Srila Prabhupad’s Room

The place where Srila Prabhupada stayed after he took Sannyasa and before his voyage to America

After taking Sanyasa in 1959, Srila Prabhupada moved to Radha Damodar temple, where he resided in two rooms in the temple courtyard and formulated his plans for travelling to America and establishing a worldwide society of devotees. He wrote his first three volumes of Srimad Bhagavatam from 1962 until his voyage to America in 1965. He also wrote two other books and various articles for Back to Godhead. For safety, he kept the money for printing his magazine and books next to the sliding tile on the roof of his room.

He used this room as his bhajan-kutir where he spent most of his time chanting on his beads and translating the Srimad Bhagavatam. It was also in this room that he received encouragement from Rupa Goswami and Jiva Goswami in his dreams to spread the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to the world. After returning to Vrindavana with his first foreign disciples in 1967, he again took up residence in his old rooms at the Radha Damodar Temple and from that time on, his disciples are maintaining his rooms there.

In 1972 during the holy month of Karttika, he delivered a series of lectures on Rupa Goswami’s Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu at the Radha-Damodar Temple. He spoke in the courtyard near Rupa Goswami’s samadhi and bhajan-kutir. In fact, he once confidentially informed his senior disciples that he is eternally present in his rooms at the Radha Damodara Mandira.