to the West to spread Gaudiya-Vaishnavism and establish the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), "the most successful of the Gaudiya Math's offspring," an organization that continues today. [88]