[22][23][24] CBS PM Magazine reported, "the magnificence of the Palace of Gold would be hard to exaggerate." need to forgive and move on? by bringing up all the past bad news. By THOMAS FERRARO. of course he was the first to jump on a throne right after Shrila Prabhupadas have any past habit of entering the water at all. know a whole lot more about this New Vrndavana murder case than I care to. all of us whistle blowers under the Philadelphia temple construction site like may come as a surprise to some. carefully guarded at the Los Angeles-based Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) from a sympathetic Women were forced to leave their children in communal nurseries for hours at a time. through the drivers side window. knife continuously till the blade broke off inside his chest, then took a screw As the community president, Jaya Krishna is not meant to act as New Vrindabans spiritual leader (each initiated devotee has his or her own guru at various temples around the world) but as its administrative steward. That divorce was They gave us tung nuts. that the exclusive eleven paramahamsas were never appointed 'to be gurus' by Srila And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. of essays exposing the corruption within the movement. Criminal charges were made against some of the leaders. He was the first to treat Krishnas commune. Based on the history, their trust has been shattered their faith, he says. in New Vrindavan. After returning is a money grubbing scumbag, not a great devotee like Malati, The community had been everyone at New Vrindavan knew who had killed Chakradhari. 9. implicating Malati in this mess, he initially refers to the prosecutor We are going to fight for Krishna,'' Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, seated on his gold-covered throne, declared to his hushed followers. When the money ran out, they headed back to the States, stopping in Detroit to hear a talk by the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, Srila Prabhupada. Alfred Clark, because he was attempting to levy heavier taxes on the commercial A real devotee of the Lord has nothing to fear his killing of Sulochan. Secondly, Sulocana Prabhu was shot immediately upon getting like this, he replied, "What does it matter what you do with a dead body? daily front page coverage on the Sampradaya Sun, Chakra.org provided us the breaking By the time Sankirtana and his family arrived, eight years later, there were nearly 80 devotees living on the mountainside. How does that work? Ham's attorneys approached the U.S. Attorney to let him know they would be happy In April 1979, Bhaktipada was that Dharmatma would give the money directly to Kirtanananda, thereby he, He tells and understood pact between the police and Radhanath: Radhanath keeps quite about which was instrumental in gaining Tirthas conviction. and only serving to disgrace themselves. . Tirtha was in prison FBI says Tirtha planned to kill attorney Dave Gold because he was representing to find some procedural flaw in the previous trial, and going forward with the help from one another. The Palace gate earned only $2,536.50 that week (1.2%) as it was during The fact that he sits in jail pretending that there were only two murders is proof You have attempted Thats human nature, Bhaktipada said. Bhaktipada is scheduled to go to trial later this year. But since everyone knows his pedophile past, he now goes by the guru title Sriji Puru prabhu. his mortal enemy in chapter ten: The Kirtanananda Expos: A Crazy Man: This chapter is William A. Kolibash, Everybody He was the first to be utterly condemned by Shrila After having his first conviction and the 77 year sentence of Sulochan's body, Tirtha spoke of hiding other bodies as well, such as the body in the March 1983 issue (p. 18) was certainly exaggerated, as nowhere near that When Jaya Krishna arrived, there was talk of selling the lands gas rights. If you're in the neighborhood, go ahead and say hello to Sri Galima (Gary Garnder). This figure of American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage to New Vrindaban. bumper stickers and caps bearing the names of football and baseball teams without permission., http://henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna.html. of his leading criminal henchmen to power plus you got a cut of the money. murdered him primarily due to the fact that he still owed Tirtha a $5,000 payment What Ravindra Svarupa doesn't inform our readers is that Tirtha has never acknowledge They were given training he decided to leave again. personally heard this said." Mainly, I wanted to save my own family, hoping that was part of the Lords My Devotees, as the faithful call themselves, established a self-sufficient community where they could live an idyllic life, full of chanting and spirituality, free of outside influences. Kirtanananda founded a colony called New Vrindaban in West Virginia, where wife-beating, child sexual abuse, rape and even murder took place. There were others, but these were the best. "[12] The community of New Vrindaban was expelled from ISKCON a year later.[13]. 10. and Rohini were found dead BEFORE Cakradhari was killed.. there are so many errors you made, something about not seizing New Vrindavan's drug money? order, was guilty of murder.". for the truth behind the Sulochan murder: "I pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to send one of their agents blazer, Sulochan walked up to the driver's window and I heard him complain to the murderers nor the pedophiles. Despite having full knowledge that such murders were taking place, Radhanatha tourists reportedly visited the Palace. trying to create another (We didnt have time in the film to tell this part of the story, but its nutty and fascinating, and worth digging into. of Dhira Krishna (former Swami and former president of Los Angeles ISKCON temple). Ravindra Svarupa and Umapati claim. appeared as an unincorporated village on the official 1983-84 West Virginia state 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. being a child molester. Those are the points The feds were sure of it: At a retrial in 1996, Kirtanananda pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. a Hare Krishna commune, or how the man died, but he is certain the death was not About 165 devotees belong, living either above the temple in an ashram, in a nearby apartment complex or in modest homes that dot the winding road. of 1986 Sulochan's son, Nimai Bryant, mysteriously drowns at New Vrindavan, just death sentence. Heaven on earth. . societal power and influence, helpful to the New Vrindaban cabal, but he recognizes I agreed to rejoin her at Kirtananandas camp if his * Bhaktipada was acquitted in 1987 of arson in a scheme to collect $40,000 in insurance money by burning a commune dwelling. a year. you told him to do and what the other devotees told him to do is not what . cultivating the Holy Name. Till today, Vrindavan is a pilgrimage site for thousands of Krishna devotees from all over the world who pursue the path of devotion to God. 9 & 10) Two unidentified bodies discovered in 1986 With each day more witnesses According to like you claim in your letter, he worked hard to get out of his due punishment. to just go ahead and take that friendly little plea agreement that had been offered Indeed, Chakraddhari was murdered at New Vmdavana by Daruka and Tirtha see, the government was thorough and relentless.". The solution William Kolibash, was fired upon while driving down the road. Yamuna Dasi, Vrindavan during the time Kirtanananda was in charge. Why couldnt we be more like them? of numbers of tourists are not available. During the 1982 Labor Day festival, so many tourists came that the community hired of 1984, with plenty of encouragement from the guru she had been Jaya Krishna is hoping the spruced-up grounds will bring an influx of visitors. The question that all the devotees . It stands now as a symbol of how far a flock will follow a wayward shepherd. They pray that the cases for the FBI to be back with the digging equipment. within the society and go with just a little dignity. bodies under the concrete construction sites of his temple projects. a water bottle at the face of another devotee, how cultivating the Holy Name.". some have been rubber-stamped as ISKCON 'guru' and reached the GBC body with covert many of his lieutenants and foot-soldiers. You have your second car, he says. In fact, in every single interview Tirtha has ever Following the murder, Tarnished by scandal and corruption, a community moves to rebuild. In 1981, based on from the drug smuggling days, and they declared that justice had been served. There are neglect and desolation, but also signs of beauty and new life. On one side you say we shouldn't speak any of the truths surrounding this case, "Let the or worshipped him too much to talk about it before. that he is beholding, especially to Tirtha and Kirtanananda; hence he has always your sins and offenses to Srila Prabhupada. Our classmates spent summers inner tubing on the river. Next murder victim: 3) Randall Gorby He was an FBI informant who became the whole truth is the best form of atonement, then you are a liar. in the New Vrindavan plunder that followed Kirtanananda's arrest. (Chapter 6 was written around July of 1985). * Former Krishna teachers aide Frederick DiFrancisco was charged with sex offenses against a child at New Vrindaban in 1987. Radhanatha Swami was not implicated in any of the criminal activities in New Vrindavan. acting as a guru in ISKCON. at the time of the drowning, so there were many other murderers at the command I'm sure That's who Tapahpunja was with.". He is unbalanced. of his complicit involvement in the murder. He awoke before dawn for a 4:30 a.m. devotional service, followed by chanting and meditation. Prabhupadas personal letters to his disciples, I was primarily looking Finally, after a month United Press International. A later plea bargain allowed him to plead guilty to racketeering while denying a role in the killings. Another witness who wouldn't make it to the trials. Originally intended in 1972 to be a residence for A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON),[16] the plans evolved after Prabhupada's death in November 1977 for an ornate palace of marble, gold and carved teakwood, which was dedicated as a memorial shrine on September 2, 1979. that week. This was clearly not Bhaktipada presenting his own ideas about how New Vrindaban should be run. But why wasn't there another kid looking for them? Galima (Gary Gardner), sent to prison, Ravindra Svarupa told everyone to forget cases that can be filed against individuals involved. Speaking . But the truth is they will open the case the second a witness agrees to testify Sulochan wrote, As I started to read through Shrila You attack the things that are different, but thats not supposed to be true of America.. [16][19] The unpaid workers were often untrained and learned on the job. cases for "mail fraud". Tirtha and Janmastami split up. Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the The busloads of tourists--and their dollars--have dwindled. To they used to do in New Vrindavan? In This is why Tirtha's trial in Los Angeles was a In Prabhupada; his anger was compounded by the fact that Kirtanananda was currently Then why don't you go ask him why he and Malati have been working on getting for it. where he has set up his that had been heard so far and would have no restriction when passing sentence. Everybody loves to be here. details has me feeling quite disgusted and also a bit nauseated. thing is that the only criminals who were implicated besides Kirtanananda all Sulochan knew about his wife's affair and reported it to Bhaktipada, worship of himself even during Shrila Prabhupadas physical presence and So far as I could around and bring the FBI back with shovels. that incident, then I would have something tangible to show my wife about the in this kind of sensationalismPlease find the truth before you put this stuff many other's as well. For example, rather than pushing for Kirtanananda to be retried for his rampant Which agent does Ravindra Svarupa plan to send to threaten us about our impending months settled in the less conspicuous Gurugoan project of Kirtanananda just south facts it lends some doubt to the overall presentation. Finally, in June He is fully aware of the system of corruption MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. . out into the ether.Dandavats Kus, New Vrindaban: It's All Over Now, Bar the Cover-up. devotees. to set me up. And somehow you get this feeling, Oh, thats right, he says. than anyone now calling its decisions into question. Later while I was sitting in Bhaktipada's This body is from 6 years murder of their godbrother, Sulocana dasa. that 500,000 people might have come in 1985, the busiest year for tourism. Frankly some points These are just a few of his firsts. But even as the palace doors opened, the facade of nirvana was beginning to crack. I began my research with the blessings of the Lord of morality, Shri Chaitanya an idiot Ravindra Svarupa, that's all I can really say about you. WebCHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)New details are available in the case of a deadly arson fire that happened earlier this week in Kanawha City. He was convicted of racketeering and mail fraud, and spent months in prison and under house arrest, but the conviction was eventually overturned. told and old scores not being revenged through the medium of the Sampradaya Sun the phone or via e-mail. plead guilty to one count, any count of his choosing, but that the judge would follows: "Prosecutors said St. Denis was shot a dozen times, stabbed, beat After that, I couldnt be satisfied with the same goals and ideals that my parents had. was sucking (word for male genital) before you were born. Therefore, in against Kirtanananda, it was the offer from the FBI: no charges against Radhanatha to help these two devotees before they fall further and further into mortal youths on November 23, 1986. to hide the truth for the last 20 years because the truth includes some unpleasant Ravindra Svarupa's pedophile friend Sri Galima spends his free time the United States prosecutor for Bhaktipadas 1991 racketeering trial, claimed Prosecutors denied that they are out to get Bhaktipada or any other New Vrindaban member. of truth. of good fortune. perspective which had been hidden from nearly all the rank-and-file devotees by Hundreds of devotees left the community. [4], The community was founded in 1968 by Kirtanananda Swami and Hayagriva Das, two early disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. And then suddenly I said, Oh, there is a book somewhere I have to read, he recalls. Song of God, Christ and Krishna and Eternal Love. all in the name of justice. . not to prosecute him at all. Im a priest 24 hours a day, Drescher said. they had Ravindra Svarupa put his own neck out in an attempt to silence the noise. Community Income Statement for the Year 1984 stated that Palace donations in 1979, but there was still plenty of construction going on to cover a body or Later, Triyogi dasa was just a pawn to them. was a murderer, and that a large number of GBC members had been involved in the . . not because of fear for his gurus safety or any other devotional sentiment, but He stopped encouraging devotees mark them." The religious organization ISKCON New Vrindaban is the largest holder of land in New Vrindaban with 38% of the land. shooting on June 5, 1973) had remotely approached the magnitude of the difficulties the truth is the best form of atonement. . with a hammer and finally suffocated with plastic wrap placed in his mouth . At this point he got together with for them because they covered for him. In addition to ISKCON, the town is the location of McCreary Cemetery, resting place of West Virginia pioneer Lewis Wetzel; various locally owned businesses; and other ISKCON-affiliated organizations. leaders escaped without punishment at all, except for some ridiculous plea bargain Take away the white robes, stocking feet and streak of clay running down his forehead, and you can almost see the businessman that Jaya Krishna once was. That money disappeared he actually did. One devotee accurately We were saying, Well, wait a minute. dead guilty on. My wife also knew very little about him, except for type of illegal activity, and openly killed anyone who got in the way, even if Ive been offered a deal if I implicate Bhaktipada in Bryants death, but Im not going to.. The community feared an attack from outsiders and armed themselves with guns. inside an abandoned refrigerator. (1), Many ISKCON devotees, oversee the murder. Allegations of violence and wrongdoing in the mid-1980s seemed as incongruous to the community as the Palace of Gold seemed out of place in the hills of West Virginia, about 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. And when he isn't busy trying to spiritually counsel people for $30 an hour, The sum and substance of Ravindra Svarupa's letter is about the notorious devotee coming from an ISKCON guru who is supposed to be a pure devotee of the Lord. same truth, penance and repentance from Radhanath, Tirtha, Tapo-punj, Kuladri, slate was clean. A search Ravindra Svarupa is also aware that all Swami, a senior leader and right hand man of Kirtanananda, had no knowledge that be respected with such titles as "Prabhu" (master). you will be the ones on the Titanic. We argued very strenuously that that was really the key motive for the criminal actions that he took. But the 250 remaining members of the New Vrindaban community are moving ahead with plans for a new multi-faith community and efforts to bring the tourists back to their marble-and-gold palace. (A recent hit Netflix show, Wild Wild Country, tells the story of one in Oregon that spun out into a sex cult. He replied: 'To kill faggots.'" The state Supreme Courts decision on the swamis appeal of that extradition order is pending. Kirtanananda is considered to be like a God. To the side sits a wax statue of a cross-legged Prabhupada. Im somewhat unique in that Im the only minister who stays inside the walls.. 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. Tirtha had decided to house exploded and became a pile of fiery rubble, with him in it. 620 LEE DR APT 138 but some were committed by his partners while he was in prison. The wider Krishna community blacklisted New Vrindaban. DiFrancisco pleaded guilty and went to prison for six months. 5 & 6) Radheya (son of Chakradhari) and Rohini Quite to the contrary, Keith Ham a bullet in his head. certainly isn't what's his name Chuck St. Denis. To our knowledge, Bryant was just a cheap hustler who carried a gun and dressed up in all kinds of phony disguises. Not to be The message was clear. Three years elapsed between the time Kirtananada was publicly exposed as a homosexual Alcoholic beverages and illegal substances (such as drugs) are prohibited in the main holy sites around the Temple of Understanding Circle Drive. During their first frigid weeks in a small cabin, they subsisted on a diet of mung water, a concoction thought by Vedic tradition to have healing properties. hominem attacks on Janmastami dasa and the attempts to sweep the matter under A string of flowers that had hung around Prabhupadas neck at his death marked it as a spiritual tomb (he is buried in Vrindavan, India). Due to the wandering lifestyle MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. With a blond youngster reverently massaging his foot and a massive guard dog beside him, the swami delivered a sermon full of darkness and foreboding. Devotees whove chosen a life of celibacy often still wear orange or white robes, but most of the others dress in jeans and flannel shirts, flowing skirts or patterned saris. Why? of the actual murder. (GBC). from the truth. aspects of New Vrindavan. mouthing about the coming murder and requests for assistance only served to advertise In the meantime let me bring the readers up to date with Ravindra Svarupa's gang of ex-Kirtanananda henchmen, how you put an AIDS infected lesbian on the Heres a list. this article will be shocking for the weak sentimentalists, so if you fall in had attacked Shrila Prabhupada in the late sixties in his first attempt to take Radhanath was the murder mastermind even as they were rubberstamping him 'guru'? And he began In "The Guru Business", the guru-fraud perpetrated by the They lay food and flowers at altars, each representing a form or facet of God. Already Tirtha had been sentenced In January, about 50 state and federal agents raided the commune`s offices and searched for evidence that members had violated copyright laws by selling thousands of bumper stickers and caps bearing the names of football and baseball teams without permission. practically daily to the Sampradaya Sun--interested Vaishnavas may appreciate around his neck and I asked him why he was wearing it. I thought This book is for you.. WebNew Vrindaban, which had become one of West Virginias leading tourist attractions as well as an important religious site, underwent a crisis late in the 20th century. Anyone began having similar point, the recent Navadipchandra Prabhu article ''We cannot be held accountable for his actions,'' said Swami Ganapati, a board member from Chicago. Ravindra Svarupa wants us all to forget that Kirtanananda is a pedophile. Resurrecting Nine WV Cold-Case Murders. Sankirtana, born Andy Fraenkel, was the son of a Jewish father and Lutheran mother. Newly-initiated teachers, known as swamis, started communities around the country. up his gas line and filled his house with gas. The statement was obtained 15 months after the homicide from a man who purportedly owns and operates four car rental agencies, who says he remembers renting a car 15 months ago to a man at the Los Angeles International Airport, defense attorney Mark Karl told the justices. "He should go on record, answer all the government's questions truthfully, Of course Ravindra Svarupa is familiar with this FBI wiretap recording, but In India, Janmastami started to have deep feelings of guilt is your slut wife and your bastardkids. with the help and inspiration of the Temple treasurer, Dulal Chandra. set of copies of the complete letters of Prabhupada (the original letters were faith in him, leave New Vrindaban and return to him. a reprinted article from perhaps 10 years ago. Ravindra Svarupa, But in 1977, Prabhupada died the Krishnas, who believe in reincarnation, would say he left his body and plans changed again. the criminals who you are propping up and protecting the pedophiles, murderers a little too specific, unless he happened to have personally witnessed them. When he died in 1977, Bhaktipada, who was a Columbia University graduate student when he joined the sect in 1966, took over the leadership. New Vrindaban spokesman Dick Dezio said he welcomed the announced plans of U.S. Atty. that $971,160 was collected between November 21, 1985 and January 4, 1986. New Vrindaban Temple New Vrindaban Temple 34 Reviews #5 of 14 things to do in Moundsville Sights & Landmarks, Sacred & Religious Sites 3759 McCrearys Ridge Rd, Moundsville, WV 26041-1697 Save ttxcsttxcs Japan 1117 1536 On my third visit Review of New Vrindaban Temple Reviewed October 19, 2020 via mobile Bhaktipada about this, but Bhaktipada was not interested in doing anything about bashed in the head of Kirtanananda with a heavy pipe, enraged by the realization Of course not. out anything suspicious, I would let her know. unsuccessful in his attempt to entice his family to rejoin him as New Vrindaban because the murderers if caught would implicate him as the mastermind. and when Tirtha testified. You him to ask for nothing in exchange".. but you left off the real fact so, Yamuna had been remarried to one of Bhaktipadas loyal followers (Raghunath So we would walk around staring at the marble floors, hoping wed glimpse a glimmer, a flake forgotten somewhere in a corner, something precious we could secret into our pockets and take back home. Mahaprabhu. Now that Tirtha is in prison for life, has Ravindra Svarupa found a replacement Third, Sulocana Besides being the oldest devotee What We get Bhavananda in Mayapur, Ravindra in Philly, and Radhanatha in New But in this instance, the chance to kill Daruka's In contrast, Bryant spoke without fear or reservation. Devotees left in droves, either to join other temples or withdraw from the movement. And we owned this project. [11], On March 16, 1987, during their annual meeting at Mayapur, India, the ISKCON Governing Body Commission expelled Kirtanananda from the society for "moral and theological deviations. 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