Tony Zemaitis and George Harrison - an autographed hardback ...

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£3,200

Tony Zemaitis and George Harrison - an autographed hardback copy of 'KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, His Divine Grace' by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, volume one, inscribed in pen to the inside front page 'To Tony & Ann and Tony Jr, with thanks for your being good souls - love from George Harrison, (an alternative to Catholicism!), including a doodle of a guitar and four religious symbols'; together with a wooden diamond shaped plaque bearing an OM symbol (2)

*A copy of KRSNA, personally gifted to Tony Zemaitis from George Harrison, who were close friends founded through George's love for Tony' craft. 

George Harrison had become an admirer of Indian culture and mysticism by the mid 1960s. Between the end of the last Beatles tour in 1966 and the beginning of the Sgt Pepper recording sessions, he made a pilgrimage to India with his first wife, Pattie Boyd, where he studied sitar with Ravi Shankar, met several gurus, and visited various holy places. After being given various religious texts by Shankar in 1966, he remained a lifelong advocate of the teachings of Swami Vivekananda and Paramahansa Yogananda. In mid-1969, he produced the single "Hare Krishna Mantra", performed by members of the London Radha Krishna Temple. Having also helped the Temple devotees become established in Britain, Harrison then met their leader, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whom he described as a friend. Harrison embraced the Hare Krishna tradition, and became a lifelong and their best known devotee. In 1972 he donated his Letchmore Heath mansion north of London to the devotees. It was later converted to a temple and renamed 'Bhaktivedanta Manor.'