Hindol Sengupta’s book chronicles the life of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and the founding of the ISKCON, which has grown into a global phenomenon.
ISKCON Mumbai trust claims Bengaluru faction forged documents to claim ownership of Raja Hare Krishna Hill temple; three-judge bench to hear case in January 2026.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of ISKCON Bangalore after a bitter 25-year standoff with the Mumbai chapter. “The actual dispute is about succession,” said chairman Madhu Pandit Dasa.
Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote spokesperson, was arrested this month. Member of his outfit also says lawyers representing Das are being targeted.
ISKCON is yet to issue statement. Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das’s arrest in sedition case earlier this month led to widespread protests in Bangladesh.
Demanding ex-ISKCON leader’s release, BJP’s ideological parent RSS also called Yunus-led Bangladesh govt a ‘silent spectator’ to violence against the Hindu minority.
In the past, Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, has dismissed reports of attacks against minorities in Bangladesh as media propaganda.
ISKCON distances itself from Das, who, it says, was expelled from religious organisation earlier. He was arrested on charges of dishonouring Bangladesh's national flag.
A former leader of ISKCON, Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested & produced before a court in Chattogram, which ordered his detention in a case alleging disrespect to the country's flag.
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