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	\| name =Lokanath Swami		\| name = Lokanath Swami
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	\| image= Lokanath Swami Vrindavan 2009.jpg		\| image = Lokanath Swami Vrindavan 2009.jpg
	\| religion = [[~~Gaudiya Vaishnavism~~]]		\| religion = [[Hinduism]]
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	\| initiation = [[Diksa]]–1972, [[Sannyasa]]–1975		\| initiation = [[Diksa]]–1972, [[Sannyasa]]–1975
	\| post = [[ISKCON Guru System\|ISKCON Guru]], [[Sannyasi]]		\| post = [[ISKCON Guru System\|ISKCON Guru]], [[Sannyasi]]
	\| birth_name = Raghunath Patil		\| birth_name = Raghunath Patil
	\| birth_date =6 July 1949		\| birth_date = 6 July 1949
	\| birth_place =Aravade, Tasgaon (now [[Maharashtra]]), [[India]]		\| birth_place = Aravade, Tasgaon (now [[Maharashtra]]), [[India]]
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	\| website ={{url\|http://lokanathswami.com}}		\| website ={{url\|http://lokanathswami.com}}
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	'''Lokanath Swami''' ({{IAST3\|Loka-nātha Svāmī}}; born 1949 in Aravade, Tasgaon, Maharashtra) is an [[ISKCON Guru System\|ISKCON guru]] from [[India]]. Lokanath Swami (born Raghunath Patil) ~~always had the ambition to dedicate his life to serving people, his country and humanity~~. ~~Bereft of resources,~~ he did not know where to begin. It was while studying Chemistry in Bombay that his life was irrevocably changed. He daily attended the first 10 day Cross Maidan Pandal Festival in 1971 organized by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) ~~and his Western disciples.~~		'''Lokanath Swami''' ({{IAST3\|Loka-nātha Svāmī}}; born 1949 in [[Aravade]], [[Tasgaon]], [[Maharashtra]]) is an [[ISKCON Guru System\|ISKCON guru]] from India. Lokanath Swami (born Raghunath Patil). In 1972 he joined the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness\|International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)]].

	Although Lokanath Swami did not personally meet Srila Prabhupada at this festival, His Divine Grace’s spiritually elevating discourses and the energetic kirtan by the devotees stole his heart. He could not afford much but managed to buy some small Srimad-Bhagavatam booklets and several, "Back to Godhead" magazines. These purchases were what kept him connected to Srila Prabhupada and the devotees during the time that he could not locate them. It seemed that this extraordinary group of people had miraculously appeared and disappeared. It was at the 1972 Hare Krishna Festival that he finally decided to forsake his studies, permanently join ISKCON and move into the temple in Bombay. When his family was unable to locate him, they feared the worst. He had once before left home to join an ashrama. On the pretext that his mother was gravely ill, he was asked to come back home to Aravade. After a month of unsuccessful dissuasion to leave ISKCON, he returned to Bombay.

	It was in Vrndavan on Gopasatami 1972 that he became an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada. He received the sannyasa order from His Divine Grace in December 1975, at the age of 26 years. Lokanath Dasa officially became Lokanath Swami.

	One of the most important instructions he received from Srila Prabhupada was to preach Lord Caitanya’s message by organizing Padayatra (a walking festival) worldwide in order to realize Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s declaration – “the holy are of Krsna will be preached in every town and village on this earth.” The first leg of the journey was from Vrndavana to Mayapur.

	In the ~~course of his Padayatra service~~, ~~he traveled on foot to many of~~ the ~~major tirthas and sacred sites~~ of ~~India.~~		He received the [[Sannyasa\|sannyasa order]] in December 1975, at the age of 26 years.
	~~Today Lokanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, preaching mostly in Maharashtra. For the past forty~~ years, he has traveled and preached in the major cities and towns and remotest villages of Maharashtra guiding their development and spiritual upliftment. He regularly travels to Europe, Africa, and Asia sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga.

	~~Lokanath Swami~~ has worked on establishing ~~many~~ temples ~~– ISKCON~~ Aravade, ~~ISKCON~~ Nagpur, ~~ISKCON~~ Amravati, ~~ISKCON~~ Noida, ~~ISKCON~~ Pandharpur, ~~ISKCON Solapur, to name a few.~~		He travels regularly throughout India, preaching mostly in [[Maharashtra]] and also travelling to Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has worked on establishing temples, including in [[Aravade]], [[Nagpur]], [[Amravati]], [[Noida]], [[Pandharpur]], and has written several books.

	He is also the author of many books ranging from the lessons learned from his personal conversations with his spiritual master (My Prabhupada, In Conversation With Srila Prabhupada) to taking his readers on a visual and spiritual pilgrimage through Vrndavana (Vraja-mandala Darsana). He is one of the initiating Gurus in ISKCON and has ~~initiated disciples all over the world. He is presently working on~~ several books ~~and various building projects~~.

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
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	*Локанатха Свами Фестивали. — М.: Ведабук, 2007. — 350 с. — {{ISBN\|978-5-902399-14-8}}		*Локанатха Свами Фестивали. — М.: Ведабук, 2007. — 350 с. — {{ISBN\|978-5-902399-14-8}}
	*Локанатха Свами Мой Прабхупада. — М.: Философская книга, 2008. — 240 с.		*Локанатха Свами Мой Прабхупада. — М.: Философская книга, 2008. — 240 с.

	~~== Footnotes ==~~

	~~{{Empty section\|date=July 2014}}~~

	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~
	~~{{Reflist\|group=ISKCON Boston}}~~
	~~{{Reflist\|group=ISKCON MAYAPUR}}~~

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [http://www.lokanathSwami.com Personal Webpage]		* [http://www.lokanathSwami.com Personal Webpage]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamikirtans.com Kirtans by Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://lokanathswamiphotos.com Preaching Photos of Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamiiskcon.info Lectures by Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamivideos.com Videos of Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamiblog.com Blog of Lokanath Swami]
	* [https://archive.is/20140726170355/http://www.lokanathswamibooks.com/ Books by Lokanath Swami]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110207101540/http://lokmediaonline.com/ Media of Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamiofferings.com Offerings by Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamiprojects.info Projects by Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://www.lokanathswamiquotes.com Quotes by Lokanath Swami]
	* [http://lokanathmaharaj.info Lecture Transcripts of Lokanath Swami]
	* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfUUPbEJ8D8 (Check the Description of the video for the content)

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{{Infobox religious biography
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| name =Lokanath Swami
| sanskrit =
| image= Lokanath Swami Vrindavan 2009.jpg
| religion = [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]
| alias =
| location =
| Title =
| Period =
| Predecessor =
| Successor =
| initiation = [[Diksa]]–1972, [[Sannyasa]]–1975
| post = [[ISKCON Guru System|ISKCON Guru]], [[Sannyasi]]
| birth_name = Raghunath Patil
| birth_date =6 July 1949
| birth_place =Aravade, Tasgaon (now [[Maharashtra]]), [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| website ={{url|http://lokanathswami.com}}
}}
'''Lokanath Swami''' ({{IAST3|Loka-nātha Svāmī}}; born 1949 in Aravade, Tasgaon, Maharashtra) is an [[ISKCON Guru System|ISKCON guru]] from [[India]]. Lokanath Swami (born Raghunath Patil) always had the ambition to dedicate his life to serving people, his country and humanity. Bereft of resources, he did not know where to begin. It was while studying Chemistry in Bombay that his life was irrevocably changed. He daily attended the first 10 day Cross Maidan Pandal Festival in 1971 organized by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and his Western disciples.

Although Lokanath Swami did not personally meet Srila Prabhupada at this festival, His Divine Grace’s spiritually elevating discourses and the energetic kirtan by the devotees stole his heart. He could not afford much but managed to buy some small Srimad-Bhagavatam booklets and several, "Back to Godhead" magazines. These purchases were what kept him connected to Srila Prabhupada and the devotees during the time that he could not locate them. It seemed that this extraordinary group of people had miraculously appeared and disappeared. It was at the 1972 Hare Krishna Festival that he finally decided to forsake his studies, permanently join ISKCON and move into the temple in Bombay. When his family was unable to locate him, they feared the worst. He had once before left home to join an ashrama. On the pretext that his mother was gravely ill, he was asked to come back home to Aravade. After a month of unsuccessful dissuasion to leave ISKCON, he returned to Bombay.

It was in Vrndavan on Gopasatami 1972 that he became an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada. He received the sannyasa order from His Divine Grace in December 1975, at the age of 26 years. Lokanath Dasa officially became Lokanath Swami.

One of the most important instructions he received from Srila Prabhupada was to preach Lord Caitanya’s message by organizing Padayatra (a walking festival) worldwide in order to realize Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s declaration – “the holy are of Krsna will be preached in every town and village on this earth.” The first leg of the journey was from Vrndavana to Mayapur.

In the course of his Padayatra service, he traveled on foot to many of the major tirthas and sacred sites of India.
Today Lokanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, preaching mostly in Maharashtra. For the past forty years, he has traveled and preached in the major cities and towns and remotest villages of Maharashtra guiding their development and spiritual upliftment. He regularly travels to Europe, Africa, and Asia sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga.

Lokanath Swami has worked on establishing many temples – ISKCON Aravade, ISKCON Nagpur, ISKCON Amravati, ISKCON Noida, ISKCON Pandharpur, ISKCON Solapur, to name a few.

He is also the author of many books ranging from the lessons learned from his personal conversations with his spiritual master (My Prabhupada, In Conversation With Srila Prabhupada) to taking his readers on a visual and spiritual pilgrimage through Vrndavana (Vraja-mandala Darsana). He is one of the initiating Gurus in ISKCON and has initiated disciples all over the world. He is presently working on several books and various building projects.

==Bibliography==
{{Vaishnavism}}
'''In English'''
* Bombay Is My Office: Lokanath Swami – Noida: Padayātrā Press, 2018
* Vraja Mandala Darsana: Lokanath Swami
*Lokanāth Swami in Conversation with Srila Prabhupada: Context and Compilations – Noida: Padayātrā Press, 2014. — 153p. — Print {{ISBN|978-0-620-58488-3}} — E-book {{ISBN|978-0-620-58489-0}}
*Lokanāth Swami Festivals: Śrīla Prabhupāda at the Māyāpur-Vr̥ndāvana festivals. — Noida: Padayātrā Press, 2001. — 244 p. — {{ISBN|81-901132-1-6}}
*Lokanāth Swami Kumbha: Festival of Immortality. — Noida: Padayātrā Press, 2001. — 136 p.
*Lokanāth Swami My Prabhupāda. — Noida: Padayātrā Press, 2007. — 159 p.
*Lokanāth Swami Back to Home (A collection of ''[[Back to Godhead]]'' magazine articles)
*Lokanāth Swami Samskrtoccaranam (A complete guide to Sanskrit pronunciation)

'''In Hindi'''
*Lokanāth Swami Mere Prabhupada
*Lokanāth Swami Bhuvaikuntha Pandharpur
*Lokanāth Swami Kumbha

'''In Marathi'''
*Lokanāth Swami Bhuvaikuntha Pandharpur
*Sukhi Jivanacha Marg (Collection of Lectures in Marathi)

'''In Gujarati'''
*Lokanāth Swami Kumbha

'''In Russian'''
*Локанатха Свами Обратно к Богу. — М.: Философская книга, 2003. — 96 с. — {{ISBN|5-8205-0022-9}}
*Локанатха Свами Кумбха-мела. Праздник бессмертия / Пер. с англ.: Анируддха дас. — М.: Философская книга, 2003. — 144 с.
*Локанатха Свами Фестивали. — М.: Ведабук, 2007. — 350 с. — {{ISBN|978-5-902399-14-8}}
*Локанатха Свами Мой Прабхупада. — М.: Философская книга, 2008. — 240 с.

== Footnotes ==

{{Empty section|date=July 2014}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist|group=ISKCON Boston}}
{{Reflist|group=ISKCON MAYAPUR}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.lokanathSwami.com Personal Webpage]
* [http://www.lokanathswamikirtans.com Kirtans by Lokanath Swami]
* [http://lokanathswamiphotos.com Preaching Photos of Lokanath Swami]
* [http://www.lokanathswamiiskcon.info Lectures by Lokanath Swami]
* [http://www.lokanathswamivideos.com Videos of Lokanath Swami]
* [http://www.lokanathswamiblog.com Blog of Lokanath Swami]
* [https://archive.is/20140726170355/http://www.lokanathswamibooks.com/ Books by Lokanath Swami]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110207101540/http://lokmediaonline.com/ Media of Lokanath Swami]
* [http://www.lokanathswamiofferings.com Offerings by Lokanath Swami]
* [http://www.lokanathswamiprojects.info Projects by Lokanath Swami]
* [http://www.lokanathswamiquotes.com Quotes by Lokanath Swami]
* [http://lokanathmaharaj.info Lecture Transcripts of Lokanath Swami]
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfUUPbEJ8D8 (Check the Description of the video for the content)

{{Modern Gaudiya Vaishnavas}}

{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lokanath, Swami}}
[[Category:International Society for Krishna Consciousness religious figures]]
[[Category:Gaudiya religious leaders]]
[[Category:People from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian Hare Krishnas]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Performers of Hindu music]]
[[Category:Living people]]