The Governing Body Commission's own page describing ISKCON's ecclesiastical governance, stating that individual temples are financially independent under the Commission's ecclesiastical management, per Srila Prabhupada's own founding directions.
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the religion's own established ecclesiastical governing body describing its own institutional and financial structure on its official site, read in full at its hosted address. States that "according to Srila Prabhupada's directions, all ISKCON temples are financially independent; yet function under the ecclesiastical management of the GBC," a statement about the organization's own governance rather than a secondhand account of it. Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness, Governing Body Commission
Custodian BasisThe religion's own established ecclesiastical governing body, describing its own governance structure and financial policy on its own official site.
Citation
PublisherInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness, Governing Body Commission
URLhttps://gbc.iskcon.org/governance-structure/
Source TypeInstitutional
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- Denominations, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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