Suhotra Maharaja, born in Massachussetts, USA, in 1950, came in contactwith ISKCON in 1971 & in 1972 became a disciple of SrilaPrabhupada. His first few years he spent distributing SrilaPrabhupada's books in USA as a brahmacari. In 1976 he traveled toIndia. A year later he based himself in Germany, from where he laterexpanded his preaching to East - European countries and Scandinavia. In1982 he took to the sannyasa asram. He traveled throughout the worldfrom 1988 till 1991, visiting many Asian and Australasian countries. Atthis time he became a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission fornext 11 years. His area of responsibility was Norway, Finland, Benelux,Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. Hepreached extensively in these countries. From mid 90's he started towrite books. From 2001 he started to spend more time in India. In 2005,he moved to Sri Mayapur Dham till he left this mortal world in April 2007. Visit Website
Suhotra Maharaja, born in Massachussetts, USA, in 1950, came in contactwith ISKCON in 1971 & in 1972 became a disciple of SrilaPrabhupada. His first few years he spent distributing SrilaPrabhupada's books in USA as a brahmacari. In 1976 he traveled toIndia. A year later he based himself in Germany, from where he laterexpanded his preaching to East - European countries and Scandinavia. In1982 he took to the sannyasa asram. He traveled throughout the worldfrom 1988 till 1991, visiting many Asian and Australasian countries. Atthis time he became a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission fornext 11 years. His area of responsibility was Norway, Finland, Benelux,Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. Hepreached extensively in these countries. From mid 90's he started towrite books. From 2001 he started to spend more time in India. In 2005,he moved to Sri Mayapur Dham till he left this mortal world in April 2007. Visit Website