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Prakashanand Saraswati, The Fugitive Guru of Barsana Dham

Prakashanand Saraswati led one of America’s top Hindu temples, until a jury convicted him of abusing kids.

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Before the guru, Prakashanand Saraswati, vanished in March—before a jury convicted him of sexual abuse; before he slipped across the border into Mexico overnight—he led the premier Hindu temple in Texas and, perhaps, the whole United States.

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