Gender

Male

Birthday:

March 3

Name / Initiated name

Swarup Das

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

sixteen

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

Was initiated in Boston, Massachusetts in December 1969

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

I do not live near any ISKCON centers. I know a great many devotees and they know me.

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

I am 62 and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada when I was 17 in 1969. I was the Secretary of ISKCON from '69 to '80. I typeset most of Srila Prabhupada's books, managed the BBT Mail Order Department and BTG subscription service and wrote letters to people about Krishna consciousness for more than a decade on behalf of Srila Prabhupada as the secretary of his ISKCON movement.