Śrīla Prabhupāda · The Life and Legacy

1896 – 1965 — Birth & Preparation

Calcutta · India

1896, September 1 — Takes birth in Calcutta as Abhay Charan De, on Nandotsava.
1920 — Refuses his B.A. diploma in support of Gandhi's non-cooperation.
1922 — Meets his spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, who asks him to preach in the West.
1933 — Accepts formal dīkṣā at the Allahabad Gauḍīya Maṭha; named Abhay Charaṇāravinda.
1937, January 1 — Departure of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, leaving the order to preach in English.
1939 — Receives the honorary title 'Bhaktivedanta' from his Godbrothers.
1944 — Starts the 'Back to Godhead' magazine.
1959, September 17 — Awarded sannyāsa at Mathurā as Bhaktivedanta Swami.
1962 — Publishes the first volume of his Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
1965, September 17 — Historic arrival in America aboard the Jaladuta.

Birth & a Devotee Child (Calcutta)
Schooling & Youth (Calcutta)
Meeting the Spiritual Master (Calcutta)
The Allahabad Years (Allahabad · Bombay)
Father's Passing & Parikramā (Allahabad · Vṛndāvana)
Initiation, 1933 (Allahabad)
To Preach in English (Jagannātha Purī · Bombay)
The Title & the Lean Years (Calcutta · Allahabad · Jhansi)
League of Devotees & the Holy Places (Jhansi · Mathurā · Delhi · Vṛndāvana)
Sannyāsa & the Bhāgavatam (Mathurā · Vṛndāvana · Delhi)
1965 — Preparing to Cross the Ocean (Bombay · Delhi · Calcutta)
1965 — The Voyage & Arrival (At sea · Boston · Butler · New York)

1966 — ISKCON Is Born

New York City

February 19–20 — New York: the earliest surviving recording of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
July 1 — Opens 26 Second Avenue; the former curio shop's sign still reads 'Matchless Gifts'.
July 6 — Founding meeting settles incorporation; eleven trustees agreed at 26 Second Avenue.
July 7 — Constitution of Association signed and delivered to attorney Steven J. Goldsmith.
July 13 — Incorporates ISKCON with seven defined purposes; incorporators Śrīla Prabhupāda, Carol Bekar, and Raymond Marais.
August 8 — First trustees' meeting at 26 Second Avenue; constitution adopted unanimously.
August 31 — Leads a chanting vigil at the United Nations; the New York Times prints a photo the next day.
September 8 — Initiates his first eleven western disciples on Janmāṣṭamī.
Holds the first public chanting in America at Washington Square / Tompkins Square Park.
October 23 — Publishes the first U.S. issue of 'Back to Godhead' magazine.

January – February (New York)
March (New York)
April (New York)
May – June (New York)
July — The Society Is Founded (New York)
August — At the United Nations (New York)
September — First Initiations (New York)
October — Chanting in the Park (New York)
November (New York)
December (New York)

1967 — East Meets West

San Francisco · India

Completes the translation and commentary of 'Bhagavad-gītā As It Is'.
March — Installs the Jagannātha Deities in San Francisco, bringing Ratha-yātrā to the West.
May 25 — Suffers a stroke / heart attack.
July 9 — The first Ratha-yātrā in the Western world, San Francisco.
August 28 — Awards the first sannyāsa in ISKCON, to Kīrtanānanda Swami.

January — Westward to San Francisco (New York · San Francisco)
February (San Francisco)
March — Lord Jagannātha Arrives (San Francisco)
April (San Francisco · New York)
May – June — Illness (New York)
July — First Ratha-yātrā, then India (San Francisco · London · Delhi)
August — Vṛndāvana (Vṛndāvana)
September – October (Vṛndāvana · Delhi · Calcutta · Navadvīpa)
November – December — Back to the West (Calcutta · Tokyo · San Francisco)

1968 — Spreading Across America

Los Angeles · Montreal

Macmillan publishes the abridged edition of 'Bhagavad-gītā As It Is'.
June 11 — applies to the U.S. Department of Justice for a permanent visa as a religious minister.
August 3 — writes a letter to Pope Paul VI; sends disciples to open ISKCON's first European centre, in London.
December — Begins 'The Nectar of Devotion' in Los Angeles.

January – February — Los Angeles (San Francisco · Los Angeles)
March — San Francisco (Los Angeles · San Francisco)
April – May — Boston & M.I.T. (San Francisco · New York · Boston)
June — Montreal (Boston · Montreal)
July — Montreal (Montreal)
August — Vyāsa-pūjā in Montreal (Montreal · New York)
September — New Centres in the West (New York · San Francisco · Seattle)
October — On the Move (Seattle · Montreal · Santa Fe · Los Angeles)
November – December — Los Angeles (Los Angeles)

1969 — Chanting in the West

Los Angeles · London

Śrī Īśopaniṣad is published by the ISKCON Press; ISKCON now has some fifteen centres.
Writes 'Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead' and dictates the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam.
June 30 — Completes 'The Nectar of Devotion'.
July 16 — Installs Śrī Śrī Rukmiṇī-Dvārakānātha in Los Angeles.
September — Meets George Harrison and John Lennon at Tittenhurst, London.
December 14 — Installs Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Londonīśvara in London.

January – February — Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
March — Hawaii (Los Angeles · Hawaii)
April — The Eastern Cities (San Francisco · New York · Buffalo · Boston)
May — Ohio & New Vṛndāvana (Boston · Columbus · New Vṛndāvana)
June — New Vṛndāvana (New Vṛndāvana · Los Angeles)
July — Rukmiṇī-Dvārakānātha & Ratha-yātrā (Los Angeles · San Francisco)
August — Germany (Los Angeles · Hamburg)
September — The Beatles & London (Hamburg · London)
October – November — London (London)
December — Rādhā-Londonīśvara & Harvard (London · Boston · Los Angeles)

1970 — A Society Takes Form

Los Angeles · India

February 25 — The Los Angeles temple (Watseka Avenue) becomes the first property owned by ISKCON.
July — The fourth San Francisco Ratha-yātrā draws some ten thousand people.
July 28 — Establishes the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of twelve to guide ISKCON.
August 29 — Returns to India; establishes the Life Membership programme in Calcutta.

January – March — Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
April – May — Śrī Īśopaniṣad (Los Angeles)
June – July — Ratha-yātrā & the GBC (Los Angeles · San Francisco)
August — Return to India (Los Angeles · Hawaii · Tokyo · Calcutta)
September – October — Across India (Calcutta · Bombay · Amritsar)
November — Bombay (Bombay)
December — Indore & Surat (Bombay · Indore · Surat)

1971 — Around the World

India · Moscow · Africa

May 9 — First visit to Australia (Sydney).
June 20–25 — Historic visit to Moscow, Soviet Union.
July — Establishes the Māyāpur-Vṛndāvana Trust (MVT).
September 11 — First visit to Africa (Mombasa & Nairobi).
November 26 — Arrives in Vṛndāvana with forty western disciples.

January — Kumbha Melā (Surat · Calcutta · Allahabad)
February — Gorakhpur (Allahabad · Gorakhpur)
March – April — Bombay Pandals (Calcutta · Bombay · Nasik)
May — Malaysia & Australia (Kuala Lumpur · Sydney · Calcutta)
June — Moscow & Paris (Bombay · Moscow · Paris · San Francisco)
July — MVT & America (Los Angeles · Detroit · New York · Gainesville)
August — London Vyāsa-pūjā (New York · London)
September — Africa (London · Mombasa · Nairobi)
October — Return to India (Nairobi · Bombay · Calcutta)
November — Delhi & Vṛndāvana (Calcutta · Delhi · Vṛndāvana)
December — Delhi & Bombay (Vṛndāvana · Delhi · Bombay)

1972 — Books & Foundations

Bombay · Vṛndāvana · World

Macmillan publishes the complete, unabridged 'Bhagavad-gītā As It Is'.
March 23 — Lays the cornerstone for the Juhu (Bombay) temple.
May 29 — Establishes the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT).
July 14 — Names the ISKCON Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple, Vṛndāvana.

January — Jaipur (Bombay · Jaipur · Nairobi)
February — Māyāpur & Bob Cohen (Madras · Visakhapatnam · Māyāpur)
March — The Juhu Cornerstone (Calcutta · Vṛndāvana · Bombay)
April — Australia, New Zealand & Japan (Sydney · Melbourne · Auckland · Hong Kong · Tokyo)
May — The Book Trust Is Born (Tokyo · Hawaii · Los Angeles)
June — California & Mexico (Los Angeles · Mexico · Portland · San Diego)
July — London Ratha-yātrā & Europe (New York · London · Edinburgh · Paris · Amsterdam)
August — Los Angeles & New Vṛndāvana (London · Los Angeles · New Vṛndāvana)
September — Vyāsa-pūjā at New Vṛndāvana (New Vṛndāvana · Pittsburgh · Dallas · Los Angeles)
October — Return to Vṛndāvana (San Francisco · Manila · Delhi · Vṛndāvana)
November — Vṛndāvana & Hyderabad (Vṛndāvana · Hyderabad)
December — Ahmedabad & Bombay (Ahmedabad · Bombay)

1973 — Tireless Preaching

London · India · Australia

August 10 — Installs Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Pāriśīśvara Deities.
September 5 — First visit to Sweden (Stockholm).

January — Bombay & Calcutta (Bombay · Calcutta)
February — The Pacific Again (Melbourne · Sydney · Auckland · Jakarta)
March — Māyāpur & South India (Calcutta · Māyāpur · Hyderabad · Bombay)
April — Europe & America (Zurich · New York · Los Angeles)
May — Coast to Coast (Los Angeles · Dallas · New York · London)
June – July — Māyāpur & London (Māyāpur · Calcutta · London)
August — Rādhā-Pāriśīśvara & Vyāsa-pūjā (London · Paris)
September — Sweden (London · Stockholm · Bombay)
October — Vṛndāvana (Bombay · Vṛndāvana)
November – December (Delhi · Vṛndāvana · Bombay · London · New York · Los Angeles)

1974 — Building the Holy Places

Bombay · Rome · Vṛndāvana

April 1 — Cornerstone laying ceremony, Bombay (Hare Kṛṣṇa Land, Juhu).
November 10 — Completes the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta at Juhu, Bombay.

January — Hawaii & the Orient (Los Angeles · Honolulu · Tokyo)
February — Return to the Dhāma (Hong Kong · Delhi · Vṛndāvana · Bombay · Calcutta)
March — Māyāpur & Bombay (Māyāpur · Vṛndāvana · Bombay)
April — The Bombay Cornerstone (Bombay · Hyderabad · Tirupati)
May — Italy & the Pope's Secretary (Bombay · London · Rome · Geneva)
June — Across Europe (Geneva · Paris · Germany · London · Melbourne)
July — America (Chicago · San Francisco · Los Angeles · New Vṛndāvana · New York)
August — Vṛndāvana Vyāsa-pūjā (Bombay · Vṛndāvana)
September – October — Māyāpur (Vṛndāvana · Calcutta · Māyāpur)
November – December — Bombay (Bombay)

1975 — Temples Rise

Vṛndāvana · Africa · World

January 23 — Cornerstone laying, Bombay.
March 23–27 — Grand Gaura-pūrṇimā festival at Māyāpur.
April 20 — Opens the Śrī Śrī Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple, Vṛndāvana, on Rāma-Navamī.
May 18 — Installs the Gaura-Nitāi Deities in Melbourne.
September 13 — Cornerstone laying for the Vṛndāvana Gurukula.
November 20 — One million copies of 'Back to Godhead' have been printed.

January — Bombay Cornerstone (Madras · Nellore · Bombay · Calcutta · Māyāpur)
February — The Americas (Honolulu · Los Angeles · Mexico · Caracas · Miami)
March — Māyāpur Festival (Atlanta · New York · London · Tehran · Māyāpur)
April — Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple Opens (Māyāpur · Hyderabad · Vṛndāvana)
May — Australia & the Pacific (Delhi · Perth · Melbourne · Fiji · Honolulu)
June – July — America (Honolulu · Los Angeles · Denver · Chicago · Philadelphia · San Francisco · Dallas)
August — Return for Vyāsa-pūjā (Detroit · Toronto · Paris · Bombay · Vṛndāvana)
September — Vṛndāvana Gurukula (Vṛndāvana · Delhi · Ahmedabad)
October — South Africa (Mauritius · Durban · Johannesburg · Nairobi)
November — A Million Magazines (Nairobi · Bombay · Delhi)
December (Vṛndāvana · Delhi · Bombay · Sanand)

1976 — The Final World Tour

Māyāpur · America · India

May 2 — Installs the Śrī Śrī Kāliya-Kṛṣṇa Deity in Fiji.
June 15 — Installs the Gaura-Nitāi Deities in Detroit.
August 18 — Opens the Hyderabad Temple.

January — South India & Māyāpur (Madras · Nellore · Bombay · Calcutta · Māyāpur)
February – March — Māyāpur & the North (Māyāpur · Calcutta · Delhi)
April — To the Pacific (Vṛndāvana · Bombay · Melbourne · Fiji)
May — Fiji & Hawaii (Fiji · Honolulu)
June — Detroit (Honolulu · Los Angeles · Detroit · Toronto · New Vṛndāvana)
July — America & Europe (Washington D.C. · New York · London · New Māyāpur)
August — Hyderabad Temple Opens (Tehran · Bombay · Hyderabad · Delhi)
September – October — Vṛndāvana (Delhi · Vṛndāvana · Aligarh · Chandigarh)
November — Vṛndāvana (Vṛndāvana)
December (Hyderabad · Wardha · Bombay)

1977 — The Final Pastimes

Bhuvaneśvara · Vṛndāvana

February 2 — Foundation Stone Ceremony, Bhuvaneśvara.
June 4 — Signs his Declaration of Will in Vṛndāvana.
November 14, 19:30 — Disappearance of Śrīla Prabhupāda, in Vṛndāvana, aged 81.

January — Orissa Pilgrimage (Bombay · Allahabad · Calcutta · Bhuvaneśvara · Jagannātha Purī)
February — The Bhuvaneśvara Stone (Bhuvaneśvara · Calcutta · Māyāpur)
March — Māyāpur & Bombay (Māyāpur · Bombay)
April — Bombay (Bombay)
May — Ṛṣikeśa & Vṛndāvana (Bombay · Delhi · Ṛṣikeśa · Vṛndāvana)
June — The Declaration of Will (Vṛndāvana)
July — Vṛndāvana (Vṛndāvana)
August – September — A Last Visit to London (Vṛndāvana · London · Bombay)
October — Home to Vṛndāvana (Bombay · Vṛndāvana)
November — Departure (Vṛndāvana)

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