Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada today through a video conference.
A press release said that the Union Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER), Shri G Kishan Reddy, was also present on the occasion.
The release also stated that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), popularly known as the ‘Hare Krishna movement,’ was founded by Swami Prabhupada. ISKCON has translated Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta and other Vedic literature into 89 languages, playing a stellar role in the dissemination of Vedic literature across the world, the release added.
The release further informed that Prabhupada also established over a hundred temples and wrote several books, teaching the path of Bhakti Yoga to the world.