Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami
ISKCON leader, founder of Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
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| Intro | ISKCON leader, founder of Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti | |
| Places | India | |
| was | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 24 January 1898 | |
| Death | 6 October 1968Nabadwip, Nadia district, West Bengal, India (aged 70 years) |
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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.