Srila Prabhupada (1896-1977), was an extraordinary personality who dedicated his life for teaching the world about Krishna consciousness, ancient India’s most noble message of spiritual wisdom. In 1965, at the age of 69, he sailed from India to New York to share Lord Krishna’s message, on the order of his spiritual master Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, representing a line of teachers dating back to Lord Krishna Himself.

His Holiness Nava Yogendra Swami ji Maharaj is one of the foremost disciple of HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He hails from a royal family of Raj Purohits (family Brahmin priests of the king of Kashmir). Maharaj ji is a naishtik brahmachari (celibate since birth). At the tender age of 9 years His Holiness after seeing a movie “Dhruva Maharaj” left his home and proceeded towards the jungles just to get darshan of Lord Krishna. Again at the age of 17, he left his home to stay at Vrindavan with sadhus. It was in the year 1974 when His Holiness got initiation from His Divine grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acharya of great ISKCON.

For the sake of preaching, Maharaj ji is always on move, travelling most of the time. He has been visiting and preaching Krishna consciousness several times in most of the countries across the globe.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affilated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects, and millions of congregational members worldwide.

Although less than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in 1966. ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradāya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic or Hindu culture.