His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Maharaj appeared on the auspicious day of Ekadasi, on August 14, 1944
in New Delhi, India. After graduating from the Delhi University, His
Holiness studied Business Management at the University of Paris and later obtained his Master's degree in Business
Administration from the McGill University in Canada. His Holiness Gopal Krishna
Maharaj's life changed dramatically after he met Srila Prabhupada on June 1, 1968. In two weeks he knew
that he would accept him as his spiritual master. After
taking a formal initiation from Prabhupada on May 22, 1969, he got fully
involved serving him. Srila Prabhupada sent him to India after he had
served him as his personal secretary in 1975. His Holiness was appointed
the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON, India, where he utilized
his talents for promoting Srila Prabhupada's transcendental books.
In 1982, His Holiness took sannyasa, the vedic order of renunciation.
His Holiness is an initiating guru and GBC of more than 30 temples around the
world with disciples in Russia, America, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa,
etc. Under his leadership, the book distribution and temple
constructions have taken a great stride which is very pleasing to Srila
Prabhupada. Some of his key contributions are the Glory of India (Radha
Parthasarathi temple, New Delhi), Heaven on Earth (Radha Rasabihari
temple, Mumbai) apart from twelve plus temples in Delhi-NCR region and
several in Mumbai.