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Śrīla Prabhupāda in Media

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During Śrīla Prabhupāda's worldwide preaching mission, his activities, teachings, and growing Hare Kṛṣṇa movement attracted considerable attention from newspapers, magazines, and other media around the world. These contemporary reports offer a window into how Śrīla Prabhupāda and his movement were seen and described at the time.

This collection preserves scanned articles, newspaper reports, magazine features, and other media coverage of Śrīla Prabhupāda. Dating primarily from the years of his active preaching, these original sources provide valuable historical insights into his travels, public activities, teachings, disciples, temples, and the rapidly expanding movement he founded. Rather than looking back through the perspective of later generations, these articles allow us to encounter Śrīla Prabhupāda through the eyes and words of the media of his own time. Since this is an ongoing Vanipedia project, more media clippings will be added as they are discovered.

Between 1968 and 1977, Śrīla Prabhupāda masterfully answered questions from journalists, television hosts, and radio broadcasters across the globe. Go beyond the printed headlines and read the exact exchanges as they happened. This collection of 73 original audio files with transcripts captures Śrīla Prabhupāda’s global press conferences and interviews, showcasing his fearless and compassionate conversations with the media of his time.