biography

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (or Srila Prabhupada) was born in Calcutta in 1896. He received the Bengali name Srila Prabhupada from his parents: “fearless having taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord”. Born into a Vaishnava family, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada breathed a spiritual atmosphere from his earliest moments….