Who Is Srila Prabhupada? Founder Acharya of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Some Historical Glimpse of Srila Prabhupada. 1896: (September 01) Srila Prabhupada was born in Calcutta. 1901: Srila Prabhupada conducted Rathayatra festival in a suburb of Calcutta. 1902: Srila Prabhupada began worshiping Radha-Krishna. 1916: Srila Prabhupada joined as Student of Philosophy at Scottish Churches’ College. 1918: Entered married life (grhastha ashrama) 1921: Appointed assistant manager of Bose Laboratory. Joined Gandhi’s movement. 1922: Met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. 1925: Visited Vrndavana for the first time. 1928: Assisted in establishing Allahabad center of Gaudiya Matta. 1932: Initiated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. 1934: Helped establish Gowalia Tank center of Gaudiya Matta. 1935: Instructed by his spiritual master on publishing books and constructing temples. 1936: Final order from his spiritual master to preach in the West. 1939: Honored with the title “Bhaktivedanta” by society of Gaudiya Vaishnavas. 1944: Started the Back to Godhead Magazine. 1953: Started League of Devotees in Jhansi. Initiated his first disciple, Acarya Prabhakar. 1954: Retired from family life, adopting vanaprastha (retired) order of life. 1959: Accepted renounced order of life (sannyasa). 1960: Published first book, Easy Journey to Other Planets. 1962: Published Volume 1 of First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. 1965: Journeyed to USA in order to fulfill the order of his spiritual master. 1966: Established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. 1967: Completed translation and commentary of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. 1968: Bhagavad-gita As It Is published by Macmillan Company. 1972: Established the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for publishing his books. 1975: Completed translation of and published Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita in 17 volumes. 1976: Established the Bhaktivedanta Institute for scientific preaching. 1977: Disappearance from this material world and went Back to Krishna. By This time Srila Prabhupada Established 108 Krishna temples all around the world. **********************
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