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SR*LA
RABHUP
L*LAMRTA
VOLUME ONE
A Biographyso
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Founder-Acärya of the Prabhupada
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
SATSVARjPA D GoswAMI
His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupda
Founder-Acrya of the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness
Abhay Charan first met his spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvati, in
Calcutta in 1922.
Sarasvati in Calcutta,
0on meeting with Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
after his first
based his pharmaceutical
Abhay moved with his family to Allahabad, where he
next meeting, within
his heart
Dusiness.Althoughten years elapsed before their
his spiritual master and
Sarasvati as
Abhay accepted Srila Bhaktisiddh nta
thought of him always.
N O M A N
Bhaktisiddhânta Sarasvati initiated Abhay in Allahabad in 1932.

It was at Radhä-kunda, Vrndävana, November 1935, that Srila Bhaktisiddh nta
Sarasvati told Abhay, "If you ever get nmoney, print books.
In the 1940s, while living in Calcutta, Abhay tried to involve his wite and son in
preaching
LEAGUE
DEWOTEES
OPENNG
The
form a worldwide organization,
Early 1950s in Jhansi, Abhay attempted to
League of Devotees.
Godhead magazine in
Beginning in 19S6, Abhay distributed his Back to
New Delhi.
In the years 1962-1965, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami wrote and printed the first
three volumes of Srimad-Bhagavatam.
Srila Prabhupada doing kirtan
The courtyard of the
Radhä-Govinda temple,
Calcutta.
Kadha-Govinda Deities have been worshiped in the Mulliks' temple in

Calcutta for many generations.
The Radh-Krsna Deities
Abhay worshiped in his
childhood.
MUTTY LALL SEALs When he was eight years old,

FREE COLLECE.
Abhay entered Mutty Lall
Seal's free school in Calcutta.
From 1916 to 1920, Abhay attended Scottish Churches' College.
A classroom at Scosh C Hurches'

College.
Bhaktivinoda Thäkura with his family. His son Bhaktisiddh nta Sarasvati is on
the far left, top row
'
Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvati in the forefront of the saikirtana

procession from the
Gaudiya Math, Ultadanga, Calcutta, in October 1930.
used this picture of
Abhay
Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvati in
Back to Godhead
the logo of
magazine.
His Divine Grace Sr+la

Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvati
Thakura.
Allahabad, circa 1924. Left to right: (sitting)
Abhay and his son
Prayag Raj; his father, Gour Mohan; his eldest sister, Rajesvari, with
hisdaughter, Sulakshman; (standing) Abhay's wife, Radharani, his
nephew Tulasi; his brother Krishna Charan.
Allahabad, 1930, after the

passing away of Gour Mohan
De. Left to right: Abhay, Gour
Mohan's portrait, Krishna
Charan; (on floor) Prayay Ra
Abhay's new son, Sulaks 1a
PAIN INLAG
kIATICA
ent
GITRHEU TSM
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SOLD HERE
An ad for one of
Abhay's
pharmaceutical products.
Number 6 Sita Kanta Banerjee Lane,
Calcutta, where Abhay and his family
lived in the 1940s.
d U . deoe dartnaa wer here Gd re no esdee
BACK TOGOOHEAD
TRUTH AND BEAUTY
Abhay's first attempt to fultill nis

piritual master's order to preach in
Englis was Back to Godhead magazine.
REGSTE
orrit
THE
AGUEDFDEVOTE
The buildings for

the League of
Devotees in Jhansi
in 1953.
The altar of the Ke[avaji temple
in Mathura. Abhay donated the
Lord Caitanya Deity on the left
in 1955.
The
Vam[i-gopälaji temple, at
the end of a narrow street by
the Yamun River, near the
Kesi bathing ghâa.
The view from the Vamsi-goplaji temple roof, showing the expanse of th
Yamun River.
The tower of the temple at

Kesi-ghäta, as seen from the
Vamsi-gopälaji roof.
September 17, 1959, the day
Abhay took sannyäsa. Left
to right: Muni Mahraja,
Bhaktiprajñna Ke[ava Mahrja,
and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.
P
Bhaktivedanta
Edanta Swami's
Delhi, which he used
Srimad-Bhágavatam.
room at the Rädhä-Krsna temple in Chippiwada, New
as an office during the writing and printing ot
T On a veranda outside his room at Chippiwada.
The samádhi tomb of Rkpa Gosvmi

temple in Vrndävana.
at the Rdh-Dmodara
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's
room at the
Rädhä-Dämodara
temple.
Bhaktivedanta Swami's kitchen at the Rädhä-Dämodara temple. From this

m he could see the
samädhi of Rkpa Gosvmi.
The press that printed the first volume ot Srimad-Bhägavatam in 1962.
.haktivedanta Swami and Prime Minister Lal he

rament Bahadur Shastri
Building in New Delhi,
June 1964.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
completed the three volumes
of the first Canto of Srimad-
Bhägavatam by early 1965.
fosiaty
f
Calcutta's Dainik Basumati,

announcing A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami's departure for America *, 4 wwwwe
on
August 13, 1965.
From the cover of the First
Canto of Srimad-Bhägavatam,
published in India in 1962.
A C
-SRIMAD BHAGWATAM"
INDIA's MESSAGE OF
PEACE AND G00DWLL
The pamphlet A. C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami printed and took with him to
America aboard the Jaladuta.
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SR*LA

Bhaktisiddhânta Sarasvati initiated Abhay in Allahabad in 1932.

Kadha-Govinda Deities have been worshiped in the Mulliks' temple in

MUTTY LALL SEALs When he was eight years old,

A classroom at Scosh C Hurches'

Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvati in the forefront of the saikirtana

His Divine Grace Sr+la

Allahabad, 1930, after the

TRUTH AND BEAUTY

Abhay's first attempt to fultill nis

The buildings for

The tower of the temple at

The samádhi tomb of Rkpa Gosvmi

Bhaktivedanta Swami's kitchen at the Rädhä-Dämodara temple. From this

.haktivedanta Swami and Prime Minister Lal he

Calcutta's Dainik Basumati,

The pamphlet A. C. Bhaktivedanta

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