“Before, the temple was down there ... But Sonia Chopra, the communications director for ISKCON DC, whose family came to the U.S. from New Delhi, said encountering ISKCON as an immigrant ...

Jananivas Das, a direct disciple of Prabhupada who is the head priest at Iskcon’s Mayapur temple, recalls being taken to see the building by local devotees long before Iskcon took it over in 2008. “I ...