Prabhupada (प्रभुपाद)

Bhaktimal | Prabhupada
Real Name - Abhay Charan De
Other Name - Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami
Guru - Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur
Aaradhya - Shri Krishna
Born - 1 September 1896 / Prabhupada Appearance Day / Bhadrapad Krishna Navami
Died - 14 November 1977 (Kartik Shukla Chaturthi)
Place of Birth - Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Marital Status - Married
Language - English, Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi
Father- Gour Mohan De
Mother - Rajani De
Wife - Radharani Devi
Founder - Gaudiya Math, ISKCON

Swami Prabhupada was an Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava guru who founded ISKCON,commonly known as the "Hare Krishna movement". Members of ISKCON view Bhaktivedanta Swami as a representative and messenger of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Swami Prabhupada was the first Hindu preacher to take advantage of the removal of national quotas by the 1965 Immigration Act of the United States. In July 1966, he founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in New York City.

Swami Prabhupada died on 14 November 1977 at the age of 81, in Vrindavan, India. His body was buried in Krishna Balaram Mandir in Vrindavan. A number of samadhis or shrines to Swami were constructed by the members of ISKCON, with those in Mayapur and Vrindavan in India being notable.

प्रभुपाद हिन्दी में पढ़ें

स्वामी प्रभुपाद एक भारतीय गौड़ीय वैष्णव गुरु थे जिन्होंने इस्कॉन की स्थापना की, जिसे आमतौर पर "हरे कृष्ण आंदोलन" के रूप में जाना जाता है। इस्कॉन के सदस्य भक्तिवेदांत स्वामी को चैतन्य महाप्रभु के प्रतिनिधि और दूत के रूप में देखते हैं।

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