About Us

Who we are, and what brought us to Hanumangarh.

Devotees sharing a Bhagavad-gita class at ISKCON Hanumangarh

About ISKCON

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement, was founded in 1966 in New York City by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It belongs to the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, a monotheistic tradition within Vedic culture that has been taught in an uninterrupted disciplic succession for over five centuries, since the time of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in 16th-century Bengal.

Today ISKCON comprises more than 500 temples, farm communities, and schools around the world, sharing the practice of Bhakti-yoga — the science of devotional service to Krishna — through the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, the study of scriptures such as the Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, vegetarian prasadam (sanctified food), and community worship.

ISKCON Founder-Acharya

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada (1896–1977) was instructed by his own spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, to carry the teachings of Krishna consciousness to the English-speaking world. In 1965, at the age of 69, he sailed alone from Kolkata to New York aboard the cargo ship Jaladuta, carrying little more than a trunk of his translated books and a firm faith in his mission.

In July 1966 he founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York City. Over the following eleven years he circled the globe multiple times, established more than a hundred temples, farm communities, and schools, and translated and wrote commentary on dozens of Vaishnava scriptures — including Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srimad-Bhagavatam — that remain the foundational texts studied at ISKCON centers, including ours, to this day. He is honored throughout ISKCON as its Founder-Acharya.

About H.H. Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj

His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj is one of the senior-most disciples of Srila Prabhupada, having joined the Krishna consciousness movement in the early 1970s and later accepting the renounced order of sannyasa. He has long served on ISKCON's Governing Body Commission (GBC), the Society's highest managerial authority, and has been instrumental in establishing and guiding numerous ISKCON temples and congregational preaching programs across India and around the world.

Sri Sri Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman ji, the presiding Deities of ISKCON Hanumangarh

About ISKCON Hanumangarh

ISKCON Hanumangarh is home to Sri Sri Sita Ram Laxman Hanuman ji, established in 2025 in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, as an extension of ISKCON Jaipur. The temple holds daily arati and darshan, a weekly Sunday feast program, and festival celebrations throughout the year, open to all.