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'''Jayatirtha dasa Adhikari''' ('''James Edward Immel''', also known as '''Vijaya''', '''Tirthapada''') was born in [[Saipan]], [[US Trust Territory of the Pacific]] in [[November 13th]], [[1948]]. He was one of the leading disciples of [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] and formally a [[guru]] within the [[International Society of Krishna Consciousness]] (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON). |
'''Jayatirtha dasa Adhikari''' ('''James Edward Immel''', also known as '''Vijaya''', '''Tirthapada''') was born in [[Saipan]], [[US Trust Territory of the Pacific]] in [[November 13th]], [[1948]]. He was one of the leading disciples of [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] and formally a [[guru]] within the [[International Society of Krishna Consciousness]] (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON). |
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==Death== |
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On [[November 13th]], [[1987]], Jayatirtha was murdered by his disciple and follower John Tiernan,<ref>{{cite news |title=HE ADMITS KILLING GURU 'ANTI-CHRIST' BEHEADED, COURT TOLD |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI|DN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29B7DE50A095C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |date=1988-07-21 |accessdate=2008-05-07 }}</ref> after leaving his wife for another woman<ref>[http://www.skepticfiles.org/krish/storyjai.htm Guru Trial]</ref>. |
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Revision as of 18:49, 13 May 2009
Jayatirtha dasa Adhikari (James Edward Immel, also known as Vijaya, Tirthapada) was born in Saipan, US Trust Territory of the Pacific in November 13th, 1948. He was one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and formally a guru within the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON).