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  2. International Society for Krishna Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Temple of the Vedic Planetarium - Wikipedia

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    Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (also called Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir), is a modern Hindu temple complex under construction since 2009 dedicated to the Pancha-Tattva deities, Radha Madhava, and Ashta-sakhis, and Narasimha, located in the town of Mayapur in West Bengal, India. It will be the largest religious monument in the world after ...

  4. Mayapur - Wikipedia

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    In the 1880s, at the birthsite of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bhaktivinoda Thakur established the Yogapith temple, a white ornate structure with a pyramidal pointed dome standing on the bank of a pond and surrounded by trees. There are several Gaudiya Vaishnava organizations in Mayapur, with ISKCON's headquarters being notable.

  5. Gaudiya Vaishnavism - Wikipedia

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    One pioneer of the Gaudiya Vaishnavite mission in the West was Baba Premananda Bharati (1858–1914), [78] author of Sree Krishna – the Lord of Love (1904) – the first full-length treatment of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in English, [79] who, in 1902, founded the short-lived "Krishna Samaj" society in New York City and built a temple in Los Angeles.

  6. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - Wikipedia

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    His followers later formed several organisations, including now defunct the Order of Living Service and the AUM Temple of Universal Truth. [24] Another prominent missionary was A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), a representative of the Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati branch of Chaitanya's tradition.

  7. 2024 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence - Wikipedia

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    According to Yudhistir Govinda Das, ISKCON's spokesperson in India, 'One of our ISKCON centers (rented) in Meherpur (Khulna Division) was burned, including the deities of Lord Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra Devi. Three devotees residing at the center managed to escape and survive.' This statement was made in a post on X. [28] [29]

  8. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Wikipedia

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    When Prabhupada resolved to build a temple on land in Juhu, Bombay (now Mumbai), the man who had sold ISKCON the land tried to swindle the devotees and take it back. The man had deep political connections in the Bombay municipality and employed lawyers and even thugs to drive the devotees off, but Prabhupada persisted and eventually won.

  9. Alfred Ford - Wikipedia

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    Alfred Ford has made many significant donations to ISKCON over the years, which have assisted ongoing projects to build the Pushpa Samadhi Mandir of Prabhupada. He is the chairman of the Sri Mayapur Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (also called TOVP). [8]