Sadhu Priya Das (also known as Sanjeet Kumar Jha) is the Moscow-based chairman of the Hindu Council of Russia and an

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n-born member of the

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(ISKCON). He played an active role in the Bhagavad Gita court case filed in 2011 by the prosecutor's office in

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, advocating the authenticity of Bhagavad Gita As It Is, an ISKCON translation of the Bhagavad Gita. As the president of the Association of Indians in Russia, Das was a vocal supporter of religious rights of Hare Krishna followers in

and

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. Das was also a major sponsor and chairman of the board of directors of the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula, a Moscow Hare Krishna school teaching a curriculum that combined classes on

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and philosophy,

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and traditional South Asian instruments with the educational standards of Russia. * *

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