AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian teacher and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at the age of 81 in 1977.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta, also known as Swami Prabhupda, was an Indian religious leader and author who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, also known as the Hare Krishna movement, in 1965. This great personality took hi last breath at the age of 81 on November 14th in the year 1977.
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