His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami is a spiritual master and a Governing Body Commissioner (GBC) in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON. He hails from an aristocratic Bengali family. He was born in 1945 and spent most of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. He left India in 1970 to study at university in Germany, where he came across the Vedic scriptures. This spurned in him the desire to explore a deep understanding of spirituality. He has been travelling and preaching now for over 35 years, with disciples all over the world. He continued to translate Srila Prabhupada’s series of books into Bengali to its completion in 1996 (the Srila Prabhupada’s centennial anniversary year). Thereafter, he was involved in creating, writing, producing and directing the epic biographical video series “Abhay Charan”. With over 100 episodes, and broadcasted on Indian National television, the series chronicled Srila Prabhupada’s life and achievements. He currently has responsibility as a GBC Zonal Secretary for Mayapur, Bangladesh Kolkata, Ujjain and Bhubaneswar. He travels all over the world to fulfil Srila Prabhupada’s instruction to spread the teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He regularly travels and preaches across India, USA, UK, Western Europe, South Africa, UAE, South-East Asia and Australia. Although Maharaja attends to so many different projects and responsibilities, he continues to guide and inspire devotees all over the world, with his profound sastric knowledge, his sweet singing of devotional bhajans and his unalloyed devotion to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON
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