Radha Madhav Dham
| Radha Madhav Dham | |
|---|---|
Barsana Dham | |
Radha Madhav Dham in 2014 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| Deity | Radha Krishna |
| Location | |
| Location | Near Austin |
| State | Texas |
| Country | United States |
| Geographic coordinates | 30°9′20″N 97°57′28″W / 30.15556°N 97.95778°W |
| Architecture | |
| Date established | 1990 |
| Website | |
| radhamadhavdham | |
Radha Madhav Dham,the main U.S. center of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, a nonprofit organization located on more than 200 acres of land in Hays County, south of Austin, Texas. It is a Hindu temple and ashram campus, the oldest Hindu Temple in Texas and largest in North America.
Radha Madhav Dham is a nonprofit, religious, educational, and charitable organization that follows the path of raganuga bhakti. The temple is involved in numerous charitable educational projects including JKP Education, which won the Nelson Mandela Peace Award instituted by the Economic Growth Society of India in April 2014.
Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj was an Indian religious leader, and the founder of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), a worldwide Hindu nonprofit with five main ashrams, four in India and one in the United States. Radha Madhav Dham is the main ashram of JKP the United States. The temple was founded by Prakashanand Saraswati. Saraswati was later sentenced to prison in 2011 for sexual misconduct and no longer has any involvement in the temple.