Srila Prabhupada
“No one can compare to you Srila Prabhupada who has saved me and countless others from the darkness of illusion by so mercifully giving the most precious of all gifts, pure devotional service in Krishna consciousness.” – Bhakti Raghava Swami
His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) is widely regarded as the worlds pre-eminent exponent of the teachings and practices of Bhakti-yoga to the Western world.
Born Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896, in Calcutta, as a youth he became involved with Mahatma Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement.
Bhakti Raghava Swami
Born to French-Canadian Roman-Catholic parents in the Province of Ontario.
His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaja spent seven years of his undergraduate studies in a seminary before completing his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Ottawa in 1968, majoring in philosophy and social psychology.
After serving as a Social Worker and Counselor from 1968 to 1971, he joined the Hare Krsna Movement in 1974 and was initiated the same year as Raghava Pandit Das.
From 1974 to 1976 he served at the ISKCON Ottawa temple.
Bhakti Raghava Swami
Born to French-Canadian Roman-Catholic parents in the Province of Ontario.
His Holiness Bhakti Raghava Swami Maharaja spent seven years of his undergraduate studies in a seminary before completing his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Ottawa in 1968, majoring in philosophy and social psychology.
After serving as a Social Worker and Counselor from 1968 to 1971, he joined the Hare Krsna Movement in 1974 and was initiated the same year as Raghava Pandit Das.
From 1974 to 1976 he served at the ISKCON Ottawa temple.