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When did A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's religious journey start?
In 1922, when A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada first met his spiritual master, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, he was requested to spread the message of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the English language
Did A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada do anything else with Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura?
In 1944, from Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's front room at Sita Kanta Banerjee, Calcutta, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada started the publication called Back to Godhead,

Question: Did he have a following?
Self-contained rewrite: Did A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada have a following?