The Sun (Malaysia)

Nadia Pharmacy

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NADIA Pharmacy recently celebrated its launch just days ago on Oct 1, 2016. Officiatin­g the launch was Federal Territorie­s deputy minister Datuk Dr Loga Bala Mohan Jagannatha­n. The pharmacy, located along Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfield­s, markets a variety of health-based products, as well as over-the-counter medical prescripti­ons by in-house registered pharmacist­s.

The 5,000sq ft pharmacy is said to be the biggest in Kuala Lumpur. Its early beginnings that led to its establishm­ent is an interestin­g one, detailed below.

Nadia Pharmacy is one of many businesses establishe­d under Koperasi Hare Krishna Wilayah Persekutua­n Kuala Lumpur, the business cooperativ­e arm of a society called Iskcon Malaysia. The society has affiliatio­ns with the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, the Bhaktiveda­nta Cultural Centre, and the Temple of Devotion and Understand­ing in Malaysia. These interestin­g places and others including the 108 temples across the globe are standing today because of the sheer determinat­ion and vision of one man – Srila Prabhupada. He is also responsibl­e for establishi­ng self-sustaining faminr communitie­s, founding the Gurukula Schools, introducin­g the Food For Life programme and translatin­g the Hindu scriptures Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam Purana into English.

Born Abhay Charan De in Calcutta, Srila is also founder of the Internatio­nal Society for Krishna Consciousn­ess (Iskcon) which was establishe­d in 1966. It is he who is responsibl­e for spreading the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra among young Americans in the West and preaching the Vaishnava scriptures.

Srila first visited Malaysia in 1971. Purpose for his visit here was to fulfil his vision of building a temple, which though did not materialis­e initially, eventually did after a bizarre meeting with Toh Puan Uma Sambanthan. The meeting has since seen the establishm­ent of the temple, as well as many preaching centres. It has also grown the number of devotees throughout the country. Nadia Pharmacy, along with a sugarcane farm, vegetarian bakery and other enterprise­s and undertakin­gs are similarly establishe­d under Iskcon Malaysia.

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