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Dehradun: Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj, one of the most senior monks of ISKCON and the President of the Governing Council (IGC) of ISKCON India, died in Dehradun on Sunday morning. Receiving this news, a wave of mourning spread among the devotees and the temples of the organization including Vrindavan and the world. The mortal remains of Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj were brought to Vrindavan on Monday. Here in the ISKCON temple, it was kept near Prabhupad’s Samadhi for the last darshan from 8.30 am. After this, Samadhi will be given near the temple’s cowshed.
According to the information given by Brijdham Das, the official of ISKCON Temple, Vrindavan, he has lakhs of devotees all over the world. Those devotees have come to the ISKCON temple in Vrindavan for the last darshan. There is a wave of mourning among the devotees due to his death. Let us tell you that Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj had reached the foundation stone laying program of the temple at Dudhli on May 2. Here he suddenly slipped and fell. Due to this, his lungs were punctured. He was undergoing treatment at Synergy Hospital for three days. He breathed his last on Sunday morning.
Born in 1944 in New Delhi, Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj was a brilliant student. He 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 has dedicated himself to sharing the teachings of Lord Krishna and Sanatana Dharma with the world for the peace and well-being of all.
