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Dehradun: On Sunday, one of the most senior monks of ISKCON and the chairman of the Governing Council of ISKCON India Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj died in Dehradun. He breathed his last at around 9:30 am. The news of his death has caused a wave of mourning among the devotees.
Let us tell you that Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj had reached the foundation stone laying ceremony of the temple at Dudhli on May 2. According to the information, he suddenly slipped and fell due to this, his lungs were punctured. He was being treated at Synergy Hospital for three days. He breathed his last this morning.
The hospital’s MD Kamal Garg has confirmed this. Devotees will be able to have his last darshan at 3:30 pm at the ISKCON temple in Delhi. Tomorrow his body will be taken to Vrindavan. Its time has not been decided yet. He was born in New Delhi in 1944.
Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj was a brilliant student who was awarded two scholarships to study at Sorbonne University (France) and McGill University (Canada). He met his guru and ISKCON founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada in Canada in 1968 and since then he has dedicated himself to sharing the teachings of Lord Krishna and Sanatana Dharma with the world for the peace and well-being of all.
