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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
(
Bengali
:
Abhoy Charonarobindo Bhoktibedanto Swamy Probhupad
;
Sanskrit
: ,
IAST
: ; 1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) was a
Gaudiya Vaishnava
spiritual teacher (guru) and the founder preceptor (
acharya
) of the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
(ISKCON), commonly known as the "
Hare Krishna Movement
". His mission was to propagate
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
, a school of
Vaishnavite
Hinduism
that had been taught to him by his guru,
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
, throughout the world. Born
Abhay Charan De
in
Calcutta
, he was educated at the prestigious local
Scottish Church College
. Before adopting the life of a pious renunciant (
vanaprastha
) in 1950, he was married with children and owned a small
pharmaceutical
business.
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