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PM Modi unevils special Rs 125 coin on ISKCON founder’s 125th birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually unveiled a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON founder Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. In July 1966, Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) commonly known as the ‘Hare Krishna movement’. The spiritual leader was born as Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896, in Calcutta and later came to be known by the honorific A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

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  • ISKCON Founded: 13 July 1966,  New York, United States;
  • ISKCON Headquarters: Mayapur, West Bengal.

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