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The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organisation.[6] ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada the Guru and spiritual master of the organization.[7] Its core beliefs are based on the Hindu scriptures, particularly the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam, and the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, which has had adherents in India since the late 15th century and American and European devotees since the early 1900s in North America.[8] In West Virginia, the Prabhupada's Palace of Gold is now a shrine for the founder, who died in 1977.[9]
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Abbreviation | ISKCON |
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Formation | 13 July 1966 (58 years ago) (1966-07-13) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Founder | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
Type | Religious organisation |
Legal status | Foundation |
Purpose | Educational, Philanthropic, Religious studies, Spirituality |
Headquarters | Mayapur, West Bengal, India[1][2][3][4][5] |
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Coordinates | 23.26°N 88.23°E / 23.26; 88.23 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Main organ | Governing Body Commission |
Affiliations | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
Website | iskcon |
The organization was formed to spread the practice of Bhakti yoga, in which those involved (bhaktas) dedicate their thoughts and actions towards pleasing Krishna, their Supreme Lord.[10] Its most rapid expansions in membership as of 2007 have been within India and especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in Russia, Ukraine, and the rest of the ex-Soviet aligned states of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.[11][12]