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- A native of Nabadwip in Bengal, he promoted the worship
of Lord Krishna.
- He is venerated by followers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
- He was a proponent for the Vaishnava school of Bhakti
yoga, based on the philosophy of the Bhagavata Purana and
Bhagavad Gita, who founded the Achintya Bheda Abheda of
Vedanta.
- Specifically, he worshipped the forms of Krishna,
popularised the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra and
composed the Siksastakam (eight devotional prayers) in
Sanskrit.
- His followers, Gaudiya Vaishnavas, revere him as an
avatar of Krishna.
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