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Photographs: Radhanath Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami paying respects at Kirtanananda Swami's body, Vrindavan (October 2011)

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Eight photographs taken in Vrindavan in late October 2011, after Kirtanananda Swami's death and before his burial, showing ISKCON GBC members Radhanath Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami, with the president of ISKCON's Vrindavan temple, Pancagauda Das, at the cowshed where his body lay in its coffin: Radhanath Swami garlands the body and both men prostrate before it. The photographs circulated online from November 2011; the photographer is not recorded. Identifications confirmed by the editors.

Photographs: Radhanath Swami and Gopal Krishna Goswami paying respects at Kirtanananda Swami's body, Vrindavan (October 2011)

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Radhanath Swami (centre) and Gopal Krishna Goswami (in glasses) in Vrindavan in October 2011, with Pancagauda Das, then president of ISKCON's Vrindavan temple (behind, in white). The name labels were added by an earlier publisher; a child's face has been blacked out by the editors.

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    Radhanath Swami (centre) and Gopal Krishna Goswami (in glasses) in Vrindavan in October 2011, with Pancagauda Das, then president of ISKCON's Vrindavan temple (behind, in white). The name labels were added by an earlier publisher; a child's face has been blacked out by the editors.

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  • at-the-goshala.jpgJPEG · 44.5 KB

    Gopal Krishna Goswami (left), Pancagauda Das and Radhanath Swami (right) at the cowshed where Kirtanananda Swami's body lay before burial.

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  • beside-the-coffin.jpgJPEG · 33.0 KB

    Gopal Krishna Goswami, followed by Radhanath Swami, walking beside the coffin (left, under orange cloth).

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  • garlanding.jpgJPEG · 37.0 KB

    Radhanath Swami garlanding Kirtanananda Swami's body in its coffin.

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  • prostrating-three.jpgJPEG · 72.6 KB

    Gopal Krishna Goswami (left) and Radhanath Swami (middle) prostrating before the body, beside a third man.

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  • prostrating-radhanath-1.jpgJPEG · 51.8 KB

    Radhanath Swami prostrating.

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    Radhanath Swami prostrating.

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  • prostrating-two.jpgJPEG · 36.7 KB

    Two men prostrating (not identified).

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