HH Lokanath Swami

Born in 1949 in Aravade, a village in Maharastra, India, Lokanäth Swami came into contact with Srila Prabhupäda at ISKCON’s first Hare Krishna festival in Bombay in 1971. As one of Srila Prabhupäda’s first Indian disciples, he received hari-näma initiation in 1972 and served in different positions at the ISKCON Juhu temple and in 1975 was awarded sannyäsa initiation.