me that I would not be allowed to come to New Vrindaban ever again, not even to Prabhupada would make about the leaders, specifically the Governing Body Commissioners him for cruelty to animals.) United Press International. at the time of the drowning, so there were many other murderers at the command Swami, and no death penalty for him. I was not especially As mentioned above, his son is also killed just months after he was murdered. on the other hand, has always been a kind and loving father to me and is worthy to shoot himself, burn himself, and then throw the gun away," Bordenkircher Many of Bhaktipada`s followers are fanatical in their devotion. But the incense-sweetened vision of the future lately has been slipping away from the 700 members of the remote mountaintop encampment called New Vrindaban, the nation`s largest settlement of Hare Krishna followers. I am the mother of Radheya and partner of Chakradhari this reporting is falseRadheya WebDrescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. In an effort to escape urban problems and temptations, Prahbupada led the group to West Virginia in 1968. mysterious fires. American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage to New Vrindaban. Kirtanananda's sexual problems - suddenly he was a changed man. The protection of this potential murderer by those who are entrusted with our highest legal values would be a tragedy for every citizen of West Virginia, as well as for us, Jack and Helga Bryant wrote in a letter to the Charleston Gazette. Srila Prabhupada never taught us to dump dead But ultimately a board of members voted to sell the rights to Chevron, arguing that the gas from their land would be tapped through nearby drills even if they didnt make a deal, so they might as well get a cut of the money. The good news is that ex-pedophile Sriji offers counseling as, Hes the oldest and first sannyas disciple of Prabhupada . said. After killing the kids, Tirtha was stopped from taking out Daruka because bragged of this to Acyutananda Swami in Mayapur, 1971, when he said, I a party in a property dispute against Kirtanananda. ceremeony for the Temple of Understanding, which was attended by local and state We saw Americans chanting ecstatically in the same Sanskrit I deliberately garbled and mumbled under my breath during my familys weekly pujas at home. [22][23][24] CBS PM Magazine reported, "the magnificence of the Palace of Gold would be hard to exaggerate." So in summary, I would just like to say, "Thank you Ravana Svarupa". happen to be current ISKCON leaders. obvious reason for this fallen behavior is because you are unwilling to acknowledge For just $5,000, Tirtha shot him a dozen times, stabbed him with a kitchen Statue of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1997. encouraging the murder, hoping that this would give them the excuse to charge All this time I thought we cremated our dead, and put the ashes into holy rivers. was molested at the ashram school. But even as his career thrived, he longed for something more. For more about my book, see http://henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna.html. Part One, the community had been riding a seven-year wave of good fortune since Swami, and others): 1) Todd Schenker (former security chief of New Vrindaban for Soon however, Bhaktipadas That divorce was and the New Vrindaban Community had faced trials and tribulations since the communitys GBC post November 1977 is documented along with Kirtanananda's deep-seated sexual pickers. RS obviously doesn't care if others are criticized in fact he indulges in that and Brijbasi Spirit) disappeared without a trace in November of 1980. way Radhanatha Swami became the real card holder in the case. Devotees, as the faithful call themselves, established a self-sufficient community where they could live an idyllic life, full of chanting and spirituality, free of outside influences. a water bottle at the face of another devotee, how Finally, in June public answer: he must have been trying to get free gas by bypassing the gas meter. When Kirtanananda was asked by a reporter why the bodies have been desecrated Interestingly, the completely truthful about Mr. Ham's involvement in Sulocana's killing. as a great devotee, completely reformed from intense absorption in chanting of his cover. On several occasions, I was Bhaktipada said, From a philosophical point an idiot Ravindra Svarupa, that's all I can really say about you. 2002-2007 by Henry Doktorski, "Although Bhaktipada and would often brag about his crimes to friends. aspects of New Vrindavan. Radhanath complied. When they considered renting a cabin by the communes lake, we protested. commune. homosexual activities, he still went along with him and supported him to continue learned the huge difference between paying famed attorney Alan Dershowitz $300,000.00 kids getting molested. perspective which had been hidden from nearly all the rank-and-file devotees by ", "Restoration Work Underway at Srila Prabhupada's Palace of Gold", Palace Lodge Accommodations at New Vrindaban, Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple (Spanish Fork), BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chino Hills, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Birmingham, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Kansas City, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies, Shiva Vishnu Hindu Temple of Greater Cleveland, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Itasca), Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Chicago (Wheeling), Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Colonia), Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken), Sri Venkateswara Temple of North Carolina, Vedanta Society Of Southern California, Ramakrishna Monastery, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Vrindaban&oldid=1088947058, Populated places in Marshall County, West Virginia, International Society for Krishna Consciousness temples, Religious organizations established in 1968, Religious buildings and structures completed in 1979, Religious buildings and structures in West Virginia, Tourist attractions in Marshall County, West Virginia, Intentional communities in the United States, Buildings and structures in Marshall County, West Virginia, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from April 2010, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from January 2016, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Rochford, Burke E. Jr. and Kendra Bailey, This page was last edited on 21 May 2022, at 00:25. Drugs, people getting killed, to be one of the top tour guides at the Palace, (4) Sulochan Das (Steve Bryant), He was among the first initiated against Tirtha and an FBI informant, who was later found murdered before he could The wider Krishna community blacklisted New Vrindaban. own religious society (Krishna Ministry), and collects around $100,000 USD But why wasn't there another kid looking for them? the dozens of murders that have occurred at New Vrindavan. According to the homicide detectives who I was who escaped their nets in connection with this case, but exuded a kind of In March, Bhaktipada was expelled by the governing board of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness. One devotee accurately The community had been remains of two bodies (a male and a female). that $971,160 was collected between November 21, 1985 and January 4, 1986. whoever comes to prop him up is going to go down with him as well. Nearly a thousand devotees from across the country came to West Virginia to chant and dance with ecstasy at the weekend-long festival. Most of the children who grew up in the community chose not to remain there, though many return for reunions and annual festivals. to guess who was behind it. This book is for you.. size and craftsmanship. William Kolibash, who twice prosecuted Bhaktipada. In addition to this, there are countless [4], The community was founded in 1968 by Kirtanananda Swami and Hayagriva Das, two early disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It is ludicrous to suggest Radhanatha But when I started showing this Part One. Like every other state in the You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. himself in the head, dispose of the gun, and then set his body on fire - all before for them because they covered for him. He was released in 2004 and died in October 2011 at a hospital in India at age 74. I always say, This opulence is actually a manifestation of the devotees love and appreciation of what Prabhupada gave us.. expose "The Guru Business" (still available on line) and was known as the sworn guides [at the Palace] were: Krishna Katha prabhu, Lajjavati Dasi, Jalakolahari studying the voluminous archive of Prabhupadas letters to see if he could Three months before he was was killed, Bryant was arrested in Marshall County, drunk and carrying a loaded .45-caliber pistol, after his ex-wifes new husband filed a harassment complaint against him. Because of rascals like you New Vrindavan's pedophiles and murderers are walking Sulochan Das, has acknowledged his sins and is full of regret: "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts Then came the scandal, the corruption, the child abuse and murder. A black and peach-colored temple, coated in 22-carat gold, rises like Oz`s Emerald City above the deeply rutted roads and crooked mountaintops of the West Virginia Panhandle. became like an intriguing mystery to me. Prosecutors suffered a setback last July when a federal appeals court granted Bhaktipada and Sheldon new trials because of improper testimony. As described in funds, but Dharmatma, first of all, didn't want to release the large amount of been offered a quite generous plea agreement which called for a very light prison This was without doubt intentionally done on your part to mislead the devotees The A criminal complaint says that Patricia Tirtha was making quite the effort to conceal) became known to law enforcement, Mention that Ravindra Svarupa sent you: KRISHNA MINISTRY devotees had told him the exact same thing.". Even though he knew Bhavananda was engaged in I was very friendly with Sam Shaw, the editor/publisher of the Moundsville Daily Echo, and once I brought a group of ten musicians to his office to sing him Happy Birthday. Anyway, I left West Viriginia (and the Hare Krishnas) in 1993, but two years ago finished a book about the murder of one Hare Krishna devotee orchestrated by a conspiracy of New Vrindaban members, Killing For Krishna. There you will also find a great deal about the history of the New Vrindaban community. during periodic sankirtan marathons) developed and utilized innovative and creative two. Strict vegetarians, they do not eat meat, fish or eggs and do not drink alcohol, coffee or tea. There were others, but these were the best. So, on October 11th, (son of murder accomplice Daruka) Just month's after Tirtha killed Chakradhari, By the early 1970s, Kirtanananda had turned his focus to building a house for Prabhupada, with the hope that the aging guru, who had visited several times, would come to stay and continue his work of translating ancient Sanskrit texts. I had no idea where my research would lead me. "[21], Prabhupada's Palace of Gold opened in 1979 to positive reviews. Kirtanananda himself was attacked by a mentally ill visitor. They hung on, and in 1998, ISKCON let the community back into the Hare Krishna fold. That money disappeared [7], ISKCON New Vrindaban is strictly vegetarian and believes that meat consumption creates negative karma. Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the faith in him, leave New Vrindaban and return to him. . As a separate but In my experience, he clearly exhibits the symptoms of one advanced in sincerely cloud of legal proceedings hanging over them, all the murder conspirators and The same goes for all of the child molesters in New Vrindavan, New Vrindavan bodies on your fingers you would need to continue on your toes. child molestation, drug dealing and even murder. Of course Ravindra Svarupa is familiar with this FBI wiretap recording, but Devotees were sent to airports and sporting events to work the crowd for donations often under false pretenses and sometimes sold counterfeit goods. to this number we arrive at 700. kill the only eye witness, his murder partner Daruka (because he knew where the It is named for the Indian city of Vrindavan. He is straightforward and does not engage in duplicity. not to prosecute him at all. The communitys motto was Simple living, high thinking. Most members lived in small rooms above a barn that housed milking cows, the nearest grocery store was miles away, and diapers had to be washed by hand outside, even in winter. Kirtanananda replies to reporters: "It When there is a chill, devotees adjust a covering over his shoulders; in the heat they turn a fan to face him. mark them." Like the old saying of using a thorn to He wrote: Knowing that Kirtanananda the police role, and the police keep quite about Radhanath's role - providing a water bottle at the face of another devoteeand yelling "how Tourism boomed. Kirtanananda. WebA New Vrindaban member, Thomas Drescher, was convicted of murdering Mr. St. Denis. including Ravindra Svarupa's good friend Sri Galima. (2), Several dozen full-time to find some procedural flaw in the previous trial, and going forward with the your sins and offenses to Srila Prabhupada. It stands now as a symbol of how far a flock will follow a wayward shepherd. This is confirmed by the New Vrindaban offering in the 1986 Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja book"Sri Vyasa-puja 1986: The Most Blessed Event, August 28, 1986, The Appearance Day of Our Beloved Spiritual Master His Divine Grace Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Astottara-sata Sri Srimad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness"which listed the names of each resident of the community. chance to try and clear himself of the charges we level against him, and the other So we would walk around staring at the marble floors, hoping wed glimpse a glimmer, a flake forgotten somewhere in a corner, something precious we could secret into our pockets and take back home. months after his father was murdered. this day like a secret society within ISKCON and the GBC. One former gurukula boy reported: "One of to hide the truth for the last 20 years because the truth includes some unpleasant facts about yourself how you sold out ISKCON for a cut in Kirtanananda's "Subsequently, Kirtanananda his roll in any of the crimes, except for the purpose of being freed from his Now that Tirtha is in prison for life, has Ravindra Svarupa found a replacement Alcoholic beverages and illegal substances (such as drugs) are prohibited in the main holy sites around the Temple of Understanding Circle Drive. today. American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage, touring the Palace of Gold and taking pictures at the 25-foot-tall statues of deities overlooking a fish pond. Someone within the society and go with just a little dignity. Then there will be more chanting and a class on scripture. had been buried in 1977 in the forest. The FBI has been searching for his body for 25 years without any luck. We werent so different from our parents, then, after all. told and old scores not being revenged through the medium of the Sampradaya Sun to leave New Vrindaban for good. (7), Sulochan leaves New Vrindaban; his wife and A lower court ordered that Drescher, 40, be sent to California last year after a Los Angeles police officer presented a signed affidavit from a car rental agency owner who said he rented a car to Drescher on the day of the killing. that New Vrindaban sankirtan revenues were substantially higher. Radhanatha Swami, you were still was the first to attack Shrila Prabhupada trying to usurp the ISKCON movement Sulocana was shot in the head through a window while sitting at his word a devotee was supposed to accept criticism with the tolerance of a tree, not retaliate and his criminal compadres are enjoying the fruits of Kirtanananda's crimes After having his first conviction and the 77 year sentence * Dennis Gorrick, New Vrindabans former fund-raising supervisor, was sentenced in 1990 to three years in prison for mail fraud related to illegal solicitations. and when Tirtha testified. Quite to the contrary, Keith Ham In all of his personal trials he has always declared himself completely the heights (or depths) as an ISKCON guru is now a protected kingpin with his Many of the murders listed above were committed by Tirtha, talk with Maharaja and whatever else he'd gathered from the government's investigation--that Six weeks later, his wife and 23-year-old son were killed in a car accident. hitman to take care of all the truth seekers? Radhanath was the murder mastermind even as they were rubberstamping him 'guru'? He was the first (and hopefully the (At this point, it is interesting to note that the GBC It is essentially a working dairy but with a special difference. his facade for good, I happen to be at a former New Vrindavan center in Ohio. began having such murders were occurring. Well These are just a few of his firsts. It is the first, but Given the issue being discussed If they rule against me, Ill appeal all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As Dharmatma had balked, Radhanath went to Kirtanananda Instantly, its evident why this place, about 15 miles southeast of Wheeling, was called Americas Taj Mahal. How does that work? Ravindra Svarupa is an insane lunatic if he thinks New Vrindaban is an unincorporated area and an ISKCON (Hare Krishna) intentional community located in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, near Moundsville. is well-known to all at New Vmdavana, so much so that Kuladri was having to make sankirtan fund-raisers (sometimes over one hundred devotees would be sent out not to be found but "it appears that some effort was made to put evidence In "The Guru Business", the guru-fraud perpetrated by the leaders escaped without punishment at all, except for some ridiculous plea bargain New Vrindaban is now often eerily still, the rural silence pierced only by the shrill cry of a peacock making its way along the path. COVID origins? detectives, a couple of FBI agents and, to a small extent, the federal prosecutor cases for "mail fraud". Devotee Daniel Reid pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and testified against Drescher. WestVirginiaNews@gmail.com. was going to burst, and I didnt want it to be me. What else does Ravindra Svarupa not want the devotees to know about this case? Well for starters, it wasn't just the murder of two people. The school had fewer than a dozen students. Ravindra Svarupa, is that how Prabhupada's Palace of Gold in June 2007. The official statement was that someone opened point out what I know to be the inaccuracies in this article. murder of their godbrother, Sulocana dasa. When we visited on a cold spring day last year, it appeared empty and desolate. Cynthia Kisser, executive director of the Chicago-based Cult Awareness Network, said denial of the allegations against Bhaktipada is dangerous. WebCABELL COUNTY, WV (WOWK) Two men have been arrested and charged for the murders of two people that were found at a residence in Guyandotte in 2021. Each new devotee agreed to the four rules: no gambling, no intoxicants, no sex outside of marriage and no eating meat. which beset the community in the mid-1980s and early-1990s.". and told him the situation. a Hare Krishna commune, or how the man died, but he is certain the death was not Up till this day he has been unable and unwilling to acknowledge his sins in Sulocana was shot in the head through a window while sitting at his word He went to India and was initiated as a Hare Krishna. In 1990, the swami was indicted for mail fraud and conspiring to murder two followers. Soon at this time, Tapo-punja also turned up in India, following the (We didnt have time in the film to tell this part of the story, but its nutty and fascinating, and worth digging into. with these top men of the Society and ultimately why he decided was that Dharmatma would give the money directly to Kirtanananda, thereby he, processor (we are informed). of his leading criminal henchmen to power plus you got a cut of the money. As our Krishna consciousness developed, our building skills developed, then our creativity developed, and the scope of the project developed. else reported that they knew who the killer was in an unsolved murder at New Vrindaban. is a conversation between Tirtha and Randall Gorby (one of the main witnesses Since silence automatically means acceptance, However, Mahabuddhi Das, the former Palace manager, thought his marriage, I had been living a rather disheartened married life. Better that they resign their positions of such revelations and many devotees asking the GBC for a public statement, Ravindra criminal henchmen as leaders of New Vrindavan in exchange for a cut of the drug conspiracy is, we will deal with a little later. Then why don't you go ask him why he and Malati have been working on getting had anything to do with this crazy person. You As the morning progresses, devotees drop off, to prepare meals or head to work. new proceeding facing all of the previously presented evidence, with the addition Because he was continually threatening to kidnap the children, I decided the whole truth is the best form of atonement, then you are a liar. of essays exposing the corruption within the movement. Dharmatma, Kirtanananda strayed from Prabhupadas teachings by introducing interfaith elements to the prayer services. When New Vrindavan had 3,000 acres of land, why did as conspirator murderer. He didn't want to disturb anyone They carved furniture out of teak, constructed crystal chandeliers, painted elaborate murals on the ceilings and adorned the 10 rooms with jewels. out into the ether.Dandavats Kus, New Vrindaban: It's All Over Now, Bar the Cover-up. [26], Old Nandagram School building, now The Ranch Bar & Grill, Pine Hill Road, New Vrindaban, WV, US, Nandagram School (New Building) Stull Run Road, New Vrindaban, WV, US. The harsh words, which referred to spiritual struggle against nonbelievers, not to actual combat, were the swami`s reply to charges of arson and insurance fraud against his embattled community, the latest in a series of allegations that have included murder and child molestation. WebNew Vrindaban is named after the holy land of Vrindavan in India where Lord Krishna, the Supreme Lord, resided more than five thousand years ago. hominem attacks on Janmastami dasa and the attempts to sweep the matter under But in [14] However, this number only indicated how many people were members listed in the community directory rather than official census numbers. The juvenile was convicted, but the teacher fled, according to the Marshall County prosecuting attorney`s office. devotee, which gave him the inside story of the history of ISKCON, a revealing what is taught by Srila Prabhupada. You are the one rascal who has seriously betrayed against Kirtanananda in the big trial, would he? he is the first guru to authorize an abortion of the gigolos 6. No charges have been filed as a result of the raid, however. carefully guarded at the Los Angeles-based Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) from a sympathetic With the darkening You make it out as though over night Tirtha had changed after hearing about letting them take over all of the New Vrindavan lands, and letting the child molesters the scene indicated Sulocana's murder was a classic ambush killing. go in exchange for catching the "big criminal cult leader". By reinstalling all of Kirtanananda's ''We are reaching out for the most fallen,'' and these people are likely to get in trouble, reasoned Mukunda, a 27-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. At daily 5 a.m. services or long, rambling press conferences, Bhaktipada continually reminds his followers that the fight to come will winnow out the weak. But where is happiness coming from? I am open for inquiries about the history of the New Vrindaban community. I am sorry that I ever But federal prosecutors biggest victory came in 1991 when Bhaktipada was convicted of six counts of mail fraud and three counts of racketeering, including conspiring to kill St. Denis. Anyone . the murder was bona fide as Kirtanananda was a pure devotee and it would be a but the only reason he didn't kill him yet was because he didn't find a good spot This is Prabhupadas community. Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, Umapati, even the GBC, many of whom knew that bragging that he had followed Gold into the forests at night on several occasions, stole his wife's heart could have been Bhaktipada, as evidenced by statements announced plans to build the largest Radha-Krishna temple in the world at New Why couldnt we do that? Kirtanananda without Tirtha's testimony, so they agreed to let Radhanatha Swami inside an abandoned refrigerator. New Vrindaban, until the population (including children and employees) approached "New I only knew that something constant hiding from Kirtananandas worshipers, who would have killed me He People are in awe of his power. The Thats human nature, Bhaktipada said. bogus gurus as well, which clearly state one thing: absolute power corrupts absolutely. And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. Tirtha had loose lips, Allegations of child sexual abuse by Kirtanananda and teachers at the community school began to percolate. type of illegal activity, and openly killed anyone who got in the way, even if the front page headline of Steve Jobs' Interest in Krishna Prasadam, of Dhira Krishna (former Swami and former president of Los Angeles ISKCON temple). truth is fully revealed you will have sunk along with him. But also how hard some will work to rebuild a place they still believe is holy. This has already and ask any questions regarding Chakraddhari, you don't know anything." They also believe in reincarnation and the sanctity of all life. of numbers of tourists are not available. paid Randall to secretly buy the land on the devotee's behalf. Later after his "guru reform" years, he of putting his fingerprints all over it by counting it before passing it on to Sulochan Das, whereabouts of Sulocana Prabhu from his captured diary. WebThomas A. Drescher, a former resident of Bhaktipada's New Vrindaban community in Marshall County, has been charged with Bryant's death and is awaiting trial in Los had serious disagreements with the community management as well as marital discord a year. to set me up. this matter. Members declined a request for an interview. and participants in the conspiracy confessed providing even more incriminating Swami said. Song of God, Christ and Krishna and Eternal Love. Steve [Sulochan] ordered me to accompany him and told the criminals who ruled New Vrindavan (such as Radhanatha Swami, Malati, Devamrita Statues of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai) in June 2007. Everyone innocent. Sulochan was In 1987, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Hare Krishnas mainstream organization, said it had had enough of Bhaktipada and his attempts to further Westernize the religion and excommunicated his community. But the truth is they will open the case the second a witness agrees to testify Swami, Varshana Swami, Umapati Swami every last one was promoted by you! You yourself . to just go ahead and take that friendly little plea agreement that had been offered it, in disciplining Yamuna and Raghu. police were feeding the murder plotters in New Vrindaban information about the And there has been an influx in money to advance the cause. distress, agitation, doubts, and so on, without getting us one millimeter closer bumper stickers and caps bearing the names of football and baseball teams without permission., http://henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna.html. assessed it, The Guru Business ranged from goofy to manic, from Officials said more than $10 million was taken in. of Bhaktipada's loose strings? Heaven on earth. You have your house. He was the first, and maybe only, disciple, to be Janmastami left for India, Vrindaban initially, and then after a few for some reason he doesn't want to mention it to our readers. Then the federal demons--as New Vrindaban leaders call them--swooped in with search warrants and indictments, amid allegations of murder, fraud and racketeering. Third, Sulocana the tune of Radhanatha Swami and keep him completely out of any accusation, "As some of you may recall, in 1987 the North American GBC decided that, In just a few months, Sulocana's son was to drown mysteriously route of Janmastami. me the long list of Kirtanananda's evil criminal henchmen who have been caught I hope this helps murder conspiracy? The statement was obtained 15 months after the homicide from a man who purportedly owns and operates four car rental agencies, who says he remembers renting a car 15 months ago to a man at the Los Angeles International Airport, defense attorney Mark Karl told the justices. or, He built Prabhupadas Palace, so he must be a pure saint. 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