Sri Balarama das was born in Moscow in 1982. Parents - Amrita Das and Kausalya dd, sister - Subhadra Mayi dd. He studied at the Moscow Bhaktivedanta Gurukula, then at the age of 11 went to India along with Gopal Krishna Maharaja, where he lived for almost 20 years. He studied for one year at Chandigarh gurukula (Punjab), and then for 4 years in Vrindavan Gurukula. At the age of 14 he received his first initiation from Gopal Krishna Goswami, at 17 he recieved the second initiation. At the age of 16 he successfully completed a half-year Bhakti sastri course in Vrindavan.
