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| name = Śrī Gadadhāra Pandita<br />
| image = Gadadharapandita.jpg<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| caption = Deity of Śrī Gadadhāra Pandita, ISKCON Mayapur<br />
| guru = [[Madhavendra Puri]] (mantra guru)<br />
| philosophy = [[Bhakti yoga]], [[Achintya Bheda Abheda]]<br />
| known_for = Expounded [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]], [[Bhakti yoga]] along with [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahaprabhu]] and [[Nityananda|Śrī Nityānānda Prabhu]]<br />
| free_label = Associates<br />
| free_text = [[Advaita Acharya|Śrī Advaita Ācārya]], [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahaprabhu]], [[Nityananda|Śrī Nityānānda Prabhu]], [[Srivasa Thakura|Śrīvāsa Thakura]], [[Haridasa Thakur]], [[Ramananda Ray]]a and others<br />
| other_names = Gadādhar Bhaṭṭ,<ref>{{Cite document|url=https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/mobile/view/10.1093/oso/9780199478866.001.0001/oso-9780199478866-chapter-18|title = WindowTitle}}</ref> Gadai<br />
| member_of = [[Panch Tattva]]<br />
| reincarnation_of = [[Krishna]]'s internal energy<br />
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'''Gadadhara Pandita''', also known as Pandita Goswami, was a close associate of [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=De|first1=Sushil K.|title= Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal |date=1942|pages=254}}</ref> Gadadhara Pandita Goswami is described as a handsome young boy, student of [[Nyaya]] (Indian logic) and ranked highest among the inner circle of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's followers.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kapoor|first1=O.B.L.|title= The Philosophy and Religion of Sri Caitanya |date=1976|pages=23}}</ref><br />
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In the later part of his life, Gadadhara Pandita lived in the Tota Gopinatha Temple.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jagannathpuri.in/index.php/tota-gopinatha-temple|title=Tota Gopinatha temple|website=www.jagannathpuri.in |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> The local legend around the temple is that the deity of Krishna in the temple sat down to accommodate Pandit Goswami's worship after he had become feeble due to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's departure. Others say that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Pandit Goswami disappeared on the same day inside the Gundicha Temple of Puri, Odisha.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Das|first1=Vrindaban|title= Shri Chaitanya Bhagawat, Publication=Reflect Publication, Kolkata}}</ref><br />
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== The Gadadhara Parivara ==<br />
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu personally gave Gadadhara Pandita Goswami the deity to worship, and the responsibility to teach Srimad Bhagavatam.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sri Guru Darsanam|last= Shastri|first= Haridas|publisher=Shri Haridas Shastri Goseva Sansthan |year=2015|isbn=978-81-929328-0-4|location=Vrindavan|pages=283}}</ref> Pandita Goswami's guru was Pundarika Vidyanidhi. Pandita Goswami initiated Bhugarbha Goswami, and Bhugarbha Goswami gave rise to one line of the Gadadhara parivara. The Gadadhara Parivāra (Parivāra means 'family') is one among different traditional Chaitanya lineages that have continued till modern times;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sriharidasniwas.org/index.php/sri-guru-parampara/our-guru-shishya-parampara.html |title=Our Guru Shishya parampara|website=sriharidasniwas.org |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> the [[Advaita Parivāra]] is another example. <br />
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Because Pandita Goswami is the combined power, the followers of Pandita Goswami aspire for mādhurya-rasa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jiva.org/worship-of-sri-sri-gaura-gadadhara/ |title=Worship of Sri Sri Gaura Gadadhara|website=jiva.org |access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> The custom of the Gadadhara parivara is to worship the deities of Gaura and Gadadhara. <br />
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Followers of the Gadadhara parivara are of the opinion that Rupa and Sanatana Goswami, Narottama Dasa Thakura Mahasaya and his guru Loknath Goswami were disciples of Gadadhara Pandita.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jiva.org/sri-gadadhara-panditas-role-in-the-gaudiya-sampradaya/ |title=Sri Gadadhara Pandita's Role in the Gaudiya Sampradaya<br />
|website=jiva.org |date=10 March 2013<br />
|access-date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> Others hold that Sanatana Goswami was the disciple of Vidyavacaspati, and Rupa Goswami was the disciple of Sanatana Goswami.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Haridas Shastri]]<br />
*[[Satyanarayana Dasa]]<br />
*[[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]]<br />
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