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Shri Krishnachandra Shastriji

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The 1st of July 1960 witnessed the birth of Shri Krishna Chandra Shastriji (Shri Thakurji) in the small village of Lakshmanpura (Mathura, U .P.) near Vrindavan. Pandit Shri Ram Sharanji Upadhyaya and Shrimati Chandravati Devi Upadhyaya are his religious parents devoted to the epic of Bhagwat and dedicated to tending the sacred cow. Shri Thakurji's grandfather, Shri Bhupdevji Upadhyaya delighted him at a young age with stories from the Ramayana and Krishna Charita. Thakurji was enthralled by these tales and listened with single-minded devotion. ln his early years of education at Vrindavan, Shri Thakurji was fortunate to learn under the tutelage of the enlightened, Shri Swami Ramanujacharyaji Maharaj. Along with conventional teaching, the learned Shri Ramanujacharyaji gently introduced Thakurji to Geeta. Valmiki Ramayan, Shrimad Bhagwat and other Holy Scriptures. Soon, under his illustrious teacher, Thakurji obtained a post graduation in Grammar as well as Philosophy. Thakurji participated along with his teacher in various discourses of the Bhagwat. And at the tender age of 15, Shri Thakurji, a mere student in 1975, gave his first ever Bhagwat discourse in the city of Mumbai. Thakurji continued enthralling listeners of Bhagwat as well as enriching his mind by learning new scriptures. The knowledge of classical music played another important role in his younger days.