The vision we serve
Save the Village presents its mission as honoring Srila Prabhupada's vision for villages: simple living, high thinking, land, cows, books, food, sacred education, and Krishna-centered community.
"Book distribution and farms are our solid programs. They can change the world."
Spiritual guidance
Born in England in 1957, Maharaj joined ISKCON in London in 1975 and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada as Ilapati dasa. After years of preaching and book distribution in India and Southeast Asia, he accepted sannyasa in 1989 and has since preached widely in English, Hindi, and Bengali.
For Save the Village, his guidance is especially relevant because his teaching emphasizes Srila Prabhupada's mandate for daiva-varnashrama, self-sufficient farm communities, cow protection, simple living, and Krishna-centered rural culture.
Project servant
Identified in the project sources as Damodara Vamsidhari Das (Deepak), a servant at Amrita Dravya Foundation and one of the visible representatives behind the Save the Village invitation.
"The land is being planted. The kundas are being dug. The cows are being named."
Senior devotee mentors
NotebookLM and the deck identify these senior devotees as gratitude and mentorship references for village and farm project experience. Detailed bios, quotes, and disciple relationships should be added only after ADF confirms them.
Senior mentor
Connected in the sources with farm project experience and Varnasrama guidance relevant to the Save the Village mission.
Senior mentor
Named in the project gratitude materials as a senior devotee connected with farm project guidance.
Senior mentor
Named in the project gratitude materials as part of the senior farm-project guidance network.
ADF servants
The source presentation also names Vrindavana Chandra Das as a servant at Amrita Dravya Foundation. This is the clearest current public-facing role language available in the project sources.
Servant at ADF
Identified in the deck as a servant at Amrita Dravya Foundation and a named representative behind the project invitation.
"The land is being planted. The kundas are being dug. The cows are being named." ADF Save the Village presentation
Serving in the villages
The field scale below is deck-stated. It should be supported over time by village lists, field logs, photos, and donor reporting.
Accountability
The next content layer should add approved portraits, exact formal titles, registration numbers, named responsibilities, and a clear contact path for donors or institutions who want to verify the project.
This page uses source-grounded role language and keeps unverified personal details out until ADF confirms them.
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