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
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.
Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and the teachings of "Krishna consciousness" to the
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
…disagreed with the spirit of these two factions and/or started their own missions to expand their guru's mission. In the 1960s, the one of his disciples, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada went to the West to spread Gaudiya-Vaishnavism and establish the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), "the most successful of the…
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami in Germany, 1974
Memorial at the spot of Abhay Charan De's first meeting with Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. Kolkata
Prabhupada's passport, issued for his journey to the United States. (1965)