A. C. Bhaktiveanta Swami Prabhupada (अभयचरणारविन्द भक्तिवेदान्त स्वामीप्रभुपाद abhaya-caraṇāravinda bhakti-vedānta svāmī prabhupāda?Bengali script: অভযছরণারবিন্ড ভক্টিবএডান্ট স্বামীপ্রভুপড) (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977), was the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a movement to propagate Gaudiya Vaishnavism of Hinduism, not only in India, but also throughout the whole world, a devotional yoga tradition that is popularly known as the "Hare Krishna". Born as Abhay Charan De, in Calcutta, he was educated at the prestigious local Scottish Churches College. Before adopting the life of a pious renunciate, vanaprastha, in 1950, he was married with children and owned a small pharmaceutical business. He later took a vow of renunciation, sannyasa, in 1959 and started writing commentaries on Vaishnava scriptures.