PM Modi unevils special Rs 125 coin on ISKCON founder’s 125th birth anniversary

WHY IN THE NEWS?

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually unveiled a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON founder Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
• In July 1966, Prabhupada founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)commonly known as the ‘Hare Krishna movement’.
• The spiritual leader was born as Abhay Charan De on September 1, 1896, in Calcutta and later came to be known by the honorific A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.