Letter from Jayapataka Swami to Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, 23 April 1986

Jayapataka Swami

Typed letter on ISKCON letterhead (Calcutta address), signed by Jayapataka Swami at Sri Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir on 23 April 1986, to "His Divine Grace Srila Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada" at New Vrindavan, West Virginia: "I refused to read the enclosed letter after the first lines. I am hoping you may use the letter if you want to take legal steps. I pray that this finds you in improved health." The enclosure is not in this file. A published history of New Vrindaban identifies it as a letter from Bhaktipada's former housekeeper accusing him of sexual misconduct and drinking alcohol, and says the letters were found in the Swami Bhaktipada Archives about 2006. Photograph of the original; nothing is redacted.