Swami Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda (b. 1874–d. 1937) was a Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava guru and preceptor of the Bengali school of Kṛṣṇa Caitanya (1486–1534). He was born as Bimalā Prasāda Dutta in the city of Jagannath Puri (located in present day Odisha). Over ...
Chaitanya movement, intensely emotional movement of Hinduism that has flourished from the 16th century, mainly in Bengal and eastern Odisha (Orissa) state, India. It takes its name from the medieval saint Chaitanya (1485–1533), whose fervent devotion to