# ISKCON · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/iskcon/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 111 ISKCON Hare Krishna; International Society for Krishna Consciousness 1966 CE – present · Dharmic / Indian · Living · US, UK, India, Russia, Eastern Europe, worldwide VIII. POSTWAR & CONTEMPORARY — 1945 – PRESENT ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 1922, 1933 CE Prabhupada meets and is initiated by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, who instructs him to preach in English. - 1965 CE He arrives in Boston by cargo ship, having suffered two heart attacks on the voyage. - 1966 CE ISKCON incorporated in New York. Allen Ginsberg attends the Tompkins Square Park kirtan. - 1969 CE George Harrison produces the Hare Krishna Mantra single with devotees; it reaches the UK top twenty. He later funds Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire. - 1970s CE Rapid expansion; temples worldwide; airport book distribution becomes the movement's public face and its greatest public relations problem. - 1977 CE Prabhupada dies, leaving eleven initiating gurus; the succession arrangement fails badly. - 1980s CE Several of the eleven fall in scandals involving abuse of authority, drugs and, in the New Vrindaban case in West Virginia, criminal conviction for racketeering and conspiracy involving two murders. The community is expelled from ISKCON in 1987. - 1998–2008 CE The gurukula abuse reckoning. ISKCON's own investigation, and a class action by former students of its boarding schools, document widespread physical and sexual abuse in the 1970s and 80s. The society issued a formal apology, established a child protection office, and settled for around $9.5 million. - 1990s–present Substantial growth in Russia and Eastern Europe after 1991; large Indian membership; Bhaktivedanta Manor and the Delhi and Bangalore temples become major centres. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door