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Komal gupta

20/02/22 13:45 PM IST

Source: PIB

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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The President of India in a recent event said that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has a special place among those saints who promoted Bhakti-Marg.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

  • Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is a 15th-century Indian Saint.
  • He was born in Nabadwip (in present-day West Bengal) in 1486.
  • His mode of worshiping lord Krishna with ecstatic song and dance has a great influence on Vaishnavism in Bengal. 
  • He was the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda Tattva. 
  • Mahaprabhu founded Gaudiya Vaishnavism (Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Sampradaya). 
  • He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularized the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.
  • He has composed the Shikshashtakam (eight devotional prayers).

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