Gender

Male

Birthday:

November 2

Name / Initiated name

Devakinandana Das

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

sixteen

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

In 1984 I was working in a bank in the streets of São Paulo, doing office-boy's job, and I met Sriman Rama Putra Das, my Godbrother, who showed me some Prabhupada's books while he was on sankirtan.

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

The Adi-Templo São Paulo Mandir. These are some of my friends: Tirthatma Nitai Das, Madhumati Radhika Devi Dasi, Dasananda Gouranga Das, Ananda Maya Devi Dasi, Ananda-Vrindavana Devi Dasi, Kurma Das, Jitaso Das, Krishna Gouranga Das, Purushatraya Swami, Chandramukha Swami, Dhanvantari Swami, Paramahamsa Das, Adwaya Prabhu e etc.

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

I'm one of the few senior devotees who attend at the São Paulo Mandir Temple.

What are your expectations from this community?

Hari Nama Sankirtana

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

I usually give The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is lectures.