Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | Ramendra Chandra Bhattacarya 10 October 1895 |
| Died | 12 August 1988 (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Temple of Union in Separation, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip 23°23′26″N 88°21′48″E / 23.390573°N 88.363274°E |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Denomination | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
| Lineage | Gaudiya-Saraswata Sampradaya |
| Notable work(s) | The Search for Sri Krishna, Sri Guru and His Grace, The Golden Volcano of Divine Love |
| Alma mater | Krishnath College (BA), Berhampore, Bengal Presidency |
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| Temple | Gaudiya Math, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math |
| Religious career | |
| Predecessor | Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati |
| Initiation | Diksha (as Ramendra Sundara), 1926 Sannyasa (as Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar), 1930 |
| Post | founder-president-acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math |
| Website | Sri Chaitanya Saraswati Math |
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Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar (IAST: Bhakti-rakṣaka Śrīdhara; 10 October 1895 – 12 August 1988) was an Indian guru, writer, sannyasi and spiritual leader in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder-president-acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
Recognised as a "profound thinker" and "learned representative of the theistic conception of Gaudiya Vaishnavism",[1] Sridhar was a senior disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati and elder "godbrother" (i.e. received initiation from the same guru) to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,[2][3] founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (the ‘Hare Krishnas’), to whose young disciples he provided spiritual guidance after Prabhupada's passing in 1977.[promotion?]
- ^ Vishnu, Bhakti Bhavana (2004). The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant. Columbia University Press. pp. 170–187.
- ^ Melton, J. Gordon (1999). Religious Leaders of America: A Biographical Guide to Founders and Leaders of Religious Bodies, Churches, and Spiritual Groups in North America. Gale Research. pp. 534–535.
- ^ Goswami, Satsvarupa dasa. Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta, volume 1: A Biography of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. ISBN 9789171496768.