MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - Swami Bhaktipada, who built a massive farm community and a Palace of Gold that became the crown jewel of the U.S. Hare Krishna movement before scandals and criminal charges ...

Swami Bhaktipada, a former leader of the American Hare Krishna movement who built a sprawling golden paradise for his followers in the hills of Appalachia but who later pleaded guilty to federal ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Swami Bhaktipada, who built a massive farm community and a Palace of Gold that became the crown jewel of the US Hare Krishna movement before scandals and criminal charges led to ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Swami Bhaktipada, the disgraced former leader of a West Virginia Hare Krishna community, has died in India. He was 74. Spokesman Henry Doktorski said Bhaktipada was hospitalized in ...

Swami Bhaktipada, who built a massive farm community and a Palace of Gold that became the crown jewel of the U.S. Hare Krishna movement before scandals and criminal charges led to his downfall, died ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Swami Bhaktipada, who built a massive farm community and a Palace of Gold that became the crown jewel of the U.S. Hare Krishna movement before scandals and criminal charges led to ...

A former Hare Krishna leader accused of using murder and beatings to discipline his followers, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering. Swami Bhaktipada got the maximum possible term, ...

Swami Bhaktipada’s career as America’s foremost Hare Krishna leader began when he established the movement’s opulent headquarters in rural West Virginia in the late 1960s. It ended two decades later ...

A former leader of the U.S. Hare Krishna movement - forced to flee to India in disgrace after being convicted of racketeering and his implication in the killing of two devotees - has died of kidney ...

The hot-pink flyer reads, “Even your mom would be comfortable staying here.” Sure, if she’s into bongo drums, chanting and eating rabbit food blessed by a convicted felon. Hidden in the heart of the ...