A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founds the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York, carrying Gaudiya Vaishnava devotion to Krishna across the West; its temples, festivals, and translations of the Bhagavata Purana make it the most visible Hindu movement abroad.
Tagged: Hindu ISKCON Vaishnavism
The Event
- Date
- 1966 (exact)
- Also called
- Hare Krishna movement founded
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Hindu history
- Location
- New York; today New York, United States
- Traditions
- Hinduism
- Streams
- Vaishnavism, ISKCON
- Key figures
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- Key texts
- Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1968)
Connections
- Bhagavata Purana; rooted in
Primary Sources
- Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Secondary Sources
- Bryant, Krishna: A Sourcebook (Oxford, 2007)
- King, Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and the Mystic East (Routledge, 1999)
Provenance: HIST-0337; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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