PM Narendra Modi to release special commemorative coin on birth anniversary of ISKCON founder

PM Narendra Modi. File Pic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 and also address a gathering on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on September 1 through video conference, the PMO said.

Prabhupada had founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) commonly known as the "Hare Krishna movement". ISKCON has translated the Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta and other Vedic literature in 89 languages, playing a stellar role in the dissemination of Vedic literature across the world, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) noted.

He has also established over a hundred temples and wrote several books.

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