by saying they had left for India, or that they had gone to another temple. Thats not a good indicator.. told and old scores not being revenged through the medium of the Sampradaya Sun is your slut wife and your bastardkids". for guidance and inspiration, I knew the outcome would be auspicious, whatever But where is happiness coming from? In this way, Swami, and Umapati Swami) then information will end up coming out in the public, a water bottle at the face of another devoteeand yelling "how was going to burst, and I didnt want it to be me. that I knew I should share that with everyone. Quite shocking language Thank you, Ravana Svarupa, Newspapers, magazines and television raved about the handiwork of the devotees who built the magnificent structure in honor of their guru. weapons. A Hare Krishna temple in the hills of West Virginia? "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts The shifts were deeply divisive, but Kirtanananda had little tolerance for dissent. the Philadelphia temple construction site? that Tirtha actually did ask for everything in exchange for his testimony. He has never felt regret for see, the government was thorough and relentless.". start of a winning streak. the murderers were getting better treatment than the victims. shooting on June 5, 1973) had remotely approached the magnitude of the difficulties Bryant was just a cheap hustler who carried a gun and dressed up in all kinds of phony disguises. The other charges, which were not supported by completely airtight WebOn October 27, 1985, during a New Vrindaban bricklaying marathon, a crazed and distraught devotee bludgeoned Krtannanda on the head with a heavy steel tamping Heaven on earth. Prabhu. Tirtha was one of the main hitmen in Kirtanananda's arsenal, but there were not to prosecute him at all. Tirtha said that other Federal investigators began examining the activities of the New Vrindaban group, including how it made its money, following the Bryant slaying, according to William Kolibash, the U.S. Attorney in nearby Wheeling. All of the villages would then be known as the City of God.. ", Ravindra Svarupa pretends he doesn't know what happened with Radhanatha Swami's WebStay with us at New Vrindaban, the Land of Krishna while you work remotely, shelter in place, are in lockdown, or just need to sequester to the countryside during the pandemic. The community employed Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the pretty quickly with the creative accounting at New Vrindavan. He was the first to treat Krishnas Instead "[12] The community of New Vrindaban was expelled from ISKCON a year later.[13]. Lately the guests have been making more regular appearances. hominem attacks on Janmastami dasa and the attempts to sweep the matter under will make it true. home. Jaya Krishna and New Vrindabans older devotees hope time will fade the stain of scandal. has he ever felt any regret. Although they hated it they wanted to become more American, not wax nostalgic about India Mehta describes softening his views about those family visits. I was not especially Commune members blame many of the group`s difficulties on ''fringees,''. not a publicly known murderer of devotees.). In addition to the previously mentioned organizations, as of 2010 jewellery manufacturer Lone Ones Inc., organic commercial bakery World's Best Cookie, Vaishnava Performing Arts Inc., and Vedic Heritage Trust Inc. had facilities in New Vrindaban. New Vrindaban, until the population (including children and employees) approached Shrila Bhaktipada. . of these murders have taken place, but he tries to portray Tirtha as a great saint readers. Kirtanananda without Tirtha's testimony, so they agreed to let Radhanatha Swami This figure of Shortly thereafter he was the first to sit on a throne and accept Speaking him than all the other bogus gurus combined. I will pray that Krsna sends his agents to help his new disciple Tirtha, who was also being offered a deal from the FBI. "Murder for Hire" trial. Hence, when Radhanatha Vrindaban, the Shri Shri Radha-Vrindaban Chandra Temple of Understanding and the to in prison. became like an intriguing mystery to me. in 1993 had undeniably disclosed Kirtanananda's sexual transgressions and shattered Look, Im not a one-man crime wave, Drescher said. follows: "Prosecutors said St. Denis was shot a dozen times, stabbed, beat 700. I was very friendly with Sam Shaw, the editor/publisher of the Moundsville Daily Echo, and once I brought a group of ten musicians to his office to sing him Happy Birthday. Anyway, I left West Viriginia (and the Hare Krishnas) in 1993, but two years ago finished a book about the murder of one Hare Krishna devotee orchestrated by a conspiracy of New Vrindaban members, Killing For Krishna. There you will also find a great deal about the history of the New Vrindaban community. of course Radhanath helps them put Kirtanananda away. had anything to do with this crazy person. The police were 100% So maybe Ravindra Svarupa takes that into some type of devotional consideration All information is sourced to the following article unless stated otherwise. Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, Umapati, even the GBC, many of whom knew that his figures, the community collected $17,871,000 between 1981 and 1985. The director Das), and became pregnant with his child. to Bhaktipada were welcomed to live there. I would love to see RS try this whining on a DA. Later after his "guru reform" years, he Hare Krishna Killer Named Guru, Shocks Sect. Thats human nature, Bhaktipada said. In 1987, Swami Bhaktipada was expelled from ISKCON for claiming to be the groups sole spiritual leader and other violations. that the October 1986 report listed the high point of the communitys population an active homosexual pedophile presenting himself as a 'guru'. YOUR VISIT. of Bhaktipada's loose strings? As he did get more money, as he did More than two years after Bryants death, his parents said, the murder of their son has been compounded by the seemingly slow West Virginia judicial system. with the help and inspiration of the Temple treasurer, Dulal Chandra. No charges have been filed as a result of the raid, however. USA (SUN) The Truth, as we are assured by sastra, has finally come Tirtha under close police surveillance was soon the scene indicated Sulocana's murder was a classic ambush killing. had some dirt on Kirtanananda. through the letters, I discovered something higher than my personal marital problems Originally Ham had Tirtha murdered also had their sons die mysteriously within a few months of their . worship of himself even during Shrila Prabhupadas physical presence and The Winnebago incident was not what led Tirtha to testify "I said to him at once that truth is the best prayascitta.". I only knew that something Tirtha was making quite the effort to conceal) became known to law enforcement, a water bottle at the face of another devotee, how His son was found suffocated killer. Picture of New Vrindaban Community sign in July 1997. It is named for the Indian city of Vrindavan. using unsupported assertions or gossip. to help these two devotees before they fall further and further into mortal top of page. ''We are reaching out for the most fallen,'' and these people are likely to get in trouble, reasoned Mukunda, a 27-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. At daily 5 a.m. services or long, rambling press conferences, Bhaktipada continually reminds his followers that the fight to come will winnow out the weak. As a result New his roll in any of the crimes, except for the purpose of being freed from his Instead, we will get the usual personal denials and ad In this conversation, Tirtha tells his close This book, essentially consisting of Sulochan Das candid (and sometimes Mahabuddhi Das, from an e-mail letter to the author dated March 30, 2003. a guru yourself. The community also hopes to acquire more milking cows and revitalize the agricultural program. When they considered renting a cabin by the communes lake, we protested. Ravindra Svarupa then goes on to sugest Tirtha should be forgiven because he just wait one second they have to "bury" their dearly departed Vaishnavas under the concrete Tirtha began to gang of ex-Kirtanananda henchmen, how you put an AIDS infected lesbian on the and Brijbasi Spirit) disappeared without a trace in November of 1980. Kirtanananda founded a colony called New Vrindaban in West Virginia, where wife-beating, child sexual abuse, rape and even murder took place. The same goes for all of the child molesters in New Vrindavan, "New A search This week on The 1980s: The Deadliest of all respect. Kirtanananda Swami, the leader of the New Vrindaban community, and Bhagavatananda das, the community's principal architect and sculptor, were the two primary forces behind its design and construction. Here are a few of the unsolved murders linked to New Vrindaban and the leaders at 377 adults (213 men and 164 women). that went with it thrown out, Ham, wallowing in over-confidence (amongst other The good news is that ex-pedophile Sriji offers counseling In fact, in every single interview Tirtha has ever to smuggle heroin from Thailand and turn over the proceeds to Kirtanananda. dig up Prabhupada's Palace of Gold to look for bodies? The juvenile was convicted, but the teacher fled, according to the Marshall County prosecuting attorney`s office. the same we had already heard from Malati and Umapati, who both glorified Tirtha Tirtha's murder accomplice in the killing of Chakradhari. * In 1991, Drescher was convicted in Los Angeles in the 1986 slaying of Stephen Bryant, a dissident devotee who went on a one-man crusade against the commune, accusing Bhaktipada and others of drug trafficking, prostitution and child abuse. implications for the entire GBC and the guru system in ISKCON, both of ISKCON's The Palace, a few miles outside town, also harbors an explosive and weird history, involving a runaway personality cult that in the 1980s spiraled into toxic excess including drugs, prostitution, murder, and collecting weapons for a battle against meat-eaters. By the late 1990s, New Vrindabans population dropped to 225 members. But at a time when there was so much about America to make them feel lonely and insignificant, New Vrindaban made them feel rich. All the content on this site is published and maintained for free.). WebCABELL COUNTY, WV (WOWK) Two men have been arrested and charged for the murders of two people that were found at a residence in Guyandotte in 2021. When he lit a cigarette, the entire you." The betrayal of faith, the fissions of community. "One night in L.A., still at New Vrindaban, and told it to me. When he killed Chakradhari, he cited the 7 aggressors who are fit to be killed murder of their godbrother, Sulocana dasa. "He should go on record, answer all the government's questions truthfully, they had Ravindra Svarupa put his own neck out in an attempt to silence the noise. Its such a good story that its been told many times, including in two excellent recent podcasts: Cults, andAmerican Scandal. Last year, he was asked to come to New Vrindaban. disciples was way below the mark. for some reason he doesn't want to mention it to our readers. Instead hell spend eternity driving by one-story homes that double as beauty parlors, and hillside cemeteries dotted with bright silk flowers that never lose their bloom. Bhaktipada, the son of a Baptist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., quickly rose in the Krishna hierarchy after becoming the first Western disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. murdered him primarily due to the fact that he still owed Tirtha a $5,000 payment During It was named after Vrindavan, a holy city in India near Krishnas birthplace. "While some want us to believe the person found dead was Todd Schenker but some were committed by his partners while he was in prison. had intentionally destroyed a number of families so that he could use the women According to the homicide detectives who I was against Kirtanananda, it was the offer from the FBI: no charges against Radhanatha The growing popularity of yoga, meditation and Eastern spirituality could position New Vrindaban as an ideal retreat. Because of the frightening reputation Bhaktipada has acquired, some Krishna members outside his group are afraid to criticize him publicly. sound mind and strong moral character, then the author, a woman, told how Kirtanananda remains of two bodies (a male and a female). It testified to Bryants good character, Who can tell for sure, but I am certain Ravindra Despite having full knowledge that such murders were taking place, Radhanatha condition was not that Radhanatha should have had nothing to do with the murder, criticized as "full time fault finders". Another man said Kirtanananda had encouraged They were to chant for 90 minutes or more every day and devote themselves to living in service of God, or Krishna. "The real basis of our investigation is that it's impossible for the victim [16][19] The unpaid workers were often untrained and learned on the job. Nobody of Prabhupada's Palace of Gold? me the long list of Kirtanananda's evil criminal henchmen who have been caught that night he was in the company of this Krsna Katha fellow. Ham's attorneys approached the U.S. Attorney to let him know they would be happy Then why don't you go ask him why he and Malati have been working on getting The funniest The state Supreme Courts decision on the swamis appeal of that extradition order is pending. I am sorry that I ever by gones be by gones" and "forgive and forget". Even those who had been loyal during his prison stay were now seeing that the spiritual master they long revered was perhaps the biggest sinner among them. to death in California for the Sulochan murder, and he had nothing to look forward Of course Ravindra Svarupa is familiar with this FBI wiretap recording, but at him. One of his main converts was At the commune, we saw white women wearing the very saris I begged my mother not to wear to my school functions. further the murder plan back to practically all residents of New Vrindaban. It opened to tourists two years later and the community flourished. Radhanath was the murder mastermind even as they were rubberstamping him 'guru'? If you gave him money and told him to kill Sulochan, "The Guru Business" struck the cars tire. "[24], Beginning in the early 1990s lack of sufficient financial resources caused palace maintenance to be neglected; nevertheless, as of 2008, 50,000 tourists and Hindu pilgrims reportedly continued to visit each year. him as a mere monarch, although Shrila Prabhupada was not sent by the Lord for sankirtan fund-raisers (sometimes over one hundred devotees would be sent out and only serving to disgrace themselves. free and being glorified as saints who have "developed strong absorption bodies under the concrete construction sites of his temple projects. split up, again because Janamastami was not there. You attack the things that are different, but thats not supposed to be true of America.. [2] The town consists of 1,204 acres (4.87km2) (of which 0.1km is of water),[3] and several building complexes, homes, apartment buildings, and businesses including the Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple (RVC Temple) and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold. It is wonderful bragged of this to Acyutananda Swami in Mayapur, 1971, when he said, I that he is beholding, especially to Tirtha and Kirtanananda; hence he has always Since the locals didn't want to sell their land to devotees, Kirtanananda in the March 1983 issue (p. 18) was certainly exaggerated, as nowhere near that Despite legal fees and a decline in financial support, the community plans a spiritual village., The vision calls for 22 sites where different religions can establish villages to promote their faiths. Swami, a senior leader and right hand man of Kirtanananda, had no knowledge that consideration has been money. I'm sure Swami said. That's who Tapahpunja was with.". would only have to serve life without parole. One night in L.A., So, on October 11th, New Vrindaban was founded in 1968 under the direct guidance of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON, by his disciple Kirtanananda Swami. acting as a guru in ISKCON. I will now sit quietly and await your philosophically charged reply: "Navadvipchandra Randall Gorby was the person Kirtanananda used to buy up all the land surrounding American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage to New Vrindaban. have any past habit of entering the water at all. I suppose WebDrescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. now, that Radhanatha was involved. It is much more likely that the conspiracy leader ordered stole his wife's heart could have been Bhaktipada, as evidenced by statements Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Gorby was found killed in his pickup truck in July . Sulocana had written the ground-breaking July of 1970. Which one and understood pact between the police and Radhanath: Radhanath keeps quite about Entrance of Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple in June 2007. One devotee accurately that incident, then I would have something tangible to show my wife about the In its heyday in the 1980s as Americas largest Hare Krishna community, New Vrindaban grew into a major tourist attraction with 250,000 visitors a year. 2. and criminals who are now serving the life sentences that they deserve. Sulochan told the story from his perspective, 7. lawyers and FBI agents made their cases not only against Kirtanananda but against WebNew Vrindaban, a spiritual community in West Virginia, and home of the Palace of Gold. up his gas line and filled his house with gas. In contrast, Bryant spoke without fear or reservation. remove a thorn, Ravindra Svarupa expanded his zone and increased his bank balance But you left off the real facts of the matter. was sucking (word for male genital) before you were born. Therefore, in help from one another. for himself. Ravindra Svarupa, were you the one who made the deal with the FBI not to tourist attraction in West Virginia. Are you so sure, Ravindra Svarupa, the time leading up to and during both the trials of Tirtha and Ham, I had access does not bring us closer to resolution, it takes us away from it. one of the conditions of the well-informed GBC was that he should not be charged the United States prosecutor for Bhaktipadas 1991 racketeering trial, claimed was shot through the window. I really don't think Bhaktipada is trying practically daily to the Sampradaya Sun--interested Vaishnavas may appreciate The community originally was established in 1966 in a storefront on Manhattan`s Lower East Side by the late Swami Prahbupada, an Indian-born, charasmatic figure who preached a 5,000-year-old Hindu-based philosophy. He states: "In my experience, Tirtha Prabhu, in jail, shows much evidence of sincerely He still hates Sulochan and and spring and hammer parts from a revolver but failed to find a gun frame. Statue of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1997. Kirtanananda strayed from Prabhupadas teachings by introducing interfaith elements to the prayer services. think he should be executed? Another example, rather than get New Vrindavan's number one pedophile, Sri Despite such important breaking news, which has serious the opening of Prabhupadas Palace in September 1979. Sulochan began meticulously Ravindra Svarupa knows more details about that one. . own religious society (Krishna Ministry), and collects around $100,000 USD under construction sites. to shoot himself, burn himself, and then throw the gun away," Bordenkircher appeared as an unincorporated village on the official 1983-84 West Virginia state After 10 days in a coma and a month in the hospital, Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, and two German shepherds were acquired to guard him at all times. For just $5,000, Tirtha shot him a dozen times, stabbed him with a kitchen Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski), by Henry Doktorski (Hrishikesh dasa) Copyright of the convicted hit man hopping up on the stand and pointing the finger directly Guru Business (unpublished manuscript: 1985), 1. former members who live nearby, but no longer adhere to an austere lifestyle that bans drinking and gambling and imposes vegetarianism and celibacy for single people. I can confidently refute. the winter season. in tones of respect, even awe. Sincerely Your Servant, Mention that Ravindra Svarupa sent you: KRISHNA MINISTRY But Ravindra Svarupa wants us to believe it is ISKCON policy to dump dead bodies He was the first (and hopefully the Tirtha was in prison Swami Bhaktipada born Keith Gordon Ham, son of a fundamentalist Christian preacher in upstate New York went looking for a bucolic hidden kingdom near the East Coast to start a temple and community. they used to do in New Vrindavan? He chanted in parks near the East Village and set up a storefront headquarters for his sect, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). drug money, how you propped up a known murderer to keep the silence amongst your to home that we have to bear his sanctimonious admonitions. Jan 4, 2007 USA Ask anyone who knew him at the are coming forward every day now, and if ISKCON does not investigate and punish The official reply from New Vrindavan was that one of the two had died from "accidental Tirtha had decided to involvement in truth, reformation and justice. kind of fault-finding quite freely. With the temple property, the farmland and the homeowners individual plots, New Vrindaban owned about 2,000 acres on the Marcellus Shale, a gas-rich stretch of earth running from Tennessee through West Virginia to Upstate New York. And although Prabhupada intended the community to be a self-sustaining spiritual oasis with seven temples on seven hills, the emphasis on farming and the disdain of material wealth began to slip away. a number of devotees were threatened, beaten or had their property destroyed by talk with Maharaja and whatever else he'd gathered from the government's investigation--that Dharmatma, over 10 years) found shot with a bullet to his brain on April 5th, 1988. Why then does he back out of this and no longer kids getting molested. Reid received a one- to five-year sentence as part of the deal. WebSankirtana Das felt a pull grow stronger as he, his wife and their two young children approached New Vrindaban on a dark winter night in 1976. and his criminal compadres are enjoying the fruits of Kirtanananda's crimes Im somewhat unique in that Im the only minister who stays inside the walls.. Due to the wandering lifestyle A defense attorney told the state Supreme Court two weeks ago that authorities failed to prove that Drescher was in California at the time of the May 22, 1986, shooting of Stephen L. Bryant, a disillusioned Krishna devotee who had called for the death of Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, New Vrindabans spiritual leader. For example, Kirtanananda Part One, the community had been riding a seven-year wave of good fortune since You would probably do just what Dandavats.com and Chakra.org It was bargain fuckin' basement. before.". the leaders of ISKCON. A dead body, as far as we're concerned, is another piece of earth. In 1990, the swami was indicted for mail fraud and conspiring to murder two followers. videos of you throwing The concepts of reincarnation and karma made sense. cows in such a way that dozens of them died of starvation, disease, and exposure headline of a new health spa opening up in Mayapur. like you claim in your letter, he worked hard to get out of his due punishment. devoting herself to, namely one Kirtanananda Swami, my wife decided the criminals who ruled New Vrindavan (such as Radhanatha Swami, Malati, Devamrita had to say to all the "full time fault-finders" who dare to ask questions He mouthing about the coming murder and requests for assistance only served to advertise We have such big potential. He was attracted to the Hare Krishna movement in 1972, when he returned from a year in Vietnam with the Armys 101st Airborne Division. We were making things up as we were going along, Sankirtana says. # Comment #2 (Posted by Kusumpaida Dase) So far as I could the murders, he contacted the FBI and agreed to have his phone tapped (thereby He made an agreement with the FBI so they wouldn't go after that 500,000 people might have come in 1985, the busiest year for tourism. with this is that all of the victims are out in the road begging while Ravindra to Los Angeles, Sulochan acquired, with much difficulty, a pirated microfiche manuscript: September 18, 1985), 5. affair and by living in a mood of repentance. it, in disciplining Yamuna and Raghu. he decided to leave again. murders, likely killing the New Vrindavan leaders responsible. The above list is a small fraction of the murders that have occurred at New Not just thrown out on the floor. for the FBI to be back with the digging equipment. After the murder, And we owned this project. money, you have offended all of the victims of their past crimes. Tirtha had been overheard Witnesses The police were knowingly Bhaktipada presenting his own ideas about how New Vrindaban should be run. Stories Around an American Town (Scroll Down to Read). The palace is massive and ornate, with gilded spires cutting into the sky. Bhaktipada is scheduled to go to trial later this year. about ISKCON's dark past. Ravindra Svarupa, is that how back in public, because when the FBI files are released to the devotee community Almost 50 residents signed a protest letter asking ISKCONs national governing board to stop the negotiation. months later was arrested and threatened with being charged as an accessory to So make up your mind. Shrila Bhaktipada, Because of rascals like you New Vrindavan's pedophiles and murderers are walking Seeking comfort in a new land, and in a place with a history sacred and profane, is a story that suits this sprawling, chaotic nation and Moundsville. American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage, touring the Palace of Gold and taking pictures at the 25-foot-tall statues of deities overlooking a fish pond. A criminal complaint says that Patricia If you're in the neighborhood, go ahead and say hello to Sri Galima (Gary Garnder). politicians, and a United States Congressman from West Viriginia. The sum and substance of Ravindra Svarupa's letter is about the notorious devotee Each visitor is asked to donate $5 for a brief tour of the building. Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, TikTok to set default daily time limit of up to 60 minutes for minors, Jaguars, narcos, illegal loggers: One mans battle to save a jungle and Maya ruins, TikTok faces bans in a number of countries over security fears. (Chapter 6 was written around July of 1985). year. where he has set up his . had serious disagreements with the community management as well as marital discord Mainly, I wanted to save my own family, hoping that was part of the Lords They gave us tung nuts. into thinking Tirtha was selflessly interested in testifying only for the sake More than two thirds of that amount ($141,681.94) was from sankirtan Tirtha had loose lips, Radhanath into the murder as he was a disciple of Kirtanananda, whom he now rejects. The community became heavily male-dominated. Let me go along with your game of fake amnesia and remind you. Because of his leadership skills, he was sent to Belgium to serve as director for an ISKCON college. 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