New York after six months. [2] Keith becomes Kirtanananda Swami Prabhupada and Kirtanananda, undated In June 1966 , after returning from India, Keith met the Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (then known simply as "Swamiji" to his disciples), the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON),