Murari Mohini Devi Dasi was born into a simple and loving family in Oruro, Bolivia. She grew up in an environment that was respectful and grateful to Mother Nature, especially Mother Earth, or Pachamama, as the indigenous people call her in Bolivia. Murari Mohini Devi has lived with part of her family in Mayapur since December 2018. She is the founder of Mayapur Clean & Green. They aim to make Mayapur a better place to live.https://iskconnews.org/mayapur-clean-green-successfully-addressing-e-waste-management/Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/sYbJlONmZTM
Ramai Swami was born in Alexandria, Egypt, but grew up in Australia when his parents moved there when he was 4 years old, and studied music at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). He came in contact with ISKCON by reading a Back To Godhead magazine belonging to a friend from the university. He joined as a full time member and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in Melbourne in 1973. Ramai Swami spent his formative years in ISKCON in the Brisbane and Melbourne temples, and later headed bus programs, traveling to cities and towns and sharing Krishna consciousness all over the Australian continent. He took sannyasa vows in Mayapur, India, in 1982. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bQGMT-l59JM
Deva Gaura Hari Das was born in Malaysia, Penang in 1969. He studied in Queensland at Science University. He stayed in Mayapur with his family for many years. He is a good musician and has done many devotional services for Srila Prabhupada. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/TCM3L8I3qr8
Sankirtan Narottam Das was born in 1981, South India. He studied electric engineering and communication. He met with devotees in 1998. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2iuflCyCjLc
Anadamaya Gopinath Das was born in 1972, Chennai India. He studied engineering in Coimabatore. He met with devotees in 2001, leading Bhakti Vriksa in Australia. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/lkOziD5jLVI
Ramanuja Das was born in Australia, 01/01/1957. He met devotees in 1979. Ramanuja Prabhu is Temple president of ChirstChurch.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/T9vH0MFwGus
Kalasamvara Das was born in 26 September 1951 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He studied as Master in tailors. He joined the movement in 1976. Temple president of Auckland, New Zealand. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/0jVn7wWVHI0
The Temple President of the Wellington, New Zealand ISKCON temple, Jagadjivana Das, sits with Ganga Das from Radio Mayapur to discuss the history of the Wellington temple and his life and times as an ISKCON devotee since 1986.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/YRHR8j64l1Y
Ambarish Maharaja Das was born in Chopda, Maharastra in 1976. He completed his Education as an Electrical Engineer in Bombay. Throughout his ISKCON history, he has made many friends and keeps in touch regularly with his U.K. friends.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/8_hfyFv4jTU
Medhavi was born in Chennai and is an Chartered Accountant who joined ISKCON in 2005 in Papua New Guinea. Medhavi comes from a pious family and was raised in a Krishna Conscious family in South India. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/og3N1qrkQqo.
While traveling with H.H. Bhanu Swami, Radio Mayapur’s podcast host, Ganga Das, is at the ISKCON temple in Melbourne, Australia. He had met with his old friend since 1980, Prabhava Das, who was born in Santipur, West Bengal, only 70 kilometers from Mayapur. Prabhava Das was born in 1962, went to the Mayapur Vrindaban Gurukul, and became a member of ISKCON at age six. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/H8zLaiJAnxM
Born in Teluk Intan Malaysia in 1947, after studying medicine and growing into family life, Adipurusa Das became a devotee member of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness at age 40. Since then, he has done devotional service for Srila Prabhupada’s mission and is currently the Temple President of the ISKCON temple in Adelaide, Australia.Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/oojF7EYw6Vg
Her Grace Dr. Nitaisevini Devi Dasi was born in Mumbai in a Gujarati Business family, conventional followers of the Pushtimarg. Later she with her family shifted to Hyderabad in 1984, since then she was closely connected to ISKCON Secunderbad. Inspired by Visits of many senior devotees, she later joined as a Full time devotee in 1997 and took initiation in the year 1998 in Atlanta,USA from H.H.Jayapataka Swami Maharaj. She has completed her Graduation in Commerce, Masters in Education with a PG diploma in Management of Voluntary Organisation. She also completed her PhD in Education from Andhra University. Mataji is also the founder and Principal of Divine Touch School which is aimed at imparting spiritual education to the children at very young age. Mataji is actively involved in Fund raising, Festival Cordination, Congregation preaching and College Preaching besides shouldering management responsibility with her husband H.G.Samba Prabhuji, President ISKCON Visakhapatnam.Mataji is a multilingual preacher, preaching in 5 languages across the globe.She initiated Bhakti Yoga Residential Summer camp at Visakhapatnam . She also initiated Online Damodar Maas Sadhana, Online Ekadashi Sadhana and Online Purushottam Maas Sadhana have been very successful programs.Watch the Video podcast on Youtube
Srutikirti Das is an early disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and has served in Srila Prabhupada’s mission for over half a century. During this time, Srutikirti Prabhu had the great honor of being Srila Prabhupada’s assistant and served Srila Prabhupada during a significant time in ISKCON history. While visiting Sri Mayapur, Srutikirti sat down with the Radio Mayapur podcast host, Ganga Das to reflect on Srutikirti’s life and times as a devotee of Krishna.Watch the Video podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jmNqhuP3HLQ
Kripanidhi Das, a direct disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has a long and distinguished history in ISKCON as a learned scholar of Prabhupada's books and has been one of the top book distributors for many decades.Watch The Video
Sarvabhavana Das is a published author of many books and a scholar of the Shastra published by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and the Acharyas of ISKCON.
Kaustubha Das is the co-host of the popular YouTube channel Wisdom of the Sages. Truths about life from the timeless wisdom of the Bhakti-yoga tradition - fun, relevant, and deep. Hear about dharma, yoga, bhakti, and how it relates to all the basic questions of life. This show is about how to live your best life, let go of the external distractions, and uncover the spiritual happiness that lies within the heart as the true nature of the soul.Raghunath and Kaustubha's connection goes back to their teens in the New York Hardcore Punk Scene of the early 80s, through serving together as Bhakti-yogi monks in the 90's, to sharing their experiences in the world of yoga in the 21st century.
More than half a century in ISKCON, initiated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Mahamaya Dasi has been a long-time resident of Mayapur. Ganga Das traveled to her residence here in Mayapur to make this on-location recording.
From 1976-1986 Ramesvara was a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission (GBC) and became a trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) in February 1975, working from its headquarters in Los Angeles. He later becomes head of the North American BBT. Now retired, he resides in India and the USA for part of the year.
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