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Purnacandra Goswami Passes Away

Purnacandra Goswami absorbed in the holy name of Krishna

On the 4th of November, 22:25 PM Moscow time Purnacandra Goswami passed away. It is a great loss for the entire ISKCON community.

On October 15th Maharaja was hospitalized with internal bleeding, and from September 19th he was in coma. Despite deep coma he manifested some signs of consciousness every time when devotees would come to him to chant the holy name.

Purnacandra Maharaja joined Srila Prabhupada's movement when he was 17 years old. For more than 38 years he served ISKCON with great dedication. His knowledge of the Vedic scriptures was vast and profound. For many years he was teaching Bhakti-sastri course and many othercourses to the devotees.

He had very deep attachment to Sri Vrindavana-dhama. He divided his preaching time between Russia and Balkans, but Karttik he would always spend in Vrindavan. Over the last few years he was writing a book dedicated to Lord Krishna's pastimes in Vrindavana. He was always deeplyabsorbed in the holy names. The concentration and intensity with whichhe would chant the holy name every day was incomparable.