A Guibord Center Advisory Council member, Sura Das represented the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for many years. He  was also fervently active in the interfaith community. He served as Vice President of Culver City Interfaith and the Interreligious Council of Southern California. In addition, he was involved with the Hindu-Episcopal Dialogues and Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (SCCPWR). Sura was a head priest of ISKCON and worked in management for Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, the Society’s publishing house.

In 1999, he started the Temple Bhajan Band. The group introduces the public to kirtan music and ancient Vedic chanting at yoga studios, houses of worship and festivals nationwide. An ISKCON member since 1973, Sura previously was temple president in Missouri for nine years and international president of the publishing house for seven years.

Sura Das passed away on December 2, 2021

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