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Bhaktivedanta Swami
Extracted from the Wikipedia article A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Beginnings in New York City
Bhaktivedanta Swami had no support or acquaintances in the United States except the Agarwals, an Indian-American family, who, although strangers to him, had agreed to sponsor his visa. Upon reaching New York, he took a bus to the town of Butler, Pennsylvania, where the Agarwals lived. In Butler he delivered lectures to different groups at venues such as the local YMCA.