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Prabhupada

1486

On the full moon night of 18 February 1486, at the time of a lunar eclipse, Lord Sri Krishna appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Navadvipa (West Bengal) to inaugurate the Sankirtana Movement, the Yuga Dharma for this age of Kali. He predicted that His commander-in-chief would appear to accomplish this mission

1896

On September 01, in the Tollygunge suburb of Calcutta, a male child was born. His father, Gour Mohan De, and his mother Rajani, named him Abhay Charan. An astrologer revealed: When this child reaches the age of seventy, he will cross the ocean, become a great teacher of religion and establish 108 Krishna temples.

1922

Met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who ordered him to preach in English in the West

1932

Initiated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur

1935

Instructed by his spiritual master on publishing books and constructing temples

1965

Set out to USA in order to fulfil the order of his spiritual master

1966

Established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)

1972

Established the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) for publishing his books

1977

After travelling around the world fourteen times, establishing more than 100 temples of Krishna and initiating more than 10000 disciples, a highly respectable scholar, a distinguished philosopher, a cultural ambassador, a prolific author, a religious leader, a spiritual teacher, a social critic, a holy man and an Ever Well-Wisher of this world – all these men-in-one had physically separated from us.

He lives forever by his divine instructions and the followers lives with him. Writing about Glories of Srila Prabhupad is like searching the Sun with candle, I feel disabled to capture everything in a few pages of a website.