As part of outreach preaching efforts beyond the UK, Maha Prasad Govinda Das—who lived as a monk at Bhaktivedanta Manor from 1983 to 1990—recently traveled to three prestigious universities across India as a delegate to a Bhagavad Gita conference.

Entitled as the ‘International Gita Mahotsav’ conference in India, he, along with other BBT and ISKCON international devotees from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Bahrain, Hungary and China spoke on topics relating to Bhagavad-Gita and the contributions of the Sanskrit Language to the Modern World.

The conference Venues included Kurukshetra University, Nalanda University in Bihar, and the Sanskrit University in Haridwar.

The seminars were attended by university professors, PhDs, students, and other scholars from various international spiritual organisations.

The University officials, in conjunction with the Ministry of External Affairs and Kurukshetra Development Board, fully sponsored all aspects of the tour.

Mahaprasad Govinda Das was selected as a delegate, due to his role as a BBT Africa Trustee and the BBT Africa Liaison Commissioner. In those roles, he is actively facilitating the translation of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, into multiple African languages, including Zulu, Afrikaans, Amharic and Chichewa etc.

He was also selected by the Indian Embassy in Ethiopia, due to his good rapport and affinity with the local Indian Ambassador in Ethiopia.

In addition, due to his active participation in the teachings of Bhagavad Gita to the local communities in Ethiopia and the new centre he established, which is located within the Indian Embassy in the capital – Addis Ababa, where he holds regular classes.

Whilst at the Kurukshetra Brahma Sarovar, Mahaprasad Govinda Das and the other ISKCON & BBT devotees met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who noted the occasion on his personal Tweet to the nation.