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| gurukula history 1965 |  | 1965 - Srila Prabhupada travels to America to establish ISKCON. |
| gurukula history 1966 | 1966 - First temple and ISKCON corporation founded in New York. | More details about ISKCON in the 1960s, click here. | |
| gurukula history 1967 | 1967 - ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1968 | 1968 - Disciples establish ISKCON in England with the help of the Beatles. | |
| gurukula history 1969 | 1969 - Disciples open temples in dozens of cities around the world. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1970 | 1970 - Srila Prabhupada establishes the GBC, Governing Body Commission, as ISKCON's board of directors, Direction of Management, 7/28/70. | Accounts of Bhavananda. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1971 | 1971 - First gurukula established in Dallas. | A teacher's story of the Dallas gurukula. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1972 | 1972 - According to Prabhupada's letters, by 1972 he was aware of wife beating among templepresidents and corporal punishment in the gurukula. | |
| gurukula history 1973 | 1973 - Account of Dallas gurukula. | ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1974 | 1974 - Gurukula functions as childcare, so mothers can go on sankirtan. | Prabhupada refused to sanction any further marriages beginning in 1974. |ISKCON-wide standards set for gurukula. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1975 | 1975 - Gurukulas established in Los Angeles, New Vrindaban. |Account of Bhavananda in Mayapur. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1976 | 1976 - State authorities close Dallas gurukula, which had approximately 100 students, the majority of whom were between the ages of four and eight. | The Bhaktivedanta Swami International Gurukula opens in Vrindavana, India. | Account of Vrindavana gurukula. | ISKCON sannyasis launch a campaign against householders and women, Srila Prabhupada calles it a "fratricidal war." |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1977 | 1977 - Raghunatha's account of Srila Prabhupada's passing. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1978 | 1978 - By 1978 there are a total of 11 gurukula schools opened in the North America. | more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1979 | 1979 - Accounts of violence in Vrindavana gurukula. |AccountSuisse Hotels of Laguna Beach. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1980 | 1980 - Life magazine publishes a cover story about the New Vrindaban gurukula, "Children of a Harsh Bliss," April. | Account from the Mt. Kailash gurukula. |Account of an arranged marriage. |Account of an encounter with Bhagavan. |Dr. Burke Rochford begins to study the gurukula. | Gurukula opens in Lake Huntington, New York. | The number of married and unmarried devotees evens out; about one-quarter of devotees have children. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1981 | 1981 - ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1982 | 1982 - Gurukulas running in France, Australia, South Africa, England and Sweden. | The level of airport and street soliciting in America is less than half its 1978 peak. With revenues down, parents are pushed outside of ISKCON's communities to find employment in support of themselves and their families. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1983 | 1983 - ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1984 | 1984 - Kurma-avatar and wife accused of molesting children in the L.A. temple nursery school; Santa Monica Evening Outlook, 10/11/84, and the Daily News (L.A.), 11/19/84, report the story. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1985 | 1985 - Anonymous letter to the GBC describes Bhavananda's sexual exploits in India and elsewhere. Essay also describes acts of child sexual abuse, March. |ISKCON leaders complain that children are turning out to be like "karmies" |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1986 | 1986 - Bhavananda expelled; Ramesvara, Bhagavan resign. |The last two regionally based ashram gurukulas close in North America, ISKCON schools become almost exclusively day-schools. The only boarding school left in North America is the Vaisnava Academy for Girls, in Alachua Florida, run by Lakshmimoni. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1987 | 1987 - FBI raids New Vrindaban, exhumes St. Denis' remains, 1/5/87. |New Vrindaban former school principal Larry Gardner (Sri Galim) and teacher's assistant Frederick de Francisco (Lalita) arrested for child abuse; story reported in Wheeling News Register Feb. 11, 17 and 18. |GBC excommunicates Kirtanananda. | more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1988 | 1988 - Letter to the GBC- a mothercomplains of child sexual abuse in gurukula. |GBC resolution to dismiss Jagadhisa and dissolve Ministry of Education. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1989 | 1989 - more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1990 | 1990 - Gurukula alumni hold reunion at the L.A. temple. | Raghunatha publishes "A Confidential Report" newsletter, including his autobiographical "Children of the Ashram.". |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1991 | 1991 - Kirtanananda sentenced to 30 years in prison, March. |Householders outnumber renounced members. Seventy percent of devotees have at least one child. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1992 | 1992 - Raghunatha conducts a written survey during the Los Angeles gurukula reunion, at the request of GBC Badri-narayan. | |
| gurukula history 1993 | 1993 - Gurukula Alumni, Inc., publishes "As It Is: The Voice of the Second Generation." |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1994 | 1994 - A panel of former gurukula students addresses the Devotee Relationship Conference in Topanga Canyon about abuse in gurukula. |A teacher's interview published in As It Is |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1995 | 1995 - Manu appointed GBC Youth Minister, he publishes "Spirit, Not This Body," and starts the Vaishnava Youth web site. |A Los Angeles gurukula teacher is forced to resign and receives death threats for reporting alleged incidents of child abuse to the proper authorities. | |
| gurukula history 1996 | 1996 - A panel of ten former gurukula students address the GBC in Alachua, FL. | Children of Krishna, Inc. founded. | An eight year old is molested in New Vrindaban; the girl's father and other men beat up the perpetrator. |more ISKCON history | |
| gurukula history 1997 | 1997 - B.V. Madhava leaves ISKCON after he admits that he touched a male disciple inappropriately. | Confronted with evidence that he abused children, Murlaivadaka resigns leadership of ISKCON Ministry of Education. |University of Illinois Press publishes "Betrayal of the Spirit," including one chapterabout child abuse in gurukula. |VOICE website posted. |Excerpts from "How the Gurukulis feel about ISKCON leaders." | |
| gurukula history 1998 | 1998 - ISKCON Communications Journal publishes Burke Rochford's study of abuse in the gurukula. |ISKCON Communications issues a press release announces history of childabuse in ISKCON gurukula schools. | Raghunatha's response to ISKCON's press release. | Nori Muster's response to ISKCON's press release. |Other responses to ISKCON's press release. |The New York Times, Associated Press, Religious News Service, CNN, PBS, and other international media pick up the story of ISKCON child abuse. Gurukula Veterans Journal begins. |GHQ Conference:cheap hotels in Halmstad antifeminist sentiment in ISKCON comes to light.|Reaction to GHQ. |Counterpoint: statement in favor of arranged marriages. |A mother's letter. | |
| gurukula history 1999 | 1999 - Mayapur meeting: gurukula alumni address the GBC; Dhanudara beating.Windle Turley, P.C. of Dallas begins lawsuit against ISKCON for child abuse.Children of Krishna issues progress report, listing individuals they are investigating for child abuse. | |
| gurukula history 2000 | 2000 - Happy new year. | |
| gurukula history 2001 | 2001 - Happy new year. | |
