The Hare Krishna moment is, as evident in its naming, designed around worship to the Hindu diety Krishna, the supreme God, making the movement a strain of Hinduism. It has grown out of the Hare Krishna movement, which was founded in Bengal in the 16th century. ISKCON, or International Society of Krishna Consciousness, was brought to the United States in 1966 by Swami Prabhupada, who subsequently spread it all across the world, including to London. I was struck by how plain the temple was on the outside, how it just looked like any other store front in the London SoHo area, even though what was inside was the opposite of mundane. Visiting the ISKCON Temple in London last week was such unique experience. A statue of Swami Prabhupada at the ISKCON Temple in London.
