He was born in the village of Jagannatha-pura near Orissa, India as
Braja-bandhu.By the age of eight, Braja-bandhu had read the entire
Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and could
also explain their meanings. On April 8th, 1974, at the age of 45 he
left home and relatives in quest of spiritual perfection. Carrying only
a Bhagavad-gita and a begging bowl he wandered around India for one
year and visited many sacred places along the river Ganges. He was
searching for that person who could help him develop a true
understanding of the maha-mantra. In 1975, at the opening of ISKCON’s
Krishna-Balaram Temple in Vrindavana, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
accepted him as a disciple, gave him the name Gour Govinda and awarded
him the sannyasa order, thus the name Srila Gour Govinda Swami. He is a
saint within ISKCON. During his life, Gour Govinda Swami preached for
ISKCON in Orissa. He worked to establish an ISKCON temple in
Bhubaneswar, as he was instructed to do so by his guru in 1977. He an
author of many research papers and translated his guru's books into the
Oriya language. He left in 1996 while in Mayapur. during a discussion
about topics on Lord Jagannath and is remembered in annual ISKCON
festivals. Visit Website
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