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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, founder of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti (1898–1968)}}<br />
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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
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| name = Bhakti Prajnan Keshava<br />
| honorific-suffix = Maharaja<br />
| image = Bhaktiprajanakesava.jpg<br />
| caption = [[Murti]] of Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja on the altar in the [[Gaudiya Math]] in Mathura<br />
| religion = [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]<br />
| alias = Vinodabihari Brahmacari Kritiratna Prabhu<br />
| location = [[Vrindavan]], [[India]]<br />
| title = [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] spiritual leader<br />
| period = 1940 - 1968<br />
| predecessor = [[Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati]]<br />
| successor = Srila Bhaktivedānta Vamana Goswāmī Maharaj.<br />
| initiation = [[Diksa]]–1919, [[Sannyasa]]–1940<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1898|2|9}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1968|10|06|1898|2|9}}<br />
| death_place = [[Nabadwip]], [[India]]<br />
| birth_place = Banaripara, [[East Bengal]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])<br />
}}<br />
{{Vaishnavism}}<br />
'''Bhakti Prajnan Keshava''' ({{IAST3|Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava}}; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific '''Mahārāja''' ({{IAST|Mahārāja}}),{{sfn|Brzezinski|2004|p=89}} was a [[Gaudiya Vaishnava]] guru, disciple of [[Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati]] and the founder-[[acharya]] of the religious organisation "Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti", formed in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in 1940,{{sfn|Brzezinski|2004|p=89}}{{sfn|Sherbow|2004|p=131}} and its geadquarters, monastery [[Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math]] in [[Nabadwip]].<br />
[[File:The Samadhi Mandir.jpg|thumb|left|[[Samadhi]] Mandir of Bhakti Prajnana Keshav and Bhakti Vedanta Bamana in [[Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math]].]]<br />
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Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja and [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]] were godbrothers (disciples of the same spiritual master). Abhay Charanaravinda Prabhu became A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (taking the title "Bhaktivedanta" and name ''Swāmī'') when Keśava Gosvāmī initiated him into the renounced order of life ([[sannyasa]]) on 17 September 1959 at Keshava Maharaja's temple in [[Mathura]].<ref>Anil Sooklal, ''A socio-religious study of the Hare Krishna movement in South Africa'', [https://books.google.ie/books?id=yY8RAQAAIAAJ&q=Kesava+Maharaja&dq=Kesava+Maharaja&hl=en&ei=POkRTKLQBeHbsAb_keyvBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBzgU p.28], 1986.</ref><ref>The Gauḍīya Patrikā's journal of Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava has an account of the sannyasa initiation included a biographical sketch of [[Bhaktivedanta Swami]], listing the major events of his life. The article concluded: "Bhaktivedanta Swami at the Śrī Keśavajī Gaudiya Math accepted sannyāsa from the founder of the Vedānta Samiti, Bhaktiprajñāna Keśava Mahārāja. Seeing him accept his āśrama of renunciation, seeing this pastime for accepting the renounced order of life, we have attained great affection and enthusiasm." {{citation | first = Satsvarupa Dasa| last = Goswami| author-link = Satsvarupa dasa Goswami| title =Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta|volume= 2|edition=2nd|date=2002 | pages=1191 | isbn = 0-89213-357-0}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
*{{Citation<br />
| first = Narayana| last = Bhaktivedanta<br />
| title = Acarya Kesari Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami - His Life and Teachings<br />
| publisher = GVP <br />
| date = 1999<br />
| edition = 1st<br />
| pages = 571 pages | isbn = 81-86737-14-6}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
| last=Broo<br />
| first=Måns<br />
| year=2003<br />
| title=As good as God: the guru in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism<br />
| publisher=[[Åbo Akademi University|Åbo Akademi University Press]]<br />
| url=https://oa.doria.fi/handle/10024/4128?show=full<br />
| isbn=951-765-132-5<br />
| access-date=11 June 2010<br />
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130630/https://oa.doria.fi/handle/10024/4128?show=full<br />
| archive-date=4 March 2016<br />
| url-status=dead<br />
}}<br />
* {{cite book|surname=Brzezinski |given=Jan |chapter=Charismatic Renewal and Institutionalization in the History of Gaudiya Vashnavism and the Gaudiya Math |editor-surname1=Bryant |editor-given1=Edwin F. |editor-surname2=Ekstrand |editor-given2=Maria L. |editor-link1=Edwin F. Bryant |title=The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant |place=New York |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |year=2004 |pages=73–96 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBMxPdgrBhoC&pg=PA73 |url= {{Google books|mBMxPdgrBhoC|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |isbn=0-231-12256-X}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
| last=Rosen | first= Steven J. | year=1994<br />
| title=Vaishnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition<br />
| publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]<br />
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IrQkw5x2o4C<br />
| isbn= 81-208-1235-2<br />
}}<br />
*{{Citation<br />
| first = Satsvarupa Dasa| last = Goswami<br />
| author-link = Satsvarupa dasa Goswami<br />
| title = Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta<br />
| volume = 2<br />
| date = 2002<br />
| edition = 2nd<br />
| pages = 1191<br />
| isbn = 0-89213-357-0}}<br />
* {{cite book |surname=Sherbow |given=Paul H. |chapter=A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vashnavism |editor-surname1=Bryant |editor-given1=Edwin F. |editor-surname2=Ekstrand |editor-given2=Maria L. |editor-link1=Edwin F. Bryant |title=The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant |place=New York |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |year=2004 |pages=129–46 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBMxPdgrBhoC&pg=PA129 |url= {{Google books|mBMxPdgrBhoC|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |isbn=0-231-12256-X}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official website|gvs.online|Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti official website}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
| url=http://www.goloka.com/docs/spiritual_leaders/kesava_mj.html<br />
| title=Spiritual Leaders - Gaudiya-Vaishnava Acaryas - Srila Bhakti Prajna Kesava Maharaja<br />
| publisher=www.goloka.com<br />
| access-date=2008-08-03<br />
}}<br />
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