Jayananda Dasa

Jayananda Dasa

Jayananda Das was an influential figure in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in San 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 a saint. [ [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 from Ohio State in 1962 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. Jayananda was employed as a cab driver in San 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 ISKCON Ratha Yatra festival, which is now held every summer in San Francisco and is a day of public holiday in the city. [Dasa, Vishoka. The Beautiful Life of Jayananada Thakur / Remembering An American Saint. Edited by Dasaratha-suta Dasa.]

ee also

* 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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