Gunacuda Dasi: On the auspicious occasion of Gaura Purnima; 27th March 2013, two ISKCON devotees received sannyas initiation from His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja at Sridham Mayapura.
His Grace Gadadhara Priya Prabhu who comes from and preaches in Bangladesh received the name Bhakti Priyam Gadadhar Goswami. He is the first ISKCON Sannyasi from Bangladesh.
The second devotee; His Grace Murali Krsna Prabhu, who bases himself in Bhubaneshwar Orissa India is the first western disciple of HH Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja to take sannyas in ISKCON and his sannyas name is Murali Krsna Swami.