Today is the appearance anniversary of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was born in 1896 in Calcutta, India, into a family of Krishna devotees. At age twenty-two, he met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, who encouraged him to spread the mission of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in English. At the age of sixty-nine, Srila Prabhupada left India for the U.S.A. with a trunk full of his own Srimad-Bhagavatam commentaries. In the next twelve years, he started a worldwide movement, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and had translated over eighty books on Krishna consciousness. His followers fast until noon today and prepare a feast in his honor.
More:
- Festivals: Srila Prabhupada Festivals, information on some annual gatherings in honor and remembrance of Srila Prabhupada
- Audio: Srila Prabhupada, a Friend to All, Harinama Chintamani dasi narrates from this collection of remembrances of Prabhupada
- Homages to Srila Prabhupada, from his disciples’ yearly Vyasa-puja collections
- Audio: Srila Prabhupada Says. . ., short, inspirational excerpts from Prabhupada’s lectures
- Video: Memories of Srila Prabhupada, disciples give their own stories of meeting and interacting with Srila Prabhupada
- In Our Store: Srila Prabhupada Photo Book, a deluxe 13 inch by 16 inch book of photos of Srila Prabhupada
- In Our Store: Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, the authorized biography of Srila Prabhupada, by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami