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    Kirtanananda Swami

    American Hindu guru and convicted criminal (1937–2011)

    Kirtanananda Swami

    Bhaktipada

    Kirtanananda Swami in 1982

    Born

    Keith Gordon Ham


    September 6, 1937

    Peekskill, New York, US

    DiedOctober 24, 2011(2011-10-24) (aged 74)

    Thane, India

    ReligionHinduism
    DenominationVaishnavism
    TempleNew Vrindaban
    PhilosophyAchintya Bheda Abheda
    LineageBrahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya
    SectGaudiya Vaishnavism
    OrdinationGauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sannyasa as Kīrtanānanda Svāmī, by Bhaktivedanta Swami, 1967, India
    InitiationGauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Diksa as Kīrtanānanda dāsa, by Bhaktivedanta Swami, 1966, New York
    PostCo-founder, New Vrindaban (1968);

    Guru-Acarya, ISKCON (1978–87)

    Founder-Acarya, New Vrindaban (1977–94);
    SuccessorMadhusudan Das ("Bapuji")

    Kirtanananda Swami[1] (IAST: Kīrtanānanda Svāmī; September 6, 1937 – October 24, 2011),[2] also known as Swami Bhaktipada, was a Gaudiya V