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Agrani Krishna Dasa is the founder and CEO of Tirtha Yatra. He hails from a Vaishnava family of Chata Tahsil in Mathura District of Uttar Pradesh. He moved to Bengaluru in 1999. Immediately after moving to Bengaluru, he visited ISKCON temple for the first time on May 27, 1999 and was fascinated by the achievements of Srila Prabhupada. Although young in age, he decided to follow the principles of Srila Prabhupada and accept him as his spiritual master from then on. He started actively participating in the activities of ISKCON there by centering his life around Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. During his graduation in Animation & Visual Effects in the year 2006, he joined ISKCON as Junior Visual Effects Artist and made various short films documenting the Gaudiya Vaishnava festivals which are cherished even today in the temple. During those times, his major contribution was in the field of Photography to an extent that he went ahead to introduce 'Spiritual Photography' as a genre of photography. Photos clicked by him are still used in the print media and various other media of ISKCON. He formally accepted the shelter of Srila Prabhupada on May 30, 2011 and was given the name as Agrani Krishna Dasa, his former name being Aishwarya Kumar S K. By the time he finished his double graduation, he was promoted as an Executive Secretary to the Vice President of ISKCON. During this role, he used his managerial skills to design the systems and processes of various departments like Pujari department, missionary department, etc. His major involvement was to streamline and automate the administration. Since his passion was to travel, he organized pilgrimage tours from the temple and authored a guide book on Vrindavana which was published in 45 issues of Bhaktivedanta Darshana Magazine of ISKCON. In the year 2014 he was double promoted as the Team Lead in Digital Marketing Department of ISKCON. During his leadership, the department grew in leaps and bounds due to his exceptional internet marketing skills. His major achievements have been: seven lakh organic likes on the official Facebook page of ISKCON, optimization of website as per Google's standards, etc. His major contribution was the design and implementation of unique online contests such as Krishna Costume Contest for children on Janmashtami which received international recognition from BBC. He also organized international level Capture Krishna Photography Contest. In 2015, he moved on to ACADGILD, as a Manager – Digital Marketing and worked with Vinod Dham, the father of Pentium. In just six months, he set up the foundation of comapany's digital marketing platform. Simultaneously he laid the foundation for Tirtha Yatra. He founded Tirtha Yatra in March 2015 during the auspicious Ramanavami Festival and since then there has been no turning back. His passion has been to explore the spiritual destinations in India as per the ancient timeless classics and present As It Is for the benefit of the society. He is an expert in pilgrimage tourism and is endorsed for his innovation in this field which attracts all the sections of society. He also introduced the concept of Knowledge based and education based pilgrimage tours for the first time on a major scale. Currently he is based in Bengaluru and is a proud father of a son.