Kirtanananda Swami [1] (IAST: Kīrtanānanda Svāmī; September 6, 1937 – October 24, 2011), [2] also known as Swami Bhaktipada, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, the co-founder of New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he served as spiritual leader from 1968 until 1994, and a convicted criminal.

Born Keith Ham in 1937 to conservative Christian parents in Peekskill, New York, Kirtanananda was one of the first Americans to become a disciple of Hare Krishna movement founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who brought or Vaishnavism, devotion …

Kirtanananda Swami (1937-2011) aka Swami Bhaktipada (Bhaktipāda) [1] was a spiritual leader and author. He was the co-founder of the New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia. He was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, who served as a spiritual leader from 1968 to 1994. In 2011, he died of kidney failure.

2011年10月24日 · MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - Swami Bhaktipada, who built a massive farm community and a Palace of Gold that became the crown jewel of the U.S. Hare Krishna movement before scandals and criminal...

2023年10月25日 · On his deathbed, Prabhupada renamed gurus globally in order to continue his legacy. One of them was Baptist-raised Keith Ham, or Kirtanananda Swami. He founded New Vrindaban, which grew from a...

2022年5月17日 · Kirtanananda was excommunicated from the movement in 1987 amidst the allegations, but he refused to step down, establishing a new organization called The Eternal Order of the League of Devotees Worldwide instead. About three years later, Kirtanananda was indicted on multiple counts of mail fraud and racketeering, with the authorities believing ...

In 1968, Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, a disciple of Hare Krishna founder Prabhupada, bought a farm near Moundsville, West Virginia in order to start a self-sufficient community devoted to the spread of Krishna consciousness. Within 10 years, the community grew to 100 members and continued growing as leaders purchased more land.

Kirtanananda Swami, also known as Swami Bhaktipada, is an American religious guru, former ISKCON guru and co-founder of the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia. Born Keith Gordon Ham on September 6, 1937.

2011年10月30日 · Among the first Americans to join the movement's founder, Swami Prabhupada, Kirtanananda broke away to form his own successful and financially lucrative community, before scandals, with...

Kirtanananda Swami, also known as Swami Bhaktipada, was the charismatic, controversial and notorious ISKCON guru and co-founder of the New Vrindaban Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he served as the ultimate spiritual authority for 26 years (from 1968 until 1994).