| His Grace Kratu Prabhu was born in aristocratic Gujrati Godiya Vaishnav family on July 5, 1944. His father was an ardent vaishnava, and his mother persistently chanted 16 rounds of Hare Krshna mahamantra. His wife Her Grace Amrita Keli Devi Dasi herself is a staunch follower of ISKCON. During his schooling years, he became president of the students union and went on to receive a bachelor degree in engineering from the M.S. University, Baroda. He also achieved a Masters degree in Engineering from St Louis University, Missouri. His first exposure to ISKCON happened in 1970, at St Louis. He later joined full-time in 1974, in Toronto. He met his Guru, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in 1976, from whom he received a direct order for preaching Krshna consciousness. He then got initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1977 in Toronto, Canada. While in the West, he worked as a congregational preacher in Toronto and Chicago and conducted several house programs and temple festivals. He then became temple President of Vancouver in 1987. In 1993, he moved to Baroda, Gujrat, and conducted college and school preaching. He also started a book distribution program by Bullok Cart for every town and village. In 1997, he became temple President of ISKCON, Delhi, and continued house and pandal preaching programs. In 2002, he became an initiating spiritual master, and is ever since vigorously traveling and preaching all over the world. At present, he is in charge of Srila Prabhupad Samadhi Mandir in Vrindavan Visit Website
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