Overview

The Los Angeles Hare Krishna temple was first established in 1970 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Srila Prabhupada personally performed the opening ceremony for the temple at this location. Srila Prabhupada spent much of his time here during the late 60's and early 70's, translating books and lecturing on the Vedic philosophy of Bhagavad-gita, and Srimad-Bhagavatam. He considered the Los Angeles temple to be the western world headquarters for his ISKCON society.

The temple has 8 buildings for accommodating devotees and two large buildings which house the temple, buffet and gift store. It is one of ISKCON's largest temples, and features an excellent standard of deity worship. We also have a large multi-media exhibit depicting scenes from the Bhagavad-gita. Los Angeles temple is home to the North American division of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the publishing wing of ISKCON. From this office all of Srila Prabhupada's books are published and distributed to temples throughout North America.

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