Category: Our Acharyas

sri jagadisha pandita

The Life and Devotion of Jagadisha Pandita

Spiritual Identity Jagadisha Pandita was formerly a great dancer in Krishna-lila and was known as Chandrahasa. Family Background and...

srila jiva goswami

The Life and Legacy of Srila Jiva Goswami

Early Life and Spiritual Identity In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verse 195, it is said that Srila Jiva Goswami was formerly...

Sri Locana Dasa Thakura

Sri Lochana Dasa Thakura

Sri Lochana Dasa Thakura, the celebrated author of Sri Chaitanya-mangala, was a disciple of Sri Narahari Sarakar Thakura. In the eternal...

mahesha pandita

Sri Mahesha Pandita

Srila Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Thakura provides us with historical details about the Mahesha Pandita in his commentary. Residence: Sri...

uddharana datta thakura

Sri Uddharana Datta Thakura: The Devoted Servant of Lord Nityananda

The Eleventh Cowherd Boy of Vrindavan Srila Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami writes in Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita (Adi 11.41) that Uddharana...

sri davananda pandita

Sri Devananda Pandita

Devananda Pandita was a professional reciter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, but by the mercy of Vakreshvara Pandita and the grace of the Lord he...

sri saranga thakura

Sri Sāraṅga Thakura: The Seventy-Seventh Branch of the Chaitanya Tree

Sri Sāraṅga Thakura (also known as Sāraṅgapāṇi or Sāraṅgadhara) was an exalted associate of Sri Chaitanya Mahāprabhu. His...

kaliya krishnadasa

Sri Kāliyā Krishnadasa: The Cowherd Boy Who Knew Only Nityananda

Sri Kāliyā Krishnadasa was a prominent figure in the 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, and is revered as the twenty-second...

Narahari Sarakara Thakur

The Sacred Legacy of Srikhaṇḍa: Narahari Sarakāra Thakura

Narahari Sarakāra Thakura was a prominent devotee in the 16th-century Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, a close associate and disciple of Sri...

vasudeva ghosh

Sri Govinda, Vasudeva and Madhava Ghosh

Krishna dasa Kaviraja Goswami writes (Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi-lila 10.115): “The three brothers, Govinda, Madhava, and Vasudeva were...

sri rasikanan da prabhu

Sri Rasikananda Prabhu

In the year 1590 AD (Sakabda 1512), Sri Rasikananda Prabhu appeared on the first day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartik. His...

sri virabhadra goswami

Sri Virabhadra Goswami

On the order of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu travelled to Bengal for preaching and accepted the grihastha ashram...