- Jayananda Dasa
Jayananda Das was an influential figure in the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) inSan Francisco between 1967-1977. [Dasa, Vishoka. The Beautiful Life of Jayananada Thakur / Remembering An American Saint. Edited by Dasaratha-suta Dasa.] ISKCON views Jayananda Dasa as asaint . [ [http://www.iskcon.com/culture/festival_year/cal_info/continu.html Saints and Incarnations] ISKCON.com]Born as Jim Kohr in
Dayton, Ohio , he graduated fromOhio State in1962 with a degree inIndustrial Engineering . Jayananda was employed as acab driver inSan Francisco when he first came into contact with the founder of ISKCON,A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada . Jayananda helped found an ISKCON center there in 1967 and later became the president of the temple. He was instrumental in organising the first ISKCONRatha Yatra festival, which is now held every summer in San Francisco and is a day of publicholiday in the city. [Dasa, Vishoka. The Beautiful Life of Jayananada Thakur / Remembering An American Saint. Edited by Dasaratha-suta Dasa.]ee also
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Hare Krishna
*Gaudiya Vaishnavism
*List of ISKCON members and patrons References
External links
* [http://www.salagram.net/parishad128.html Jayananda Dasa Thakur - a biography]
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