Bhakti Caitanya Swami

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Bhakti Caitanya Swami, is a religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.[1]

Bhakti Caitanya Swami was born on August 14, 1951 in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1972 he joined Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON. After taking initiation from Srila Prabhupada, as Raghubhir das, he became involved in public relations and book publications for Bhaktivedanta Manor. Bhakti Caitanya Swami is closely associated with the educational programs of ISKCON and teaches courses at the Vaisnava Institute for Higher Education in Vrindavana. In 1994, during the Gaura Purnima Festival, he took the renounced order of sannyasa from a senior godbrother and became Bhakti Caitanya Swami, he is also a member of the Governing Body Commission.[2] [3]

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  1. ^ List of Sannyasis in ISKCON April 2008 ISKCON Sannyasa Ministry, Retrieved on 5 May 2008
  2. ^ European Governing Body Commission GBC Zonal Assignments European Governing Body Commission, Retrieved on 5 May 2008
  3. ^ Message from the GBC Chairman to the devotees of ISKCON Chakra News 31 March 2003, Retrieved on 5 May 2008
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