Bhakti Caitanya Swami
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He was born as Richard Naismith[5] on 14 August 1951 in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] In 1972 he first met ISKCON founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Auckland University.[5] A year later he joined that society in London and received initiation from Prabhupada, who gave him the sanskrit name of Raghubhir Dasa.[5]
The swami is closely associated with the educational programs of ISKCON and teaches at the Vaisnava Institute for Higher Education in Vrindavana. In 1994, during the Gaura Purnima Festival, he took the renounced order of sannyasa from Giriraja Swami and received the name Bhakti Caitanya Swami. Later he became a member of its Governing Body Commission[3][4] and ISKCON Guru.[2][3]
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- ↑ List of Sannyasis in ISKCON April 2008 Template:Webarchive ISKCON Sannyasa Ministry, retrieved 5 May 2008
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