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viii          About Çréla Prabhupäda

          to spiritual pursuits). At Rädhä-Dämodara, he began
          work on a multivolume commentated translation of the
          eighteen-thousand-verse  Çrémad-Bhägavatam. He also
          wrote Easy Journey to Other Planets.
               In August 1965, after publishing three volumes
          of the Bhägavatam, Çréla Prabhupäda set out to the
          United States to fulfil the mission of his guru. When he
          first arrived, by freighter, he was practically penniless.
          After almost a year of great difficulty, in July of 1966
          he established the International Society for Krishna
          Consciousness.
               Before his passing away, on 14 November 1977,
          Çréla Prabhupäda had guided the Society and seen it
          grow to a worldwide confederation of more than one
          hundred ashrams, schools, temples, institutes, and farm
          communities. He had also inspired the construction
          of several major temples in India, including the
          international headquarters of  iskcon, at Mäyäpur,
          West Bengal, the site of a developing Vedic city. In
          Våndävana, Uttar Pradesh, is the magnificent Kåñëa-
          Balaräma Temple.  iskcon also has established several
          other major temples throughout the world.

               Yet   Çréla  Prabhupäda’s   most    significant
          contribution was his books. He wrote more than fifty
          volumes  of  authoritative  commentated  translations
          and summary studies of the philosophical and religious
          classics of India. Highly respected by scholars for
          their authority, depth, and clarity, over five hundred
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