Maharaj

Throughout the course of his preaching career Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī awarded paramahaṁsa-veśa (the dress of a paramahaṁsa) to thirteen disciples. 13 Except for being white, their attire was the same as that of Gauḍīya Maṭha sannyasis—a cotton cloth knotted at the neck and partially covering the upper body, and a lower piece wrapped around the waist and legs, reaching to or just above the ankles, without a kaccha—thus differing from the short off-white cloth (also called paramahaṁsa-veśa, or bhek) typical of non–Gauḍīya Maṭha bābājīs.

Throughout his life, Śrī Rajanīkānta Basu had been performing bhakti so seriously that neither he nor any of his family would take even water—let alone any food item—unless it had been offered in arcana and received as prasāda. In old age, having understood from Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī's writings the need to accept a genuine spiritual guru, he disaffiliated himself from the Narottama-parivāra he had been initiated into during childhood and, along with his whole family, found shelter at the lotus feet of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.

His Holiness Indradyumna Swami Maharaj is a dedicated senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, who joined ISKCON in Detroit in 1970, received initiation in 1971, and accepted sannyasa in 1979.

☀️ Taking to heart the direct instruction received from Srila Prabhupada: “preach boldly and have faith in the holy names”, Maharaja has circled the globe over 35 times preaching Krishna consciousness practically in all the six habitable continents, through his festival programs and preaching tours.

We want to clarify to everyone that, there was a misunderstanding about two different version of Dhanvantari mantra:

We just would like to say that the following is the mantra - is the correct version that we request devotees to chant:

oṁ namo bhagavate 
vāsudevāya dhanvantaraye
amṛta-kalaśa hastāya,
sarvāmaya vināśanāya, 
trailokya nāthāya 
śrī mahāviṣṇave namaḥ

From Jayapataka Swami Maharaj

The Early Days

During the early days of the Hare Krishna movement, spiritual life was perceived as meaning to live in the temple as a full-time devotee. The word “devotee” referred to someone who was living in a temple and engaged in temple activities full time. Those who lived outside were referred to as “karmis”. That early phase of ISKCON was probably unavoidable. Srila Prabhupada had just started the movement in the West where practically no one had any idea about Krishna Consciousness or devotional service. Therefore, such commitment and involvement was essential.