The first iskcon temple in india was established in Vrindavan in 1975. Most of the devotees come to this
temple. Apart from this, the iskcon temple of Bangalore is considered to be the largest iskcon temple which
was established in 1997. iskcon temple was established in mumbai in the year 1978 and in delhi in the year
1984. According to the data of ISKCON Centres, since 1975, 238 ISKCON temples have been established in
different cities of India. ISKCON followers in india also work to connect people with devotion to Krishna. They
also work to serve people at various places.
The objective of ISKCON is to prevent imbalance of values of life and to propagate spiritual knowledge and
Krishna consciousness to achieve real unity and peace in the world. According to ISKCON, following the path
shown by Shri krishna means serving the people and being useful to them.
How many times has ISKCON come into controversies?
ISKCON bans its priest in the year 2023
ISKCON temples have been in controversies many times before. In the same year, the ISKCON management
had banned its priest Amogh Leela Das. ISKCON had taken this decision after comments made about Swami
Vivekananda and ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Accused of brain washing in the name of religion in the year 2018
Hare Krishna temple of ahmedabad was also accused of brainwashing the youth in the name of religion and
spirituality. This allegation was made by a family living in Jharkhand. He said that his son prashant has been
brainwashed and kept away from people. However, ISKCON had termed these allegations as false.
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