Shri Narahari Chakravarti Thakura appeared in the late 1600’s in West Bengal in a brahmana family. Jagannatha Vipra, his father, was a famous disciple of Shripad Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura. Narahari (Ghanashyama Dasa) was a disciple of Narasimha Chakravarti in the line of Shrinvasa Acharya.