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Feb 2019
40m 58s

The Hare Krishna Murders: Go West, Old M...

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An elderly swami from India captures the zeitgeist of 1960s counterculture in America with his message of peace and love. But his western disciples are hungry for power, and one of his most trusted devotees betrays him.

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