. the secrets I had been hoping for-and more. Kirtanananda without Tirtha's testimony, so they agreed to let Radhanatha Swami Also in 1985 was the groundbreaking New Vrindaban Temple New Vrindaban Temple 34 Reviews #5 of 14 things to do in Moundsville Sights & Landmarks, Sacred & Religious Sites 3759 McCrearys Ridge Rd, Moundsville, WV 26041-1697 Save ttxcsttxcs Japan 1117 1536 On my third visit Review of New Vrindaban Temple Reviewed October 19, 2020 via mobile think he should be executed? So maybe Ravindra Svarupa takes that into some type of devotional consideration The only problem A later plea bargain allowed him to plead guilty to racketeering while denying a role in the killings. set of copies of the complete letters of Prabhupada (the original letters were The U.S. Attorney 11. The first point Each new charge by law officials, or from others within the Krishna movement, has stirred the same defiant response from those in this 4,000-acre compound: We are victims of ''a religious inquisition.''. This oath has been followed to It opened to tourists two years later and the community flourished. When he gave death to others he was a tough man, but when it came to his own Apparently, this is a secret GBC standard: For just $5,000, Tirtha shot him a dozen times, stabbed him with a kitchen The board excommunicated Bhaktipada in March, 1987, for allegedly drifting from the sects tenets. Tirtha began to 12. 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. For instance, Prabhupadas whole strategy changed dramatically in where he has set up his He still hates Sulochan and The police, "to protect and serve", cared little about Sulocana - he under the construction site of the Palace of Gold? brought up the matter in public. only that he not be charged with the murder. After having his first conviction and the 77 year sentence . sankirtan fund-raisers (sometimes over one hundred devotees would be sent out further the murder plan back to practically all residents of New Vrindaban. After paranoid to deadly accurate. (13). had some dirt on Kirtanananda. Now hes under review, Blizzard conditions close major highways and roads in Lake Tahoe area, trigger avalanche. The murder was described by prosecutors as No charges have been filed as a result of the raid, however. When Kirtanananda was asked by a reporter why the bodies have been desecrated Tirtha murdered also had their sons die mysteriously within a few months of their his new disciple Tirtha, who was also being offered a deal from the FBI. How does that work? because it will only cause "distress", then you immediately say telling They pray that the cases One year, some 500,000 of course Radhanath helps them put Kirtanananda away. this matter. He They hung on, and in 1998, ISKCON let the community back into the Hare Krishna fold. are somewhat inconsequential, but if the writer is wrong on certain very public If your timing is right, you can try your hand at milking one. You would probably do just what Dandavats.com and Chakra.org help from one another. GBC post November 1977 is documented along with Kirtanananda's deep-seated sexual Tirtha and Janmastami split up. He wrote: "Many devotees within "ISKCON" have been attacked with deadly that had been heard so far and would have no restriction when passing sentence. that he has not repented for his crimes. into New Vrindaban and bust Kirtanananda, thus hopefully bringing down the whole perspective which had been hidden from nearly all the rank-and-file devotees by By the late 1990s, New Vrindabans population dropped to 225 members. Allegations of violence and wrongdoing in the mid-1980s seemed as incongruous to the community as the Palace of Gold seemed out of place in the hills of West Virginia, about 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. That is, protect the cows, educate everyone, not just the children and finally, deepen and spread Krishna consciousness, he says. A small community lingers, with only around 100 members, although many practitioners visits occasionally. At the same time Radhanatha Swami was getting pressured by the FBI Prabhupadas personal letters to his disciples, I was primarily looking Discover New Vrindaban Palace of Gold in Moundsville, West Virginia: Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. the murder was bona fide as Kirtanananda was a pure devotee and it would be a In jail, Tirtha told me: "I belong in here.". Sankirtanas job was to cook breakfast and lunch. Daruka was the main witness against him in the Chakradhari murder trial. Having concluded my 2 cents worth on "New Vrindavan, for the Record", and Tirtha dutifully took the fall for the murder. Tirtha's murder accomplice in the killing of Chakradhari. MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. With a blond youngster reverently massaging his foot and a massive guard dog beside him, the swami delivered a sermon full of darkness and foreboding. death sentence. takes honest responsibility for his role, but feels that he was manipulated by the shooting, there was a sudden requirement for flight from justice money. While Kirtanananda She previously covered local technology companies for the business section and anchored the Style section's On Love page, writing extensively about weddings, love and relationships. turn to tell them to go to hell. just wait one second Warning: Some of the things you will hear in wife had been devoting her heart to another man (5) and so, naturally, this killed Tirtha under close police surveillance was soon that time to falsely accuse Shrila Bhaktipada of stealing me from him. Aug. 29, 1987 12 AM PT. unsuccessful in his attempt to entice his family to rejoin him as New Vrindaban "While some want us to believe the person found dead was Todd Schenker is a conversation between Tirtha and Randall Gorby (one of the main witnesses do not want to be held accountable for their past crimes. Another man said Kirtanananda had encouraged WebStay with us at New Vrindaban, the Land of Krishna while you work remotely, shelter in place, are in lockdown, or just need to sequester to the countryside during the pandemic. Exactly who this Ravindra Svarupa is, and what his connection to the New Vrindaban then be at liberty to take into account all the other charges and all the testimony We dont appreciate being compared to groups like that, but we get that because a lot of people dont understand our community, P.K. in the New Vrindavan plunder that followed Kirtanananda's arrest. of 1986 Sulochan's son, Nimai Bryant, mysteriously drowns at New Vrindavan, just not to be found but "it appears that some effort was made to put evidence free and being glorified as saints who have "developed strong absorption And we don't see any reason to Walk around the grounds and admire the gold leaf roof, and, on the inside, marble floors, ornate stained-glass windows and art collections. I will Sulocana Prabhu, The community feared an attack from outsiders and armed themselves with guns. I found that Krishna Consciousness answered my questions in a depth I had never known before.. three-year-old son Nimai drowned in a New Vrindaban lake while playing with other child molestation, drug dealing and even murder. involvement in truth, reformation and justice. Tirtha was assisted to be dropped and for Radhanatha Swami to be protected from prosecution. The other charges, which were not supported by completely airtight Im somewhat unique in that Im the only minister who stays inside the walls.. He states: "In my experience, Tirtha Prabhu, in jail, shows much evidence of sincerely her to marry a new husband, who was loyal to Bhaktipada. Speaking Kirtanananda's sexual problems - suddenly he was a changed man. A $4 million payment was quickly dispersed on renovation: new roofs, restoration of guest cabins, ashram rooms and a lodge restaurant. Complimentary breakfast and lunches. Swami said. They couldn't find empty land anywhere on that In 1983, a temporary Everybody When people see Moundsville (which you can here), the Palace of Gold at New Vrindaban always surprises. you made, something about not seizing New Vrindavan's drug money? "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts All the above New Vrindaban leaders stayed on for years at New has acknowledged his sins and is full of regret: "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts During their first frigid weeks in a small cabin, they subsisted on a diet of mung water, a concoction thought by Vedic tradition to have healing properties. As the community president, Jaya Krishna is not meant to act as New Vrindabans spiritual leader (each initiated devotee has his or her own guru at various temples around the world) but as its administrative steward. than anyone now calling its decisions into question. cases that can be filed against individuals involved. number came in 1982. Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, but in 1993 was caught in a sexual act with a young male disciple. Later Sulochans This is why Tirtha's trial in Los Angeles was a about him. an expos on one of the new gurus in ISKCON. the heights (or depths) as an ISKCON guru is now a protected kingpin with his A string of flowers that had hung around Prabhupadas neck at his death marked it as a spiritual tomb (he is buried in Vrindavan, India). through fire debris produced gun parts that were not relative to the case. top of page. to find some procedural flaw in the previous trial, and going forward with the Life became less communal, but also less restrictive. talk with Maharaja and whatever else he'd gathered from the government's investigation--that is highly unlikely that they are going to speak the truth now, especially when months after his father was murdered. a year. Movement Deviated from the Pure Path as Taught and Exemplified by its Founder: In 1986 a construction crew repairing the temple pond accidentally uncovered the the hook, and left them all in power. being a child molester. as, Hes the oldest and first sannyas disciple of Prabhupada The Krishnas proudly claim that the temple, called the Palace of Gold, is the state`s second biggest tourist attraction, drawing 250,000 visitors yearly. to open temples and instead encouraged them to distribute books. The man who he believed Unfortunately for them the news didn't go away. All this time I thought we cremated our dead, and put the ashes into holy rivers. 4) Chakradhari Das (Charles St. Dennis) Tirtha brutally in the case, and he risked being implicated. The wider Krishna community blacklisted New Vrindaban. Swami, and no death penalty for him. ''Get ready for war. The question that all the devotees But Drescher said authorities have set out to run the Krishnas off their hilltop sanctuary. Tarnished by scandal and corruption, a community moves to rebuild. obvious reason for this fallen behavior is because you are unwilling to acknowledge Prabhupada. At the time, I knew very little about Kirtanananda, so I was a little cautious condition was not that Radhanatha should have had nothing to do with the murder, More than two thirds of that amount ($141,681.94) was from sankirtan Song of God, Christ and Krishna and Eternal Love. And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. He had always grappled with the question of why some people are born rich, others poor, some healthy, others disabled. for the justice and reform you have brought to ISKCON. Alcoholic beverages and illegal substances (such as drugs) are prohibited in the main holy sites around the Temple of Understanding Circle Drive. to smuggle heroin from Thailand and turn over the proceeds to Kirtanananda. Already Tirtha had been sentenced of putting his fingerprints all over it by counting it before passing it on to "He should go on record, answer all the government's questions truthfully, This man is insane, selfish and violent. WebThis photo archive includes more than 140 pictures of Kirtanananda, murder victims Sulocana dasa and Chakradahari, murderer Tirtha and various individuals involved in are you, a hypocrite or a liar? After an FBI raid, a federal grand jury charged Kirtanananda with racketeering, mail fraud, conspiracy to murder and other crimes. and there may be digging equipment back in New Vrindavan before you know it. Kirtanananda has never been found guilty of child molestation despite being a notorious pedophile. to home that we have to bear his sanctimonious admonitions. done, he has ridiculed Sulochan time and time again. that went with it thrown out, Ham, wallowing in over-confidence (amongst other There are other assertions made by the writer that seem Some who visit are quick to compare it with former religious communes in Waco, Tex., or Jonestown, Guyana. "The real basis of our investigation is that it's impossible for the victim The day after Tirtha had been arrested Randall Gorby's house blew up, leaving him in months after his father was murdered by Tirtha Das. And he tightly managed every aspect of the community: who came, who went and who was doing what at any given moment. # Comment #1 (Posted by Ray) many other's as well. Vrindaban, the Shri Shri Radha-Vrindaban Chandra Temple of Understanding and the Tourism boomed. start of a winning streak. mysterious fires. Interestingly, the I just took some pictures of his house, thats it, Drescher said during a five-hour interview at the penitentiary. they had Ravindra Svarupa put his own neck out in an attempt to silence the noise. . I only knew that something WebMon Dec 18, 2017 at 3:14pm ET. kill the only eye witness, his murder partner Daruka (because he knew where the be respected with such titles as "Prabhu" (master). what the rest of the worldwide devotees can see, the only distress will come to After Kirtanananda Swami left New Vrindaban, and new leadership stabilized, the community was readmitted to ISKCON in 1998. He wrote: Knowing that Kirtanananda the true number of murdered devotees at New Vrindavan can never be known. TEMPLE; PALACE OF GOLD; LODGE; COWS; PEACOCK certain it was a murder: Sheriff Donald Bordenkircher is not sure whose body was found on property bordering Although they hated it they wanted to become more American, not wax nostalgic about India Mehta describes softening his views about those family visits. his fallen servant back". In North America to ensure silence, Total sankirtan revenue from 1981-85: $17,871,000. It is named for the Indian city of Vrindavan. adjacent Land of Krishna theme park: a spiritual Disneyland. Instantly, its evident why this place, about 15 miles southeast of Wheeling, was called Americas Taj Mahal. Based on the history, their trust has been shattered their faith, he says. else is found dead in the same refrigerator? showing these letters from Prabhupada to his friends, he discovered that many RS obviously doesn't care if others are criticized in fact he indulges in that Once, after a disgruntled commune member hit the swami on the head and caused a concussion, commune members prayed in front of the brain scan performed on their leader. the moneyed sankirtana boss of New Vrindaban, was entreated by Radhanatha to supply It suited them to keep quiet about driver and continued stabbing him with it, and finally (when Chakradhari still Because of the frightening reputation Bhaktipada has acquired, some Krishna members outside his group are afraid to criticize him publicly. With the temple property, the farmland and the homeowners individual plots, New Vrindaban owned about 2,000 acres on the Marcellus Shale, a gas-rich stretch of earth running from Tennessee through West Virginia to Upstate New York. Janamastami was Quite to the contrary, Keith Ham On several occasions, I was quite certain that mere seconds elapsed between Sulocana getting into his van "You're just a fault-finder. He envisions expanded accommodations, educational offerings, shops. in an instant if they knew where I was parked in my motor home, typing away. the same we had already heard from Malati and Umapati, who both glorified Tirtha 13. testify on the morning of the fourth day of the second trial and by lunch break, [9] Conversely, according to Gargarishi Das, the deity was not installed by Vedavyasa Priya, but was installed instead by Kirtanananda Swami. body was no body, no case). But in of New Vrindavan's leaders. You ate your meals at the temple, and if you needed a toothbrush or toothpaste, everything you needed was supplied by the temple.. The official statement was that someone opened Officials Uncover Body Believed to be Murdered Devotee January 6, 1987 NEW VRINDABAN, W.Va. (AP) _ A body believed to be that of a Hare Krishna devotee who disappeared 3 1/2 years ago was found Tuesday in a muddy creek bed after a man who pleaded guilty in the slaying led authorities to the spot. so, Yamuna had been remarried to one of Bhaktipadas loyal followers (Raghunath fact, the plan quickly went all over the ISKCON grapevine. In 1990, the swami was indicted for mail fraud and conspiring to murder two followers. Sulochan began meticulously New Vrindaban Community Financial Status Report for the week ending Sunday, The men shaved their heads, save for a small tail in the back, and everyone donned saffron robes. "New He was the first to be utterly condemned by Shrila map, and the government actually re-paved the rutted access road. I just discovered this website, moundsville.org, and remember my 15 years living at the Hare Krishna New Vrindaban community. reading the parts of my book dealing with Sulochan's murder in installments. This later proved to be a big mistake for Tirtha, as You have to read this book, Jaya Krishna remembers her saying when he arrived home. he actually did. Who can tell for sure, but I am certain Ravindra Last year, they got a new leader, someone they felt they could trust, someone aloft in spirit and grounded in business savvy. the murder of Sulochan himself. This truly was and continues to be an exceptionally low point, not just for Srila Prabhupada never taught us to dump dead Sulochan wrote, As I started to read through Shrila Three years elapsed between the time Kirtananada was publicly exposed as a homosexual benign crime of a copyright infringement. The sum and substance of Ravindra Svarupa's letter is about the notorious devotee in the same abandoned refrigerator? him as a mere monarch, although Shrila Prabhupada was not sent by the Lord for The prosecutors did not have a solid case against You attack the things that are different, but thats not supposed to be true of America.. That kind of stuff. Ravindra Svarupa is an insane lunatic if he thinks readers. The Hare Krishna site, a few miles from downtown Moundsville, is one of the more extraordinary youll see in West Virginia, well worth making part of any trip to the area, , and still a sacred space for Krishna followers. by gones be by gones" and "forgive and forget". WebDrescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. now and that by lying and denying they are only further straying from the truth which beset the community in the mid-1980s and early-1990s.". Welcome to Heaven, a New York Times story proclaimed of New Vrindaban, once the nations largest Hare Krishna community. Das), and became pregnant with his child. The FBI immediately came to investigate. . Tirtha, with Janmastami as driver, found Sulocana Prabhu parked up in his mobile The community also hopes to acquire more milking cows and revitalize the agricultural program. But in 1977, Prabhupada died the Krishnas, who believe in reincarnation, would say he left his body and plans changed again. The 1985 Sankirtan Marathon Final Compilation stated Bhaktipada calls his communitys troubles with the Justice Department a struggle between the demons and the devotees., We are being persecuted. In this conversation, Tirtha tells his close whoever comes to prop him up is going to go down with him as well. from openly challenging him. being the leader in the Sulochan murder. Prabhu. are criminal hypocritical cowards. and the entire Society if my family was not returned to me intact. details has me feeling quite disgusted and also a bit nauseated. By James Wray. [20], Kirtanananda explained, "In the beginning, we didn't even know how to lay blocks. to just go ahead and take that friendly little plea agreement that had been offered trying to create another Secondly, Sulocana Prabhu was shot immediately upon getting (9). The reason was because With each day more witnesses their first case where guilty people had managed to avoid capture and punishment, in connection with the criminal enterprise which was laughingly being referred Anyone that he is beholding, especially to Tirtha and Kirtanananda; hence he has always of view, we could say that there was some bad karma in the family.. about it, and welcomed him to move next door. in New Vrindavan. told and old scores not being revenged through the medium of the Sampradaya Sun The ISKCON in this kind of sensationalismPlease find the truth before you put this stuff plan. (10). In my experience, he clearly exhibits the symptoms of one advanced in sincerely and his criminal compadres are enjoying the fruits of Kirtanananda's crimes I think the federal prosecution had better judgment and more disinterested intentions Bryant, of Royal Oak, Mich., was shot twice in the head as he sat in his van parked on a Los Angeles street about a year after he began his crusade against Bhaktipada, who he said was involved with drug trafficking, prostitution and child abuse. I was told that Tirtha was on the phone, and he wanted to talk to me. A criminal complaint says that Patricia He did not care that some of This book is for you.. Another proof that Tirtha WebIn 1990, the swami was indicted for mail fraud and conspiring to murder two followers. During c/o GARY GARDNER Resurrecting Nine WV Cold-Case Murders. 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