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          checked the galley proofs, and even distributed the individual
          copies. Today, Back to Godhead is being continued by his
          followers.

          In 1950, Śrīla Prabhupāda retired from married life to devote
          more time to study, writing, and preaching. For that purpose,
          he travelled to the holy city of Vṛndāvana, where he lived
          in humble circumstances in the historic temple of Rādhā-
          Dāmodara.

          In 1959, Śrīla Prabhupāda accepted sannyāsa (formal renunciation
          of family life for full dedication to spiritual pursuits). At Rādhā-
          Dāmodara, he began work on a multivolume commentated
          translation of the eighteen-thousand-verse Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
          He also wrote Easy Journey to Other Planets.

          In  August  1965,  after  publishing  three  volumes  of  the
          Bhāgavatam, Śrīla Prabhupāda 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, Śrīla Prabhupāda
          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 Māyāpur, West
          Bengal, the site of a developing Vedic city. In Vṛndāvana, Uttar
          Pradesh, is the magnificent Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple. ISKCON
          also has established several other major temples throughout
          the world.
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