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Malati Devi Dasi joined ISKCON in San Francisco, USA. She was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in San Francisco in early 1967, and became an integral part of the pioneer years of ISKCON. In 1968, along with her six week old daughter Saraswati, Malati Devi Dasi was part of a team of six adults to first establish Krishna consciousness in the UK.
This epic adventure resulted in the release of the Radha‐Krishna Temple album in 1969, produced by Beatle George Harrison. The Hare Krishna maha-mantra and other devotional songs are featured on this recording, which received worldwide attention. She often traveled with her husband Shyamasundar, who was Srila Prabhupada’s personal secretary. Among other tasks Malati Devi Dasi cooked for Srila Prabhupada.
She then moved to India to assist in establishing the Hare Krishna movement (ISKCON) there, bringing it back to its source. During her sojourn, she assisted with the purchase and shipping of several sets of temple murtis to establish deity worship services in the American temples of Detroit, Dallas, Toronto and Chicago. This experience introduced her to the process of purchasing murtis, a service she continued to carry out for various temples.
She returned to the UK for some time to assist in establishing the property known as
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‘The Early Years’ with Malati Devi Dasi
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April 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
FreeFriday 21 April 2023 – Sri Krishna Haveli
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‘The Absolutely Years – 50th Day Special Talk’ with Malati Devi Dasi
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What started with three intrepid devotee couples continues to grow year after year.
By Devaki Devi Dasi
Srila Prabhupada considered London one of the most important cities in the world for spreading Krishna consciousness.
This December marks fifty years since the opening of ISKCON’s first temple in London and the installation of Sri Sri Radha-Londonishvara. London plays an important part in ISKCON’s incredible history.
Fulfilling Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s Instructions
Bhaktivinoda Thakura had desired the day that Krishna consciousness would spread in the western world, and his son, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Srila Prabhupada’s spiritual master, carried the same desire, of which London was seen as an important city. In the 1930s he sent three of his experienced disciples (including two sannyasis) to London, and in 1933 they set up a center, the Gaudiya Mission Society, with a little success. Three decades later, Srila Prabhupada, deeply inspired to fulfill his spiritual master’s desires, was confident that his disciples could firmly establish Krishna consciousness in Europe as they had done in North America. He would begin by opening a temple in London.
In 1968 three American married couples – Gurudasa and Yamuna Devi Dasi, Syamasundara Dasa and Malat