Born by the banks of the sacred Ganges river in 1896, Srila Prabhupada was destined to become the greatest ever ambassador of India's spiritual knowledge to the world.
Completely rejecting that Vedic knowledge was only for those born in a certain caste or for a certain race, he carried the spiritual message of Godhead to all peoples of the world in a dynamic ministry which he began at the age of seventy and which lasted barely thirteen years.
His writings were so prolific, his achievements so unprecedented that, but for a few exceptions, his contribution to world religious knowledge is munificent beyond compare.
Whereas people everywhere are now familiar with "Hare Krishna" due to his efforts, he never strived to make himself known.
Who was this unique personality who so selflessly did so much on behalf of God? His story is told in the following display, taken from his biography "Srila Prabhupada-lilamrita".