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ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada & ISKCON Dharwad
Everything about the movement, its Founder-Acharya, and the Dharwad temple and its management — gathered on a single page.
Everything about the movement, its Founder-Acharya, and the Dharwad temple and its management — gathered on a single page.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has more than 650 centres all over the world — temples, rural communities, nearly one hundred affiliated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of local meeting groups, and millions of congregational members.
ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradaya, a monotheistic tradition within Vedic culture. Its philosophy rests on the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam, which teach that the ultimate goal of every living being is to reawaken love for God — Lord Krishna, the “all-attractive one.”
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founded ISKCON in New York City in 1966. In little more than a decade he carried the chanting of the holy names across the globe, circling the world many times, opening over a hundred temples, and writing the books that remain the movement’s foundation.
His translations and commentaries — the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, the Srimad-Bhagavatam and many more — have been rendered into scores of languages and distributed in the hundreds of millions. Everything at ISKCON Dharwad, including the new temple now rising, is offered in his line and in his service.
The Dharwad chapter of ISKCON was established to re-spiritualise society and carry Vedic knowledge to every section of it. There are daily Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita discourses, and specially tailored courses and seminars for children, youth and families, held all over the city.
Twenty-five young devotees reside at the temple, focusing on their spiritual and personal development. The temple worships Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Neelamadhav, on the Hubli-Dharwad Bypass near the Old Narendra toll, Hiremalligwad — where the new cultural landmark is now rising at the same premises.
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Serving under the guidance and leadership of His Holiness Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Maharaj.
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Born in 1981 in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, he holds a gold-medal M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University. A full-time brahmachari since 2003, he has served as Manager of ISKCON Dharwad since 2017.
After a year as a design engineer at Kirloskar, he dedicated his life to service under His Grace Radheshyam Prabhu in youth preaching. He mentors students of the IITs and NITs, gives leadership seminars to corporates, and is a Bhakti Shastri teacher and IDC course coordinator. A gifted singer and instrumentalist, his kirtans and lectures on the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam inspire all who hear them.
Born in Chennai in 1991, serving at ISKCON Dharwad since 2016. A silver medallist in B.Tech Mechanical Engineering from NITK Surathkal (CGPA 9.7), he formerly served at TATA Technologies as a Senior CAD Engineer.
He came to Krishna consciousness in 2009. He holds Bhakti Shastri and Bhakti Vaibhava degrees, represented Indian culture in a government international exchange programme in Japan, and presents leadership seminars at IITs, NITs and IIITs on stress management, willpower, time management and the power of habits. He leads preaching at IIIT Dharwad and the ISKCON Youth Forum, Dharwad.
An ex-Senior Software Engineer at IBM Security and Oracle, with an engineering degree from NITK Surathkal (KCET rank 37). He handles outreach and management activities at Hubli.
He has been awarded the Bhakti Shastri degree for deep study of the Bhagavad-gita, Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, Ishopanishad and Upadeshamrita, and is pursuing Bhakti Vaibhava, the study of Srimad-Bhagavatam. A motivational speaker, mentor and educator, he has given seminars at NITK, RV, PESIT, IIT Dharwad, KLE Tech Hubli, KIMS Medical and many corporate houses across Hubli-Dharwad.