Gender

Male

Birthday:

October 7

Name / Initiated name

Hrishikesh Ashtakala

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

several

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

I was born into it.

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

Radha Madhav Cultural Center, ISKCON Calgary Subash & family, Sahadev & family, James, Kapil, Brahma and family, Atul and Kamul, etc.

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

Haribol, First and foremost I would like to say Hare Krishna everyone! I was born and raised into a devotee family, yet I wasn't really that much into Krishna consciousness until I went on the Krishna bus tours with other devotee youth. I'm still not a pure devotee, but I think about Radha and Krishna a lot. A LOT. I'm a religious studies major, and I love studying different religions and cultures and seeing both the similarities and differences in Krishna's design. I believe that we're all children of the same one god, even if we call him by different names and understand him in different forms. Radha and Krishna are my favourite representations of the divine, including Nrsimhadev, Rama & Sita, Shiva, Hanuman and Buddha. I would love to meet both fellow devotees bhaktas and Bhaktins, network, talk about Krishna, help others in any way I can, etc. Please feel free to contact me, I love to meet and associate with new souls, as well as to reconnect with old ones. Your servant, Rishi

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

I would like to give advice or help others who like to discuss or learn more about Krishna.