Bhakti Charu Swami, spiritual leader
Bhakti Charu Swami ‑ a spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and a disciple of ISKCON's founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada – passed away after contracting Covid-19 on 4 July 2020 in Florida, USA.
He was born in 1945 into an aristocratic Bengali family and spent the rest of his early childhood in urban Kolkata. Leaving India in 1970 for his further education, he attended university in Germany. There, he searched out the ancient Vedic scriptures and instantly became driven to explore the depths of spirituality, discovering the richness of India’s spiritual heritage.
Becoming engrossed in the depths of a book which he obtained called The Nectar of Devotion written by Srila Prabhupada, he realized that he had foun...