His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami was born in Bengal in 1945, he met
with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada at the end of 1976.From
their very first meeting, Srila Prabhupada gave His Holiness the
assignment of translating his books into Bengali and made him his
Secretary for Indian Affairs. Within only a few months, Srila
Prabhupada gave him initiation into the disciplic succession and
soon thereafter, awarded him the order of Sannyasa. Along side his
official responsibilities, His Holiness translated all of Srila
Prabhupada's works on major Vedic literatures, consisting of more
than fifty volumes of books, into Bengali, as Srila Prabhupada had
instructed in their very first meeting. Subsequently, he became a
member of the Governing Body Commission of the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness and served as the Chairman of the
Governing Body in 1989.1n 1996, His Holiness took on the mammoth
task of making a biographical video epic on the life of his
spiritual master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. This
video series, entitled Abhay Charan has been seen all over the
world, as well as on Indian National Television. At present His
Holiness is currently developing projects in Ujjain,
India.
