India, Feb. 19 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said ISKCON was playing a significant role in carrying the flag of Sanatan Dharma across the world while serving mankind through relief operations during natural calamities, and social welfare initiatives.

Addressing devotees at the ISKCON temple in Mayapur in West Bengal's Nadia district during celebrations marking the 152nd birth anniversary of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, Shah said he had come to the spiritual centre not in his official capacity but as a devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

"Brothers and sisters, you respectfully referred to me as India's home minister, but I have not come here in that capacity. I have come here as a devoted follower of Chaitanya Mahaprabh...