Religion Gaudiya Vaishnavism Died October 6, 1968, Nabadwip | Name Bhakti Kesava Period in office 1940 - 1968 Based in Vrindavan | |
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Other names Vinodabihari Brahmacari Kritiratna Prabhu Born 9 February 1898
Banaripara, East Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh) ( 1898-02-09 ) Title Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader Successor Bhaktivedanta Vamana Goswami Initiation Diksa–1919, Sannyasa–1940 | ||
Predecessor Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati | ||
Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami Maharaja (Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava) (9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968) Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami Maharaja was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada and the founder of the religious organization Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, formed in Calcutta in 1940.
Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja was a friend of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and initiated him into the sannyasa order on 17 September 1959 in his temple in Mathura, and gave him the name Bhaktivedanta Swami.
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