Kadamba Kanana Swami

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Kadamba Kanana Swami is an ISKCON swami.[1] He is a member of the faculty at Bhaktivedanta College where he teaches in the subject area titled, "Introspection and Devotion." He was taking charge of the construction of Srila Prabhupada's Samadhi Mandir in Mayapura and remained there from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 till 1995 he was serving as a temple president of the renowned Krishna Balarama Mandir in Vrindavana. There was an attempt to murder him in 1995 and after recovery he became a sannyasa in 1997, taking it from his guru, Jayadvaita Swami and is presently an initiating guru within ISKCON.[2] He is the first of a few diksa gurus in ISKCON who were not initiated by Prabhupada.[3] He is of Australian nationality.

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  1. ^ List of Sannyasis in ISKCON April 2008 ISKCON Sannyasa Ministry, Retrieved on 2008-05-05
  2. ^ Faculty Bhaktivedanta College
  3. ^ Diary of a Spiritual Journey. www.kkswami.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.

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