We are saddened to share that His Holiness Badrinarayan Swami departed this world in Vṛndāvana, India, on February 26, 2026. His body is presently being prepared for placement at the Vṛndāvana Hospice. More information will be forthcoming as arrangements are finalized.
Until the very end, Badrinarayan Swami remained actively engaged in preaching and service. He had recently attended the GBC Annual General Meeting in Māyāpur and was traveling and speaking in India in the days leading up to his passing. His final class was delivered in Vṛndāvana on February 23, 2026. To watch, click here.
According to his personal servant, Abhay Nāma Dāsa, “Yesterday he went to Loi Bazaar and Ranganath Temple. He felt exhausted and didn’t eat, just drank some juice. Today, he was calling me repeatedly, but didn’t want anything. I went out for a bit, returned at 8:30, and there was no response from him. He had departed already.”
An initiated disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda, the Founder-Ācārya of ISKCON, Badrinarayan Swami was born in 1952. He first met Śrīla Prabhupāda in 1969, moved into the Laguna Beach temple as a full-time brahmacārī in 1970, and accepted initiation in 1971.
He served as temple president of ISKCON Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1973 to 1977, and of ISKCON San Diego from 1978 to 1993. In 1987, he began his long-standing service as a member of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC), later serving as its chairman. Over the decades, he contributed extensively to the society’s leadership, including authoring and co-authoring several GBC position papers and serving on numerous strategic and steering committees.
Awarded the sannyāsa order in 2014, he later became an initiating spiritual master (dīkṣā-guru) in 2020, guiding disciples and communities with steadiness and dedication.
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