jayapatakaswami
Public Group
active 2 years, 9 months ago
Group Leadership
- Group Administrators
-
-
Jayapataka Swami (IAST: Jaya-patākā Svāmī); born on April 9, 1949) is a Vaishnava swam and a religious leader for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) He is a senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Presently he is one of the initiating spiritual masters, (ISKCON Gurus), a member of the Governing Body Commission (GBC), and is a divisional trustee for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT).
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami was born in America as Gordon John. His Holiness Jayapataka Swami is the Founding Chairman of Food For Life, a food relief charity which has fed over 6 billion needy people over 50 years has marked the 50th year anniversary of complete dedication to society at large on Wednesday 26th August 2020.
Even though he was born as an American boy in Wisconsin, H H Jayapataka Swami speaks 12 languages fluently, including Bengali, Hindi, Spanish and other native Indian dialects.