List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity
This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity.
Name | Nationality | Notes | Refs |
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Alfred Ford(Ambarish Das) | American | heir to the Ford family fortune | [1] |
Alice Coltrane | American | raised Baptist but became a follower of Satya Sai Baba; jazz pianist, organist, harpist and composer[2][3] | [4] |
Annie | Indian | actress | [5] |
Christopher Isherwood | British | novelist | [6] |
Claudia Ciesla | German | Model and actress. She is vegetarian. Recently moved to Bollywood and acted on Indian movies. | [7], [8] |
David Frawley | American | professor and scholar on Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism,author of more than 30 books on Yoga and Hinduism, winner of Padma Bhushan and many more awards | |
E. C. George Sudarshan | Indian | physicist, professor and winner of Dirac Prize and Padma Bhusan | [7] |
George Harrison | British | Musician, member of The Beatles | [9] |
Job Charnock | British | trade agent who has been controversially described as the founder of Calcutta | [10] |
John Coltrane | American | Jazz saxophonist and composer. He converted to Hinduism along with his second wife Alice Coltrane. | [11] |
John Levy | British | philosopher and translator of books on Advaita Vedanta | [12] |
Jomol | Indian | actress | [13] |
Joseph Ritson | British | antiquarian and traveller | [14] |
Julia Roberts | American | actress | [15] |
Krishna Das | American | Singer | [16] |
Leelawathy Ramanathan | Australian | writer and Hindu activist who converted upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan | [17] |
Lissy | Indian | actress | [18][19] |
Nayanthara | Indian | actress and model | [20] |
Russell Brand | British | Comedian to Hare Krishna | [21] |
Romapada Swami | American | Vaishnavia sannyasi and initiating guru | [22] |
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami | American | senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada | [23] |
Satyananda Stokes | American (and later British Indian) | farmer | [24] |
Ieva Zasimauskaitė | Lithuanian | Singer, Eurovision contestant |
References
- ↑ Raj Nanda (December 21, 2012). "Ambarish das - Memories of Srila Prabhupada" – via YouTube.
- ↑ Jazz Musician Alice Coltrane dead at 69 News Australia – January 15, 2007
- ↑ Alice Coltrane; Musician, Spiritual Guru Washington Post – January 15, 2007
- ↑ "Da Capo companion to twentieth-century popular music", by Phil Hardy, Dave Laing, p. 195, publisher = Da Capo Press
- ↑ "YouTube".
- ↑ Acclaimed American Author Christopher Isherwood Adherents
- 1 2 Interview with Times of India 2009
- ↑
- ↑ Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today, p.54, Olivier Julien, 2016
- ↑ Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art And the Prospect of India – Hermione De Almeida
- ↑
- ↑ Sedgwick, Mark. Against The Modern World: Traditionalism And The Secret Intellectual History Of The Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2004. 93. Print.
- ↑ Actress accuses her father Times of India – April 25, 2005
- ↑ Morton, Timothy, Marilyn Butler, and James Chandler. Shelley and the Revolution in Taste : The Body and the Natural World. New York: Cambridge UP, 1995.
- ↑ Blake, Heidi (August 5, 2010). "Julia Roberts: I'm a Hindu". Daily Telegraph. London.
- ↑ This text appears on KD's official website. A similar account is given in the liner notes of his CD One Track Heart, 1996.
- ↑ Lady Ramanathan Passes away The Hindu – January 31, 1953
- ↑ asianetnews (April 18, 2011). "Lissy Priyadarshan-ON Record (Ep 2, Part 2)" – via YouTube.
- ↑ Ltd, Asianet News Network Pvt. "Asianet News".
- ↑ "Exclusive- Nayanthara is now a Hindu".
- ↑
- ↑ Biography on Romapada's website
- ↑ Smith, Huston; Harry Oldmeadow (2004). Journeys East: 20th century Western encounters with Eastern religious traditions. Bloomington, Ind: World Wisdom. p. 272. ISBN 0-941532-57-7.
Before his death Prabhupada appointed eleven American devotees as gurus.
- Rochford, E. Burke (1985). Hare Krishna in America. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-8135-1114-3.
In the months preceding his death Srila Prabhupada appointed eleven of his closest disciples to act as initiating gurus for ISKCON
- Ron Rhodes (2001). Challenge of the Cults and New Religions. Zondervan. p. 179. ISBN 0-310-23217-1.
Before Prabhupada died in 1977, he selected senior devotees who would continue to direct the organization.
- Rodney Stark (1985). Religious movements. Paragon House Publishers. p. 100. ISBN 0-913757-43-8.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, one of the eleven initiating gurus Bhaktivedanta appointed to succeed him ...
- Shinn & ISKCON Communications Journal-1994, 2.1
- Hare Krishna leader visits local followers Daily Collegian, Penn State University, August 5, 1981
- Rochford, E. Burke (1985). Hare Krishna in America. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-8135-1114-3.
- ↑ Clymer, Kenton J. (January 1, 1990). "Samuel Evans Stokes, Mahatma Gandhi, and Indian Nationalism". Pacific Historical Review. 59 (1): 51–76. doi:10.2307/3640095. JSTOR 3640095.
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