Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader, scientist, writer and poet
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Place of Birth: Manipur, India
About Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami
- Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaja (9 December 1937 – 2 October 2006), also known as Dr.
- Thoudam Damodara Singh, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader, scientist, writer and poet.
- In 1971 he received spiritual initiation from A.
- C.
- Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
- A few years later he became one of the religious leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (also known as the Hare Krishna Movement).For more than thirty years he was the international director of the Bhaktivedanta Institute which promotes the study of the relationship between science and Vedanta.
- Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaja was a pioneer in "advancing the dialogue on synthesis of science and spirituality throughout the world".
- He was a co-founder and regional director of United Religions Initiative, a member of Metanexus Institute and founding rector of University of Bhagavata Culture (2000) in the State of Manipur (India).
- He authored and edited several books and organised a number of significant conferences and world congresses around the world, where a number of prominent scientists and religious leaders including several Nobel Laureates participated.
- He was the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Bhaktivedanta Institute entitled, Savijnanam: Scientific Exploration for a Spiritual Paradigm.
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