| Name(s) |
BHAKTIVINODA THAKUR
(born Kedarnath Datta) |
| Date of
Birth |
September 02, 1838 |
| Date of
Death |
June 23, 1914 |
|
Identity |
A prominent thinker
of Bengali Renaissance and a leading philosopher, savant and
spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
He edited and published
over one hundred books on Vaishnavism, including such major
theological treatises as Krishna-samhita (1880),
Caitanya-sikshamrita (1886) Jaiva-dharma (1893), Tattva-sutra
(1893), Tattva-viveka (1893), and Hari-nama-chintamani (1900). |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- The most influential
Gaudiya Vaishnava leader of
his time.
- He, along with his son
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati,
pioneered the propagation of Gaudiya
Vaishnavism all over the world.
- one of his sons, Bimala Prasad,
later became known as
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati,
a prominent Gaudiya Vaishnava
spiritual leader and the founder of
the Gaudiya Math.
- Finally, at the age of 29, he
became a follower of
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
- In 1886, in recognition of
his prolific theological,
philosophical and literary
contributions, the local Gaudiya
Vaishnava community conferred upon
Kedarnath Datta the
honorific title Bhaktivinoda.
- He is also credited with the
rediscovery of the lost site of
Chaitanya's birth in Mayapur near
Nabadwip, which he commemorated with
a prominent temple.
- Bhaktisiddhanta's
disciple A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
(1896–1977) continued his guru's
Western mission when in 1966
in the United States he founded
ISKCON, or the Hare
Krishna movement, which
then spread Gaudiya Vaishnavism
globally.
- Bhaktivinoda wrote a detailed
autobiographical account titled
Svalikhita-jivani
that spanned most of his life from
his birth in 1838 until retirement
in 1894 and was published after
Bhaktivinoda's demise.
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