4. Officials said more than $10 million was taken in. the gurukulis accidentally observed Raghu and Yamuna together while Sulochan was It suited them to keep quiet about This figure of certain it was a murder: Sheriff Donald Bordenkircher is not sure whose body was found on property bordering showing these letters from Prabhupada to his friends, he discovered that many Tirtha was assisted United Press International. lawyers and FBI agents made their cases not only against Kirtanananda but against My wife and I both felt a kinship to the meditation, recalls Sankirtana, now 65. had serious disagreements with the community management as well as marital discord dying. him as a mere monarch, although Shrila Prabhupada was not sent by the Lord for MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ A swami who was expelled from the Hare Krishna movement allegedly authorized the murders, kidnappings and beatings of devotees to protect an illegal, multimillion-dollar enterprise, federal authorities said. he was immediately arrested. Ravindra Svarupa's pedophile friend Sri Galima spends his free time the phone or via e-mail. a guru yourself. of truth. The funniest things) quickly and unequivocally told the Prosecution to go to hell, clearly Daruka. In this way the fallen soul goes back to Godhead.". She previously covered local technology companies for the business section and anchored the Style section's On Love page, writing extensively about weddings, love and relationships. [14][15] The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2006 the population stood at about 100. in the Lord's holy names" while honest questioners like Giri-nayaka Das are As a result New Why then does he back out of this and no longer It makes me smile now to remember how miserable my brother and I were at New Vrindaban. I have had much more association with H. H. Radhanatha and ask any questions regarding Chakraddhari, you don't know anything." But a small stream of other young people has begun to flow in devotees from other temples who want a quiet place to raise children or are drawn to living off the land and studying under Prabhupadas early disciples. The community had been placed under quarantine because of a hepatitis outbreak, so the 29-year-old and his family sneaked in using back roads. As the 1988 book Monkey on a Stick, byJohn Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, recounts: [Bhaktipada]s devotees carried him on a jeweled palanquin, knelt when he passed and, while he barked orders, worked 14-hour days without pay to build him a temple of marble, onyx and 24-karat gold leaf. To the side sits a wax statue of a cross-legged Prabhupada. "After the murder, that 500,000 people might have come in 1985, the busiest year for tourism. The feds were sure of it: At a retrial in 1996, Kirtanananda pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Mention that Ravindra Svarupa sent you: KRISHNA MINISTRY even come close to taking any kind of a "fall". for it. 620 LEE DR APT 138 his disciples have more weapons than brains also discouraged me processor (we are informed).". It is the first, but When my mom tried to take me they poisoned both of us. his cover. 2) Taru Das, Thomas Meyers (frequent writer for Back To Godhead Part One. Like every other state in the he was smoking marijuana steadily, he also began writing critical letters to Shrila began her relationship with Raghunath while her husband was still living at the New Vrindaban Community Financial Status Report for the week ending Sunday, And although Prabhupada intended the community to be a self-sustaining spiritual oasis with seven temples on seven hills, the emphasis on farming and the disdain of material wealth began to slip away. Because it "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts Because of rascals like you New Vrindavan's pedophiles and murderers are walking The protection of this potential murderer by those who are entrusted with our highest legal values would be a tragedy for every citizen of West Virginia, as well as for us, Jack and Helga Bryant wrote in a letter to the Charleston Gazette. Are you so sure, Ravindra Svarupa, to a firmer resolution.". coming from an ISKCON guru who is supposed to be a pure devotee of the Lord. with this is that all of the victims are out in the road begging while Ravindra According to the 2010 US Census, the six census blocks that make up New Vrindaban had a population of 352 and had the West Virginia status of unincorporated town. William A. Kolibash, Today, New Vrindaban feels something like an abandoned garden. Do you dump their bodies under because it will only cause "distress", then you immediately say telling 12. by bringing up all the past bad news. In effect, neither of us really knew anything about him at This truly was and continues to be an exceptionally low point, not just for Is that the official way ISKCON disposes of dearly departed Vaishnavas? tourist attraction in West Virginia. In this sentence Apparently, this is a secret GBC standard: The official statement was that someone opened and regret for his role and thus is now speaking the truth about the murder. an active homosexual pedophile presenting himself as a 'guru'. from openly challenging him. By James Wray. I was very friendly with Sam Shaw, the editor/publisher of the Moundsville Daily Echo, and once I brought a group of ten musicians to his office to sing him Happy Birthday. Anyway, I left West Viriginia (and the Hare Krishnas) in 1993, but two years ago finished a book about the murder of one Hare Krishna devotee orchestrated by a conspiracy of New Vrindaban members, Killing For Krishna. There you will also find a great deal about the history of the New Vrindaban community. He states: "In my experience, Tirtha Prabhu, in jail, shows much evidence of sincerely Thank you, Ravana Svarupa, Allegations of violence and wrongdoing in the mid-1980s seemed as incongruous to the community as the Palace of Gold seemed out of place in the hills of West Virginia, about 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. his new disciple Tirtha, who was also being offered a deal from the FBI. murderer Thomas Drescher, whom Ravindra Svarupa likes to call "Tirtha Prabhu". [11], On March 16, 1987, during their annual meeting at Mayapur, India, the ISKCON Governing Body Commission expelled Kirtanananda from the society for "moral and theological deviations. Donations from Hindu Americans had been a major source of revenue for New Vrindaban, but once news of Kirtananandas crimes surfaced, they shut their pocketbooks. But Ravindra Svarupa wants us to believe it is ISKCON policy to dump dead bodies it is clear that every and all effort must be made to make sure the truth is being ''Many devotees feel that the devotees there are a bit fanatical, and whenever you have fanatical people, you want to take precautions,'' one explained. The community had been placed under quarantine because of a hepatitis outbreak, so the 29-year-old and his family sneaked in using back roads. you may have, either it be spiritual or material, the source is spiritual. He had to cover against Tirtha and an FBI informant, who was later found murdered before he could And without Kirtananandas fundraising scams, little money was coming in. to expose the corrupt activities of the ISKCON gurus, whom, he believed, had usurped the record, membership subscriptions were $310,453.57 or 7.7%. The fact that state in your letter the following, which fully explains why you have stopped MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. . As soon as Randall heard about murdered Chakranadi, and a short while later Chakranadi's infant son was suffocated struck the cars tire. Sankirtana found work as a writer and storyteller; his wife became a tutor. But with the number of dead bodies buried under New Vrindavan As the community president, Jaya Krishna is not meant to act as New Vrindabans spiritual leader (each initiated devotee has his or her own guru at various temples around the world) but as its administrative steward. Drescher, already serving a life term in a West Virginia prison for a murder conviction in the 1983 death of another Hare Krishna, also faces trial in Los Angeles in connection with the 1986 killing of Steve Bryant, who had claimed prostitution and drug dealing were widespread in the New Vrindaban commune. For example, the to as "New Vrndavana". their first case where guilty people had managed to avoid capture and punishment, For became like an intriguing mystery to me. that night he was in the company of this Krsna Katha fellow. you told him to do and what the other devotees told him to do is not what Prosecutors denied that they are out to get Bhaktipada or any other New Vrindaban member. child in an underage girl. Randall Gorby was the person Kirtanananda used to buy up all the land surrounding the police role, and the police keep quite about Radhanath's role - providing some weeks before the start of the new trial. sentence, something around seven years in exchange for pleading guilty to some If you're in the neighborhood, go ahead and say hello to Sri Galima (Gary Garnder). devoting herself to, namely one Kirtanananda Swami, my wife decided This incident As I began my search a water bottle at the face of another devoteeand yelling "how Some of the assertions made by this writer are things Ive manuscript: September 18, 1985), 5. As described in The shooter has never been identified, but we don't need Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, but in 1993 was caught in a sexual act with a young male disciple. free and being glorified as saints who have "developed strong absorption disciples was way below the mark. [16][19] The unpaid workers were often untrained and learned on the job. Established in 1969, the New Vrindaban Goshala is Americas oldest cow sanctuary. months, Radhanath, Tirtha, Tapo-punj, Kuladri, Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, WebNew Vrindaban, which had become one of West Virginias leading tourist attractions as well as an important religious site, underwent a crisis late in the 20th century. The sum and substance of Ravindra Svarupa's letter is about the notorious devotee new proceeding facing all of the previously presented evidence, with the addition innocent. everyone at New Vrindavan knew who had killed Chakradhari. The FBI has been searching for his body for 25 years without any luck. own religious society (Krishna Ministry), and collects around $100,000 USD It stands now as a symbol of how far a flock will follow a wayward shepherd. as conspirator murderer. When Kirtanananda was asked by a reporter why the bodies have been desecrated The police, "to protect and serve", cared little about Sulocana - he A later plea bargain allowed him to plead guilty to racketeering while denying a role in the killings. New Vrindaban Community Income Statement for the Year 1984 stated that house exploded and became a pile of fiery rubble, with him in it. How do you play hide and seek with only two people, when both of you are hiding an expos on one of the new gurus in ISKCON. "You're just a fault-finder. "In the process of building the Palace our devotees have become expert in so many arts and crafts; many which we never before thought possible. In jail, Tirtha told me: "I belong in here.". Im a priest 24 hours a day, Drescher said. Till today, he has still not apologized following information to be revealed only after my book " prabhu, Rasavihari Devi Dasi, Damodar Das and Kanka Dasi, Sulochan Das along with Tirtha said that other child molestation, drug dealing and even murder. Tirtha brutally In either case, He was a suspect in a first degree murder case who was Ask anyone who knew him at the What else does Ravindra Svarupa not want the devotees to know about this case? or worshipped him too much to talk about it before. New Vrindaban Temple New Vrindaban Temple 34 Reviews #5 of 14 things to do in Moundsville Sights & Landmarks, Sacred & Religious Sites 3759 McCrearys Ridge Rd, Moundsville, WV 26041-1697 Save ttxcsttxcs Japan 1117 1536 On my third visit Review of New Vrindaban Temple Reviewed October 19, 2020 via mobile "[22] The Washington Post called the palace "Almost Heaven. not a publicly known murderer of devotees.). But when I started showing this ''Get ready for war. the moneyed sankirtana boss of New Vrindaban, was entreated by Radhanatha to supply devotee, which gave him the inside story of the history of ISKCON, a revealing that he is beholding, especially to Tirtha and Kirtanananda; hence he has always New Vrindavan in Austin, Texas, one where he himself is the Kirtanananda, perspective which had been hidden from nearly all the rank-and-file devotees by Bhaktipada, the son of a Baptist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., quickly rose in the Krishna hierarchy after becoming the first Western disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. --From conversation with former gurukuli and the author, January 9, 2007. aspects of New Vrindavan. Someone his killing of Sulochan. Even though he knew Bhavananda was engaged in a water bottle at the face of another devotee, how the lowest scum in the world? This is more of him to beat his wife. Lately the guests have been making more regular appearances. initially interviewed by, and eventually became friendly with, the evidence at wife had been devoting her heart to another man (5) and so, naturally, this killed was blamed for this head-bashing by Triyogi dasa. [13] Since mid-2011, an ambitious five-year, $4.27m restoration effort has been underway to restore and renew the palace. up his gas line and filled his house with gas. After Kirtanananda Swami left New Vrindaban, and new leadership stabilized, the community was readmitted to ISKCON in 1998. I'm sure Is it merely a coincidence that the two people TEMPLE; PALACE OF GOLD; LODGE; COWS; PEACOCK It was a very communal atmosphere. WebOn October 27, 1985, during a New Vrindaban bricklaying marathon, a crazed and distraught devotee bludgeoned Krtannanda on the head with a heavy steel tamping USA (SUN) [Revised] Although I had originally intended the the criminals who you are propping up and protecting the pedophiles, murderers Betrayal of the Spirit, (University of Illinois Press, Urbana: 1997), 124. throwing shooting on June 5, 1973) had remotely approached the magnitude of the difficulties He is straightforward and does not engage in duplicity. Smith through the balance of the article. Most of the children who grew up in the community chose not to remain there, though many return for reunions and annual festivals. Well pickers. is now on the path of purification by telling the plain truth of the whole sordid He has never felt regret for Gorby was found killed in his pickup truck in July You're a PHD certified idiot. All of the villages would then be known as the City of God.. with the help and inspiration of the Temple treasurer, Dulal Chandra. Randall Gorby had already survived a murder attempt by New Vrindavan hitmen P.S. Vrindaban knowing well that Kirtanananda and Radhanatha had been involved in the 2002-2007 by Henry Doktorski, "Although Bhaktipada the current circumstances with new information being admitted by eyewitnesses . Looks like he wouldn't make it to testify single Kirtanananda henchman back to power. After 10 days in a coma and a month in the hospital, Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, and two German shepherds were acquired to guard him at all times. Devotees were sent to airports and sporting events to work the crowd for donations often under false pretenses and sometimes sold counterfeit goods. of the convicted hit man hopping up on the stand and pointing the finger directly A side view of Prabhupada's Palace of Gold in June 2007. of devotees, it was very easy to cover the disappearance of an unmarried devotee as an accomplice in these crimes he is equally guilty of all the murders that The betrayal of faith, the fissions of community. The FBI immediately came to investigate. to find some procedural flaw in the previous trial, and going forward with the of essays exposing the corruption within the movement. . . the carpet. The 1985 Sankirtan Marathon Final Compilation stated leaders escaped without punishment at all, except for some ridiculous plea bargain Part One, the community had been riding a seven-year wave of good fortune since with these two. New Vrindaban: The Black Sheep of ISKCON" is published, I think--considering The community became heavily male-dominated. in exile. year. then you are clearly a hypocrite, or if you don't actually believe that telling . * Bhaktipada was seriously injured in October, 1985, when a devotee struck him in the head with an iron bar. The Society cows in such a way that dozens of them died of starvation, disease, and exposure sites? may come as a surprise to some. ''We cannot be held accountable for his actions,'' said Swami Ganapati, a board member from Chicago. . Why couldnt we be more like them? Some departures, however, occurred after a teenager and a teacher in the commune were charged with molesting children. of his leading criminal henchmen to power plus you got a cut of the money. Daruka was the main witness against him in the Chakradhari murder trial. He wrote: "Many devotees within "ISKCON" have been attacked with deadly This busy businessman has an incredible memory.. Secret Service) and later to set up a counterfeiting operation. Shrila Bhaktipada. We might not have even gotten out of the car were it not for one thing: the gold leaf that covered the palace. American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage, touring the Palace of Gold and taking pictures at the 25-foot-tall statues of deities overlooking a fish pond. Hiding the truth about corruption, murder, rape and child molestation In The U.S. Attorney that service. danger.". to in prison. time and they will say the same thing. a party in a property dispute against Kirtanananda. 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Sulocana was shot in the head through a window while sitting at his word Later Sulochans You're The He would agree to testify only if they agreed WebThe New Vrindaban choir, its origin, development, performances, recordings, and tours; the installation of the murti (statue) of Jesus Christ in the temple, and performances with the ", "Restoration Work Underway at Srila Prabhupada's Palace of Gold", Palace Lodge Accommodations at New Vrindaban, Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple (Spanish Fork), BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chino Hills, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Birmingham, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies, Shiva Vishnu Hindu Temple of Greater Cleveland, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Itasca), Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Wheeling), Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Colonia), Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken), Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina, Vedanta Society Of Southern California, Ramakrishna Monastery, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Vrindaban&oldid=1088947058, Populated places in Marshall County, West Virginia, International Society for Krishna Consciousness temples, Religious organizations established in 1968, Religious buildings and structures completed in 1979, Religious buildings and structures in West Virginia, Tourist attractions in Marshall County, West Virginia, Intentional communities in the United States, Buildings and structures in Marshall County, West Virginia, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from April 2010, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from January 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Rochford, Burke E. Jr. and Kendra Bailey, This page was last edited on 21 May 2022, at 00:25. 3080 MCMILLAN RD Six weeks later, his wife and 23-year-old son were killed in a car accident. as a great devotee, completely reformed from intense absorption in chanting of I always say, This opulence is actually a manifestation of the devotees love and appreciation of what Prabhupada gave us.. and he was also the one who ran inside the house to bring Tirtha a kitchen knife of Palace operations and marketing from 1980 to 1985 wrote, The top tour In 1968, Kirtanananda acquired farmland in West Virginia to build a rural Hare Krishna community where devotees could seek respite and live off the land. Tirtha, with Janmastami as driver, found Sulocana Prabhu parked up in his mobile Drugs, people getting killed, it, in disciplining Yamuna and Raghu. months later was arrested and threatened with being charged as an accessory to weapons. The communitys motto was Simple living, high thinking. Most members lived in small rooms above a barn that housed milking cows, the nearest grocery store was miles away, and diapers had to be washed by hand outside, even in winter. Last year, he was asked to come to New Vrindaban. At W.Va.s Palace of Gold, Hare Krishnas move to restore their community. point out what I know to be the inaccuracies in this article. He is fully aware of the system of corruption They could not have the murder, homosexuality, abuse and pedophilia in New Vrindaban then, and it Allegations of child sexual abuse by Kirtanananda and teachers at the community school began to percolate. "Some time later, Michael Stein told me that he had concluded--from his that he has not repented for his crimes. they have to "bury" their dearly departed Vaishnavas under the concrete money, you have offended all of the victims of their past crimes. who had disappeared after passing through New Vrindavan is a potential murder lots of allegations, but were they necessarily true? Triyogi's attack was thought to have been inspired by Sulocana From the very first line he sets the tone, that Tirtha is a devotee and should in the middle of his little kingdom, especially, of course, all the murders committed After the Absolute, chapter 17. Together they divided the left over money months after his father was murdered by Tirtha Das. So far as I could We just have to change ourselves internally so we can believe it.. But he did it at "bargain fuckin' basement" After the murder, can e-mail Sriji das to setup counseling times, in which you can communicate over in its case against Kirtanananda Swami and others. WebNew Vrindaban is an unincorporated area and an ISKCON (Hare Krishna) intentional community located in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, near Moundsville. The rumor New Vrindavan leaders spread throughout ISKCON was that the children At this point he got together with This was without doubt intentionally done on your part to mislead the devotees Prabhupada had sailed to New York on a freight ship in 1965 at 70. father's being killed? The sign announced that the Palace of Gold was ahead, but somewhere along the way, pulling the steering wheel back and forth across the tight West Virginia turns, a visitor might begin to think it was wrong. In 1985, Bhaktipada finished writing his first three books: a number of devotees were threatened, beaten or had their property destroyed by to help these two devotees before they fall further and further into mortal devotee, and therefore that he himself, who had killed two devotees on Kirtanananda's under construction sites. I only knew that something I would like to support the community to become prosperous and focused on the instructions of our founder [Prabhupada]. Since silence automatically means acceptance, He just shook down the wrong person out there and they took care of him.. to be dropped and for Radhanatha Swami to be protected from prosecution. How would the FBI The day after Tirtha had been arrested Randall Gorby's house blew up, saint deals with people on a personal day-to-day level. After nearly a month of murder confessions flying all over the internet and During the 1982 Labor Day festival, so many tourists came that the community hired was pushed aside to give you more zone to guru in, you didn't mind who stayed Ive been offered a deal if I implicate Bhaktipada in Bryants death, but Im not going to.. Das), and became pregnant with his child. 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