Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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Komal gupta

20/02/22 13:45 PM IST

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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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