RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

1486 - 1534

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Bengali: মহাপ্রভু শ্রীচৈতন্য দেব; Sanskrit: चैतन्य महाप्रभु, romanized: Caitanya Mahāprabhu), born Vishvambhara Mishra (IAST: Viśvambhara Miśra) (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bhajan-kirtan and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal. He is considered the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda. However, the concept of inconceivable difference in non-difference, known as achintya-bhedabheda, was developed later by Jiva Gosvami in his book Bhagavat Sandharbha. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the 731st most popular religious figure (down from 632nd in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from India (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is most famous for his teachings of the Hare Krishna mantra and the chanting of the Holy Names of God.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 731 out of 3,187. Before him are Silas, Dayananda Saraswati, Muhammad Ahmad, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Eulalia of Mérida, and John Cassian. After him are Angelo Scola, Obadiah, Al-Suyuti, Robert of Molesme, John Mott, and Nahor, son of Serug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 5. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Sher Shah Suri, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Johann Eck. Among people deceased in 1534, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 5. Before him are Pope Clement VII, Hafsa Sultan, Antonio da Correggio, and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. After him are Thomas Cajetan, Marcantonio Raimondi, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Stephen VIII Báthory, Otto Brunfels, Barbara Jagiellon, and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 111 out of 1,861. Before him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Satyajit Ray (1921), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), C. R. Rao (1920), and Rajiv Gandhi (1944). After him are Vyasa (-390), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 9. Before him are A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Maudgalyayana (-568), Mahākāśyapa (-550), and Dayananda Saraswati (1824). After him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Radha (null), Mahinda (-285), Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889), and Guru Arjan (1563).

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