Kadamba Kanana Swami was a senior member and initiating guru of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Born on April 12, 1953, in the town of Heemstede, near Amsterdam, Kadamba Kanana Swami ventured to India on a quest to seek out a greater meaning to life. He joined ISKCON's Vrindavan temple, Krishna Balaram Mandir, in 1978, serving in various managerial roles, and went on to become temple president from 1990 to 1995. In the 1980s, Kadamba Kanana Swami began visiting Australia and Belgium, developing a long-standing relationship with the local communities there. He oversaw the construction of ISKCON founder-acharya A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's pushpa samadhi mandir in Mayapur, India, and was a member of the Mayapur Administrative Council, the committee that oversees the daily management of the project from 1985 to 1990. Later, he continued with more service in Mayapur from 2012 to 2016 by being part of the executive committee coordinating the development of the master plan. Kadamba Kanana Swami took sannyasa initiation from his guru, Jayadvaita Swami, in 1997 and traveled extensively around the world to spread the message of Lord Caitanya’s movement. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadamba...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)