Giriraja Swami

Giriraj Swami (IAST: Giri-rāja Svāmī; born Glenn Phillip Teton[1]; September 13, 1947) is an initiating guru in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON.

In March 1969, while studying at Brandeis University in Boston, he met A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

After graduating from Brandeis, he accepted formal initiation from Srila Prabhupada and received the spiritual name Giriraj das.

In 1972, Giriraj was appointed by Prabhupada to be president of ISKCON Bombay and trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

In 1978, Giriraj took sannyasa (the renounced order of life) and was appointed president of ISKCON's board of trustees in India.