Sivarama Swami was born in
Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where
some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila
Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an
initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the
renounced order of life in 1979. He was requested to accept the
responsibility of GBC member in 1986 while serving in the UK. He
has been serving ISKCON in the UK in various capacities since 1980
and took responsibility for preaching in Hungary from 1988.
Sivarama Swami is also well known for his deep knowledge of
vaishnava literature, and has written several books about Krishna
consciousness himself. In June 2003, Sivarama Swami announced his
intention to resign as UK & Ireland GBC representative as from
Gaura Purnima 2004. At present he is responsible for the rural farm
community of devotees in Hungary called New Vraja Dhama.
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