Bimala Prasad was born in 1874 in Puri in a Bengali Hindu Kayastha family as a son of Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda Thakur, a Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava philosopher and teacher. Bimala Prasad received W
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Kedarnath Datta's family ca.1900 From left to right:Back row: Bimala Prasad, Barada Prasad, Kedarnath Datta, Krishna Vinodini, Kadambini, and Bhagavati Devi (seated). Second row: Kamala Prasad, Shailaja Prasad, unknown grandchild, and Hari Pramodini. Front row: two unknown grandchildren.
Bimala Prasad as a student, early 1890s
Gaudiya Vaishnavism, also known as Chaitanya Vaishnavism, is a Vaishnava religious movement inspired by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in India. "Gaudiya" refers to the Gaura or Gauḍa region of Bengal, while Va
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…Bengali: ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী; Bengali: ; (6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937), born Bimala Prasad Datt (Bimalā Prasāda Datta, Bengali: ), was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru (spiritual master), Ācārya, and revivalist in early twentieth-century India, known to his followers as Śrīla Prabhupāda. Bimala Prasad was born…
Caitanya dances with followers in a puddle of his own tears. Followers include Śivananda, Rūpa Gusāṁī, Murāri Gupta, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Mukunda, and Nityānanda Prabhu. Kisangarh painting, c. 1750.
Wooden murti of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as Dhāmeśvara, Nabadwip
Yogapith temple at Chaitanya's birthsite in Mayapur established in 1880s by Bhaktivinoda Thakur, presently caretaken by the Sri Chaitanya Math
Sri Gaudiya Math (Kolkata, estd. 1930) is the formal headquarters of Gaudiya Math, now headquarter of Gaudiya Mission.