List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity
This is a list of converts to Hinduism from Christianity.
| Name | Nationality | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Ford (Ambarish Das) | American | heir to the Ford family fortune | [1] |
| Alice Coltrane (Turiyasangitananda Swamini) | American | raised Baptist but became a follower of Satya Sai Baba;[citation needed] jazz pianist, organist, harpist and composer[2][3] | [4] |
| Annie (Chitra Shaji Kailas) | Indian | Malayalam actress | [5] |
| Alain Daniélou (Shiva Sharan) | French | French historian, intellectual, musicologist and Indologist. | [6][7] |
| Christopher Isherwood | British | novelist, playwright, screenwriter and autobiographer | [8] |
| Claudia Ciesla | German | model and actress. She is vegetarian. Recently moved to Mumbai and acted on Indian movies. | [9], [10] |
| 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 | [11] |
| E. C. George Sudarshan | Indian | physicist, professor and winner of Dirac Prize and Padma Bhusan | [12] |
| François Gautier | French | political writer and journalist | [13] |
| George Harrison | British | musician, member of The Beatles | [14] |
| Job Charnock | British | trade agent who has been controversially described as the founder of Calcutta | [15] |
| John Coltrane | American | jazz saxophonist and composer. He converted to Hinduism along with his second wife Alice Coltrane. | [16] |
| John Levy | British | philosopher and translator of books on Advaita Vedanta | [17] |
| Jomol | Indian | actress | [18] |
| Joseph Ritson | British | antiquarian and traveller | [19] |
| Julia Roberts | American | Famous Hollywood actress and winner of three Golden Globe Awards | [20] |
| Krishna Das | American | singer | [21] |
| Leelawathy Ramanathan | Australian | writer and Hindu activist who converted upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan | [22] |
| Lissy | Indian | actress | [23][24] |
| Nayanthara | Indian | actress and model | [25] |
| Russell Brand | British | comedian to Hare Krishna | [26] |
| Romapada Swami | American | Vaishnavia sannyasi and initiating guru | [27] |
| Satsvarupa dasa Goswami | American | senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada | [28] |
| Satyananda Stokes | American (and later British Indian) | farmer | [29] |
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | Lithuanian | singer, Eurovision contestant | [2] |
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
- ^ https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2012/apr/08/mrs-shaji-kailas-speaks-356654.html. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ James Kirkup (February 4, 1994). "Obituary: Alain Danielou". The Independent. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ Rama, Swami (1999) Himalayan Institute, Living With the Himalayan Masters, page 247.
- ^ Acclaimed American Author Christopher Isherwood Adherents
- ^ Iyer, Meena (June 20, 2009). "Claudia wants to be a Hindu". Times of India. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ "Has Claudia Ciesla converted to Hinduism?". santabanta.com. December 7, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ David Frawley (2000). How I Became a Hindu: My Discovery of Vedic Dharma. Voice of India. pp. 44–47. ISBN 81-85990-60-3.
- ^ V. V. Raman (2009). "Reflections on Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 196 (1): 012027. Bibcode:2009JPhCS.196a2027R. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/196/1/012027.
- ^ "WHY I AM A HINDU". December 29, 2013.
- ^ 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
- ^ June 20, WILL FRIEDWALD; 2008. "Ravi Coltrane Honors His Musical and Personal Heritage". The New York Sun.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ [1] 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 Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine 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". Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ "Exclusive- Nayanthara is now a Hindu". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- ^ Barkham, Patrick (October 30, 2008). "Patrick Barkham on Russell Brand's 'Hare Krishna' chant and temple visits" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ 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, Larry (January 1994). "The Maturation of the Hare Krishnas in America". ISKCON Communications Journal. 2 (1). Archived from the original on July 25, 2008.
- 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.