Gaudiya Vaishnavism or Gaudiya Sampradaya is a bonafide sampradaya. This sampraya descends thro an unbroken chain of disciplic succession starting from Krishna. This has been graphically depicted below:

	• 01 Krsna
	• 02 Brahma
	• 03 Narada
	• 04 Vyasa
	• 05 Madhva
	• 06 Padmanabha
	• 07 Nrhari
	• 08 Madhava
	• 09 Aksobhya
	• 10 Jaya Tirtha
	• 11 Jnanasindhu
	• 12 Dayanidhi
	• 13 Vidyanidhi
	• 14 Rajendra
	• 15 Jayadharma
	• 16 Purusottama
	• 17 Brahmanya Tirtha
	• 18 Vyasa Tirtha
	• 19 Laksmipati
	• 20 Madhavendra Puri
	• 21 Isvara Puri, • Nityananda • Advaita
	• 22 Lord Caitanya
	• 23 Rupa, • Svarupa • Sanatana
	• 24 Raghunatha • Jiva
	• 25 Krsnadasa
	• 26 Narottama
	• 27 Visvanatha
	• 28 Baladeva • Jagannatha
	• 29 Bhaktivinoda
	• 30 Gaurakisora
	• 31 Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
	• 32 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
	Source – www.rvc.edu.com

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is founded by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Thus ISKCON belongs to Gaudiya Brahma Sampradaya, founded by Lord Krishna Himself. Thus it draws its legitimacy from this long succession of spiritual teachers and disciples (parampara).

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