HH Devamrita Swami | Initiation Ceremony | ISKCON MELBOURNE 11-10-2026 | LIVE

His Holiness Devamrita Swami Maharaj is a senior monk, author, and spiritual teacher within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Born in New York City in 1950, he graduated from Yale University in 1972 before fully dedicating his life to the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition under the guidance of ISKCON's founder-acharya, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Today, he serves as a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission (GBC), primarily overseeing regions across Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Russia while traveling globally to give seminars on Bhakti yoga and contemporary social issues