Prahlad Narasimha Das Adhikari was born in 1959 to a Catholic family in the historic city of Cuenca, Ecuador.

As a teenager, he began to practice yoga and TM meditation. Having reached the age of 14, he started to serve in Yogananda's Ashram, where he first became acquainted with such Vedic sciences as Jyotish astrology, Vastu, Ayurveda, having received this knowledge from a Swami, who also told him about the Maha-mantra Hare Krishna and about the Ratha Yatra procession in New York, where he saw Srila Prabhupada, the great saint from India.

In 1981, Prabhu received an initiation into Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya Yoga. His Guru, His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja, a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, gave him his spiritual name of Prahlad Narasimha Das.

Prahlad Narasimha is a multi-talented Vaishnava Brahmin, a virtuous expert in personality psychology, and a mentor and consultant to thousands of people worldwide. He is an internationally recognized consulting astrologer known for his knowledge of the Bhagavata Gita As It Is and Srimad Bhagavatam, written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

He is the founder of the Bhakti Tree Temple of Vedic Arts, a multifunctional project with a yoga and kirtan hall, a vegetarian bistro Good Karma, an Ayurvedic SPA center, and many educational programs and festivals in Cuenca, Ecuador, and established the ISKCON Giridhari Desh farm and temple in the countryside of Cuenca.

Prahlad Prabhu maintains his preaching activities in Germany, Poland, the USA, Ecuador, Bali, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand. He is the Regional Secretary for Ecuador, Peru, and Chile and is in charge of preaching and devotee care.

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