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About Govinda's Center

Govinda's Center of Vedic India, established in May of 2002, is a spiritual nonprofit organization, a branch of ISKCON - a worldwide educational institution based on the ancient culture of India and the transcendental knowledge of the Vedic literature.

Govinda's Center offers guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life that have been described in the most ancient scriptures on this planet – the Vedic literature, written 5,000 years ago in India – especially in the summary of Vedic wisdom: Bhagavad-gita As It Is.

The transcendental wisdom of the Vedas has been the source of spiritual enlightenment for many people down through centuries and still inspires and guides many on their journey to spiritual perfection.

Govinda's Center is a unique spiritual oasis, where you can relax in the atmosphere of peace and tranquility and dive into the mystery of higher consciousness and spiritualism.

The center also offers a unique collection of books and videos that document the Vedic perspective on archeology, genetics, reincarnation memories, out-of-body experiences, parapsychology, cross-cultural cosmology, and more....

Meet Govinda's Staff

Surapala Prabhu - President

Surapala Prabhu has been practicing Bhakti Yoga since 1980, after graduating the College of Engineering in Poland. The same year as he was preparing to study law at the Law University in Warsaw, he met Vedic monks at a university club. They made a presentation about the Vedic science of self-realization, known in Sanskrit as Bhakti Yoga.

After attending three of their lectures, Surapala was inspired to begin practicing Bhakti Yoga himself. Fascinated by his transcendental experiences in the Bhakti process, he accepted the Vedic lifestyle as his own and devoted himself to practice Bhakti Yoga with full dedication.

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After practicing Bhakti Yoga for ten years in celibacy, he married Krishnamayi Mataji (see below). They traveled together extensively all over Europe and also visited India a few times to deepen their Bhakti Yoga experience and knowledge. During that time Surapala often engaged in managerial duties, running various Bhakti Yoga Centers in Europe, and since 1998 in the USA as well. In 2007 Surapala and his wife opened and ran the first official Govinda's Center of Vedic India in Las Vegas, where Vedic philosophy and Bhakti Yoga are taught.

As a teenager Surapala was dedicated to martial arts and established his own martial arts schoo,l with more than a hundred students. At the same time he was researching about the Absolute Truth. Discouraged by social hypocrisy and exploitation, he wanted to protect the innocent and establish justice by becoming a perfect martial artist and a good lawyer.

Now, however, he is fully satisfied as Bhakti Yoga teacher, because he knows that by educating people in the proven techniques and transcendental lifestyle of Bhakti Yoga they will benefit tremendously. Thus Surapala has realized that Bhakti Yoga - the Vedic science of self-realization - is a very practical and effective method for checking the imbalance of values in life and achieving real unity and peace in the world.

Krishnamayi Mataji - Manager

Krishnamayi Mataji has been practicing Bhakti Yoga since 1987, after graduating the Community College in Poland. She became a dedicated vegetarian at the early age of sixteen and later, after learning about Bhakti Yoga, devoted herself completely to this Vedic spiritual self-improvement process. Since 1990, when she married Surapala Prabhu, she has been assisting him in educating people in the techniques of Bhakti Yoga to further their spiritual quest.

From 1998 to 2001, while helping her husband manage the Bhakti Yoga Center in St. Louis, Krishnamayi also managed Govinda's Vegetarian Restaurant and Boutique. Today, together with her husband, she teaches Bhakti Yoga at Govinda's Center of Vedic India in Las Vegas.

A professional graphic designer, she also runs a computer business called "Gopal Web Design" specializing in website and multimedia design. The profits from her business go toward maintaining Govinda's Center of Vedic India.