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 bhakti charu swami
bhakti charu swami

bhakti charu swami is a vaishnava swami and a religious leader of the international society for krishna consciousness -lrb- iskcon -rrb- .
he is a guru and a member of the governing body commission of iskcon .
previously he was simultaneously acting as iskcon 's minister of arts and culture .
he is an initiated disciple of iskcon 's founder his divine grace , a. c. bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada and has translated shrila prabhupada 's literary works in bengali and also produced a television serial on prabhupada 's life entitled `` abhay charan '' .
he 's also serving on an advisory panel of i-foundation , a leading hindu charity organisation in the united kingdom .
bhakti charu swami was born in bengal in 1945 , and spent most of his early life in the city of calcutta .
in 1970 he left india to study in germany .
he came across vedic literatures while in germany .
in 1975 he returned to india to pursue spiritual life , and studied the vedic scriptures .
bhakti charu swami joined the international society for krishna consciousness temple in mayapur .
when a.c. bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada -lrb- srila prabhupada -rrb- returned to india at the end of 1976 , bhakti charu met him .
srila prabhupada gave him the assignment of translating his books into bengali and made him his secretary for indian affairs .
within a few months srila prabhupada initiated him into the disciplic succession and soon thereafter awarded him the renounced order of sannyasa .
alongside his official responsibilities , bhakti charu translated all of srila prabhupada 's works on major vedic literatures , consisting of more than fifty volumes of books , into bengali .
subsequently , he became a member of the governing body commission of the international society for krishna consciousness and served as its chairman in 1989 .
in 1996 he embarked on a 104-episode television series on the life of prabhupada , called abhay caran in conjunction with indian national television .
he is one of the pioneers of the vihe in vrindavan , and taught vaishnava etiquette in 1987 and 1988 , and brihat bhagavatamrita in 1989 .
in february 2006 bhakti charu swami built a temple with three altars for the worship of sri sri gaura nitai , sri sri radha madan mohan and sri sri krishna balaram .
the ujjain iskcon temple under the direction of bhakti charu swami feeds 23,000 school children per day .
to facilitate this feeding project bhakti charu swami built a industrial kitchen .
