Bengali: মহানাম সম্প্রদায় | |
 Prabhu Jagadbandhu considered avatar by Mahanam Sampradaya | |
| Formation | 1891 as movement[1] |
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| Founder | Prabhu Jagadbandhu (inspirator) Sripad Mahendraji (organisator) |
| Founded at | Bengal, British India |
| Type | Hindu denomination Religious organization |
| Purpose | Educational, philanthropic, religious studies, spirituality |
| Headquarters | Mahauddharana Math, Maniktala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India Sri Angan, Faridpur, Bangladesh |
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Area served | India & Bangladesh |
Membership | more than 1 million |
Official languages | Bengali |
Previous head | Mahanambrata Brahmachari |
Current head | Upasakbandhu Bramachari in India and Kantibandhu Brahmachari in Bangladesh |
Key people | Mahanambrata Brahmachari |
| Affiliations | Hinduism |
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Mahanam Sampradaya (Bengali: মহানাম সম্প্রদায়) is a monastic organisation founded in the last decade of the 19th century within Hinduism in the Bengal Presidency of colonial British India and spiritually inspired by Prabhu Jagadbandhu.[1] As the tradition-sampradaya is also known as a Krishnaite institution and it was formed in the early 20th century by Sripad Mahendraji.[2] Presently followers of Mahanam Sampradaya are centered in both India and Bangladesh.[1] Radha Krishna, Gaur Nitai and Prabhu Jagadbandhu are the chief deities worshiped by the Mahanam Sampradaya.[citation needed]
- ^ a b c Carney, Gerald T. (2020). "Baba Premananda Bharati: his trajectory into and through Bengal Vaiṣṇavism to the West". In Ferdinando Sardella; Lucian Wong (eds.). The Legacy of Vaiṣṇavism in Colonial Bengal. Routledge Hindu Studies Series. Milton, Oxon; New York: Routledge. pp. 135–160. ISBN 978-1-138-56179-3. pp.140–141.
- ^ Mahanambrata Brahmachari. Mahendra Leelalamrita. Kolkata. p. 26.