He was born in the village
of Jagannatha-pura near Orissa, India as Braja-bandhu.By the age of
eight, Braja-bandhu had read the entire Bhagavad-gita,
Srimad-bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and could also
explain their meanings. On April 8th, 1974, at the age of 45 he
left home and relatives in quest of spiritual perfection. Carrying
only a Bhagavad-gita and a begging bowl he wandered around India
for one year and visited many sacred places along the river Ganges.
He was searching for that person who could help him develop a true
understanding of the maha-mantra. In 1975, at the opening of
ISKCON’s Krishna-Balaram Temple in Vrindavana, A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami accepted him as a disciple, gave him the name Gour Govinda
and awarded him the sannyasa order, thus the name Srila Gour
Govinda Swami. He is a saint within ISKCON. During his life, Gour
Govinda Swami preached for ISKCON in Orissa. He worked to establish
an ISKCON temple in Bhubaneswar, as he was instructed to do so by
his guru in 1977. He an author of many research papers and
translated his guru's books into the Oriya language. He left in
1996 while in Mayapur. during a discussion about topics on Lord
Jagannath and is remembered in annual ISKCON festivals.Visit website
