Audio - ISKCON desire tree: ISKCON Prabhujis

His Grace Agnidev Prabhu

Initiated by Srila Prabhupada and preaching and singing in US, he is renowned for his melodious Gaudiya Vaishnava kirtan, Agnidev prabhu sings traditional songs with multi-cultural accompaniment, using both Eastern and Western intruments. In addition to his soul-stirring vocals, he is a master mridanga and harmonium player.

His Grace Aindra Prabhu new Friday

His Grace Badahari Prabhu

H.G. Aindra Prabhu received harinama-diksa in 1973 from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Washington D.C. For many years, he was serving as a pujari at the temple and was regularly going out on harinama-sankirtana and book distribution in that area. After several visits to Sri Vrindavan dhama, he then got the inspiration within his heart to re-inaugurate the 24hour-kirtana which had originally been established by Srila Prabhupada in 1975 at the Krishna-Balarama Mandir. In 1986, Aindra Prabhu came to settle down in Vrindavan dhama and has been co-ordinating and guiding this 24hour-kirtana since! Not only is he inspiring the local devotees and numerous visitors with his daily kirtanas, but his wonderful recordings spread the mellow of Sri Vrindavan dhama all over the planet.

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His Grace Bhurijana Prabhu

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H.G.Bhurijana Prabhu first met Srila Prabhupada at 26 Second Ave, and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1968. After preaching in Japan for about a year, in 1970 he opened ISKCON's first Hong Kong center. Throughout the early 1970s Srila Prabhupada would many times meet with Bhurijana during Srila Prabhupada's tours of the Far East: Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. In his last meeting in 1976, Bhurijana Prabhu was requested by Srila Prabhupada to help develop the educational system. Since then he has taught both academic and ashrama courses in Gita-Nagari and Vrindavana and has conducted several teacher training courses in Vrindavana. In 1987, in Vrindavana, he began the Vaisnava Institute for Higher Education, where he has taught courses in teaching, writing, and the main books of Srila Prabhupada -- Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Srimad-Bhagavatam, The Nectar of Devotion, The Nectar of Instruction, and Sri Isopanisad.

His Grace Carudesna Prabhu

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His Grace Chakravartty Prabhu

His Grace Charu Prabhu new yesterday

His Grace Deen Nayak Prabhu

Caru Das was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1970. He has been President, variously, of the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Berkeley (USA) temples. He served on the BBT library party in 1976, received Bhakti Shastra in 1979, and was Life Membership Director in Los Angeles for 10 years in the 1980's. He and his wife, Vaibhavi, founded KHQN Radio in Spanish Fork, Utah and later built the New Kusum Sarovar temple there.

His Grace Devamrita Prabhu

His Grace Deen Nayak Dasa was born in Nainital Situated in Uttaranchal India in 1973. After completion of studies he came to Mumbai & doing some artistic work in Mumbai film industry he love to visit iskcon juhu temple & in 1986 he joined Iskcon Juhu temple In1990 he takes the initiation from HH Gopal Krisna Goswami Maharaj. Then he came to Iskcon Delhi temple in 1991 & doing preaching & many others services He has a deep love for kirtanas and often, he does it for several hours together. He is invited by devotees all around the Delhi for Lectures and kirtana. He lectures in important conferences as well, Now he is the director of congregational preaching & Bhakti Vraksa since last 15 years….

His Grace Dhanesvara Prabhu

His Grace Dina Anukampana Prabhu

Dhanesvara Prabhu first became acquainted with Bhagavad Gita as he was finishing his Master's degree in engineering in 1972 & tow year latter took initiation from Srila Prabhupada. From the very beginning he realised that the recommendations of Bhagavad Gita stood in sharp contrast to the modern western society and he wanted to understand how to bridge the gap so that humaniy at large might easily live in a way that was elevating. Retired from family responsiblities, he now lives, writes and teaches in Ukraine. He is the founder of Abhideya Cultural Academy, co founder of the Gitagrad community & orgniser of partners-of-life.

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Dina-Anukampana Das is a humble disciple of His Holiness Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaj. By the mercy of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, Dina has been working on propagating the mass singing of the Bhagavad Gita since 1996. Since 1998 Gita Jayanti has become an annual month-long event in Singapore jointly organized by all leading Hindu/Indian Organizations of Singapore (see www.gitajayanti.org.sg).
He has propagated the mass singing of the Gita (bhajan style) in Bali, Cambodia, Malaysia, Chennai, New Zealand and Tirupati. Dina also teaches courses in perfect Sanskrit Pronunciation for beginners.

His Grace Dina Bandhu Prabhu

His Grace Drutakarma Prabhu

Dina Bandhu Prabhu is settled in braja. Although from a foreign country, he looks exaclty like one of the local brijawasis. He speaks the local braja language & nicely interacts with the locals. He loves to take devotees on parikrama in Vrindavan. He is part of ISKCON braja parikrama every year. He is an excellent narrator of Krishna's pastimes. He is the source of inspiration for renovating of Vrinda devi temple near Nanadagaon.

His Grace Dravida Prabhu

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Dravid prabhu is a vaishnava scholar, musician and poet. He has edited Back to Godhead magazine and other books published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust for over 25 years. From 1983 to 1989 he was part of the team that produced the last six 1,000-page volumes of the magnum opus of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: a commentated English translation of India's jewel of Vedic wisdom, the 18,000-verse Shrimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana). He also helped produce the revised version of Srila Prabhupada’s nine-volume Chaitanya-charitamrita during 1995-96 and his Krishna book from 1994-95. In addition to his editing work, he teaches Bhakti Yoga classes at the Los Angeles and San Diego ISKCON centers. Throughout all this immersion in transcendental literature, Dravida dasa developed a love of the Sanskrit language, and especially the elaborate Sanskrit prosody of the Bhagavatam, portions of the Chaitanya-charitamrita, and other bhakti literature. His devotion and expertise in chanting form a marvelous combination He is a bramachari since many decades. He is Srila Prabhupada's disciple.

His Grace Ekalavya Prabhu

Michael A. Cremo, also known as Drutakarma dasa was born in July 15, 1948 in the United States. In 1966 he entered the School of International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in preparation for a career in diplomacy or one of the intelligence services. But in the turmoil of the Vietnam War era and the counterculture revolution of the 1960s, he left the university, heading for Prague to take part in the Czechoslovakian independence movement.
By the time he arrived in Europe, the Russia and the Warsaw Pact had invaded Czechoslovakia, so he headed further East, a journey that eventually led to his becoming a disciple of Krishna guru Bhaktivedanta Swami and a student of the ancient Sanskrit writings of India. It was in these writings that he encountered histories of a human presence on this planet going back millions of years.In 1984, he and Richard Thompson, inspired by their studies of the Sanskrit histories, began work on their monumental Forbidden Archaeology, which documents evidence for extreme human antiquity.

His Grace Gauranga Prabhu

Ekalavya Das began chanting Hare Krishna in 1977, at the age of 12, while performing in a children’s production of the Broadway Musical, “Hair”. Currently residing in Srila Prabhupada's birthplace - Kolkata, India, Ekalavya Das is a GBC deputy, and member of the World Holy Name Festival coordination team. Traveling around the world speaking on Krishna consciousness and enthralling audiences while performing concerts with his band *Inspiration Explosion*, Ekalavya is producing Krishna conscious music albums and videos for youth of all ages.

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His Grace Gopiparanadhana Prabhu

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Gopiparanadhana Prabhu is Co-director in Govardhana and head teacher of the Sanskrit academy. Although from United States, he stays most of the time in Govardhan. Students from various parts of the world flock to govardhan to study high level of Sanskrit and bhakti from him. He is teaching the Sandarbhas seminar. He received first initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1973 and second in 1975. He also serves as Sanskrit translator for the BBTand has been working for the BBT since 1973.

His Grace Grahila prabhu

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His Grace Hari Sauri Prabhu

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His Grace Hari Sauri Prabhu, a religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, was born in England on November 17, 1950. He was initiated by Srila Prabhupada on April 9, 1972 in Sydney.Hari Sauri prabhu travelled with Srila Prabhupada from November 1975 until March 1977. During that time he gained valuable insight and instructions from His Divine Grace. He has in turn shared these realizations with devotees worldwide.

His Grace Jananivas Prabhu new Saturday

His Grace Jitamrita Prabhu

HG Jananivas prabhu, the head pujari of Mayapur and the most senior and respected pujari in ISKCON. On order of Srila Prabhupada, he shifted to Mayapur and took up the seva of being a pujari. He and his brother, His Grace Pankajanghri Prabhu have been serving in Mayapur for many decades. Soft spoken but deep with realisations.

His Grace Kamalochan Prabhu

His Grace Kratu Prabhu

His Grace Krishna Kshetra Prabhu

His Grace Kratu Prabhu was born in aristocratic Gujrati Godiya Vaishnav family on July 5, 1944. His father was an ardent vaishnava, and his mother persistently chanted 16 rounds of Hare Krshna mahamantra. He achieved a Masters degree in Engineering from St Louis University, Missouri. His first exposure to ISKCON happened in 1970, at St Louis. He met his Guru, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in 1976 & got initiated in 1977 in Toronto, Canada. He then became temple President of Vancouver in 1987. In 1997, he became temple President of ISKCON, Delhi, and continued house and pandal preaching programs. In 2002, he became an initiating spiritual master, and is ever since vigorously traveling and preaching all over the world. At present, he is in charge of Srila Prabhupad Samadhi Mandir in Vrindavan

His Grace Krishnabhishek Prabhu

Krishna Kshetra Das - teacher, writer, and traveller - is a disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He has served as a missionary, temple priest (pujari), and counselor for bhakti-yoga practitioners from the time of his formal initiation in 1972. From 1972 to 1976 he was based in Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark; then he began to participate in Vaishnava missionary activities in central Europe. Almost every year, from 1978 to 1995 he visited India on pilgrimage. In 1995, as coordinator of a research group, he compiled and published Pancaratra-pradipa (in 2 volumes), a manual for Caitanya Vaishnava temple worship. He also served ISKCON’s GBC as the minister for Deity worship from then until 2005. In 2004, after eight years of university study (resuming his interrupted studies from 1972), he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Oxford (St. Cross College), for his dissertation on Caitanya Vaishnava image worship, now available from Routledge Publishers as Attending Krsna’s Image: Caitanya Vaisnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth (2006), as a book in the Routledge Hindu Studies Series.

His Grace Lal Govind Prabhu

Krishnabhishek dasa was born in Calcutta in 1983 and had taken to Krishna Consciousness since childhood. He had started chanting 16 rounds and following the four regulative principles when he was merely 10 years old! Krishnabhishek is a gifted devotee and can play any instrument in the world. He has a deep love for kirtanas and often, he does it for several hours together. Besides, he is a wonderful cook and often helps in the temple preparing feasts. He is the beloved disciple of His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and had received personal instructions from him to spread Krishna Consciousness in the academic field. He did his M.St from Oxford University and got a distinction on a thesis he wrote on Lord Jagannath. He also greatly popularized kirtana in Oxford. He is now doing Ph.d on Bhaktivedanta Purports in the top ranked divinity school of the world, University of Chicago. He is invited by devotees all around the world for Bhagavat Saptahs and kirtana. He lectures in important conferences as well, like the prestigious AAR (America's biggest conference on religion).

His Grace Lilananda Prabhu

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His Grace Madhavananda Prabhu

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Madhavananda Das, joined ISKCON in Los Angeles in 1982. He moved to Bhubaneswar Orissa in 1993 where he has been living since. He was instructed by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja to edit his lectures into publications. For over ten years he has been serving as the director of ISKCON Gopal Jiu Publications, the editor of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Magazine, and the email magazine Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu.

His Grace Mahadyuti Prabhu

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His Grace Mahatama Prabhu

His Grace Matsya Avatara Prabhu

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Marco Ferrrini is Founder President and Director of Centro Studi Bhaktivedanta Academy of Traditional Indian Sciences. For over thirty years, he has been studying and teaching Vedic culture and his research has taken him in numerous study trips in India and long stays in the sacred Hindu sites. He gives Lectures, Conferences and Seminars in Universities and Cultural Institutions, Schools and Universities, trade associations, religious institutions and other social and cultural venues. He is author of several essays and books on the Psychology, Philosophy, Sciences, Arts and Spirituality of classical India. He cooperates with international scholars and research centres, especially with academics and researchers in Italy, United States and India, as well as with workers in the field of medicine, psychology and sociology. His work represents an influential contribution to the integration and exchange between the cultures of East and West.

His Grace Nirantara Prabhu new Saturday

His Grace Nirguna Prabhu

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He was very sincere, simple, and a dedicated servant of Srila Prabhupada. He joined in Atlanta in 1975. He left his pre-med and joined full time. He soon became a famous book distributor, distributing large number of Srila Prabhupada's books and traveling in a small van. Every one who met Nirguna prabhu and associated with him could easily discern his tenacious and resolute determination to engage in Sankirtan, nay, any temple service. Nirguna prabhu never met Srila Prabhupada physically, but his love and faith in Srila Prabhupada was exemplary.

His Grace Nitai Prabhu

His Grace Pankajanghri Prabhu

His Grace Pankajanghri Prabhu is Srila Prabhupada's disciple and brother of famous HG Jananivas prabhu. Both the brothers stay in Sridham Mayapur. He has been serving the mission as a pujari in Mayapur for many years. He is always overflowing with Gaura prema and is expert at reciting the pastimes of Gaura.

His Grace Pragosh Prabhu

His Grace Prithu Prabhu

His Grace Radhakrishna Prabhu

His Grace Radhanath Prabhu

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His Grace Radhika Raman Prabhu

His Grace Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu

Radhika Ramana Dasa, also known as Dr. Ravi M. Gupta, is a notable Vaishnava scholar. Presently, he is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and a member of the faculty at Bhaktivedanta College. He received his doctorate from Oxford University on the topic of Jiva Goswami's Vedanta,and has a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Linacre College.He grew up in Boise Idaho where his academic accomplishments were documented in the Idaho Statesman.On April 17, 2008, he met with Pope Benedict XVI and presented a gift to him on behalf of the Hindu American community. He is a disciple of Hanumatpreshaka Swami.

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Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (William H. Deadwyler) joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in 1971 in Philadelphia, PA where he has served for most of his devotional career. He is an initiated disciple of ISKCON’s founder-acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Ravindra Svarupa dasa earned his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in religion from Temple University. He has been a member of ISKCON’s ecclesiastical board, known as the Governing Body Commission, since 1987. He is an initiating guru for ISKCON and is the temple president of ISKCON of Philadelphia.

His Grace Revathi Raman Prabhu

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His Grace Revathi Raman Das prabhu born in the year 1956 on July 21 in a Sri Vaishnava family. From the childhood he is a dynamic, straight and enthusiastic person. He studied Engineering in Bangalore. First time he came in contact with ISKCON in 1988 through a book written by Srila Prabhupada. After realizing the importance of human incarnation he immediately took to Krishna Consciousness. Later in1991 as he advanced spiritually took initiation from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami and decided to resign the job and to devote his life completely to spread Krishna Consciousness. He served in Bangalore temple & after seeing his performance the management decided to give him presidency in Tirupati that is in 1996 May 26th. He is also Zonal Secretary for the temples in Andhra Pradesh, secretary for the Regional Governing Body in India.

His Grace Sachidananda Prabhu

His Grace Sada Puta Prabhu

His Grace Sankarsana Prabhu

Sadaputa Dasa (Richard L. Thompson) was born in Binghamton, New York, in 1947. In 1974, he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University, where he specialized in probability theory and statistical mechanics.As a submissive disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Sadaputa Prabhu put aside all of his Western academics in favor of studying the Vedas and practicing their tenants. However, at the request of his spiritual master, he agreed to utilize his scientific education and sharp intellect for supplying supporting evidence to Vedic teachings. He ventured into many subjects-the soul, consciousness, the spiritual world, as well as refutations of commonly-held modern theories of evolution, the Big Bang Theory, etc.He is the author of seven books and the producer of six videos on science and philosophy, and he has written many articles for scientific journals and for Back To Godhead, the magazine of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

His Grace Sarvabhauma Prabhu

In obedience to Srila Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari has fully taken up the banner of pure devotional service to the Supreme Godhead, and made it his life's mission to spread the Krishna consciousness science as far and wide as possible throughout the world. Though headquartered at Bhaktivedanta Ashram in Austin, Texas, USA, he regularly travels throughout the globe with his wife, Her Grace Srimati Vishnupriya Mataji, giving lectures on pure devotional service, enlivening and enlightening his varied audiences with this supreme knowledge, which has been so kindly bestowed upon him by his spiritual master.

His Grace Shastraswaroop Prabhu

His Grace Shikshatkam Prabhu

His Grace Srutakirti Prabhu

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Srutakirti Prabhu joined in the early days of the Hare Krishna explosion. Soon he was secretary to Srila Prabhupada. He would travel with Srila Prabhupada to various countries. He noted the details of his travels and thus he is one of the greatest speakers on Srila Prabhupada's pastimes. He has been widely preaching everywhere in the world fulfilling Srila Prabhupada's mission. He is based in United Kingdom.

His Grace Swarupa Damodar Prabhu

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Swarupa Damodar Das is a self styled kirtan singer who started singing at the age of 7. He comes from a small town called Khopoli in Raigad district. He took initiation in Srila Prabhupada's family from His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj in 1995 and pursued his spiritual career under his guidance for 4 years at Iskcon Chowpatty. He is loved by the devotee community for his melodious kirtans and has been spreading the glories of the Holy Names through his devotional albums all over the world.

His Grace Tribhangananda Prabhu

His Grace Tribhuvannath Prabhu

His Grace Vaiyasaki Prabhu

His Grace Vidvan Gauranga Prabhu

A born musician, by the time he was 14, he had already formed a band. He meet devotees in 1970 in London. He meet Srila Prabhupada in 1973 & on his request he journeyed to India. He lived in Bangladesh and learned the traditional vaishnava kirtans. He now travels around the world performing kirtans in major cities. He is always a step ahead of the listeners.

His Grace Vijaya Prabhu

His Grace Vishwarup Prabhu