GAUDIYA VAISHNAV BIOGRAPHIES
Below we have listed vaishnava acaryas connected to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Many vaishnava biogpraphies are accompanied by audio mp3 bhajans / lectures, videos, vaishnava / bhakti songs & vaishnava books.
Sri Mahaprabhu Chaitanya is the foremost proponent & reformer of bhakti yoga. He appeared as a devotee of Sri Lord Krishna. However, he is none other than supreme Sri Lord Krishna himself in the mood of Srimati Radharani. Sri Krishna Chaitanya appeared in Navadwipa Mayapur (now in state of West Bengal, India) about 500 years back. History of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu very clearly depicts his connection to Madhavacarya who is connected to Brahma sampradaya. Lord Brahma is the creator of the universe. Lord Brahma got his instructions from Lord Krishna.
Most of the personalities listed below are mentioned in the pastimes / story of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
A
- A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- Abhirama Gopala Thakura
- Achyutananda
- Advaita Acarya
- Akincana Krishna Dasa Babaji Maharaja
- Anupama Mallika
B
- Baladeva Vidyabhusana
- Basudev Bipra
- Bhagavan Acarya
- Bhagavan Pandita
- Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
- Bhaktivinoda Thakura
- Bhavananda Raya
- Bhugarbha Goswami
- Bijali Khan
- Bilvamangala Thakura
- Biracandra Prabhu
- Buddhimanta Khan
C
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Chandrashekhara Acharya
- Chiranjiva
D
- Damodar Pandit
- Devakinandana Dasa Thakur
- Devananda Pandit
- Dhananjaya Pandit
- Dvija Haridasa
G
- Gadadhara Dasa Goswami
- Gadadhara Pandit
- Ganga Dasa Pandit
- Ganga Narayana Cakravarti
- Gangamata Goswamini
- Gaura Kishora Dasa Babaji Maharaja
- Gauridasa Pandit
- Gopala Bhatta Goswami
- Gopala Guru Goswami
- Gopinath Pattanayaka
- Govinda
- Govinda Dasa Kaviraja
- Govinda Datta
- Govinda Ghosh
- Govindananda
H
- Haridasa Thakura
- Hemalata Thakurani
- Hiranya Pandita
- Hridaya Chaitanya
I
- Ishan Thakur
- Ishvara Puri
J
- Jagadananda Pandit
- Jagadisha Pandit
- Jagannatha Dasa Babaji
- Jagannatha Tirtha
- Jahnava Mata
- Jayadeva Goswami
- Jiva Goswami
K
- Kali Das
- Kaliya Krishna Dasa
- Kamalakanta Vishvasa
- Kamalakara Pippalai
- Kashishvara Pandit
- Kavi Karnapura Goswami
- Kholavecha Shridhara
- Kholavecha Shridhara - Biogrphy
- Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami
- Kurma Vipra
L
- Lochana Dasa Thakura
- Lokanatha Goswami
M
- Madhavendra Puri
- Madhavi Devi
- Madhu Pandit Goswami
- Madhusudana Vachaspati
- Madhvacharya
- Mahesh Pandit
- Minaketana Rama Das
- Mukunda Dasa
- Mukunda Datta
- Murari Gupta
- Murari Mahiti
N
- Nandana Acharya
- Narahari Chakravarti Thakura
- Narahari Sarakara Thakura
- Narayana Bhatta Goswami
- Narayana Pandita
- Narottama Dasa Thakura
- Nityananda Prabhu
P
- Paramananda Puri
- Paramananda Sen
- Parameshvara Dasa Thakura
- Parameshvara Modaka
- Prabodhananda Saraswati
- Pradyumna Brahmachari
- Pradyumna Mishra
- Prataparudra
- Pundarika Vidyanidhi
- Purandara Acharya
- Puri Das
- Purushottama Dasa Thakura
R
- Raghava Pandit
- Raghunandana Thakura
- Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
- Raghunatha Dasa Goswami
- Raghupati Upadhyaya
- Ramachandra Kaviraja
- Ramachandra Puri
- Ramadasa Bishvas
- Ramadasa Brahmana
- Ramadasa Vipra
- Ramananda Raya
- Ranga Puri
- Rasikananda Prabhu
- Rupa Goswami
S
- Sachi Devi
- Sadashiva Kaviraja
- Sadashiva Pandit
- Sanatana Goswami
- Sanoriya Vipra
- Santosha Datta
- Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
- Satyaraja Khan
- Ser Khan
- Shankara Pandita
- Shankararanya
- Sharanga Thakura
- Shikhi Mahiti
- Shivananda Sena
- Shrikanta
- Shriman Pandita
- Shrinatha Pandita
- Shrinivasa Acharya
- Shrivasa Pandit
- Shubhananada Dvija
- Shuklambara Brahmachari
- Shyamananda Prabhu
- Sita Thakurani
- Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami
- Subuddhi Raya
- Sulochana
- Sundarananda Thakura
- Svarupa Damodara Goswami
T
- Tapana Mishra
U
- Uddharana Datta Thakura
- Uddhava Das
V
- Vakresvara Pandit
- Vamsi Dasa Babaji Maharaj
- Vamsivadananda Thakura
- Vanamali Acarya
- Vanamali Vipra
- Vaninatha Bipra
- Vaninatha Pattanayaka
- Vasudeva Datta Thakur
- Vasudeva Ghosh
- Vasudeva Vipra
- Venkata Bhatta
- Vidyavacaspati
- Vijaya dasa Akhariya
- Viracandra Prabhu
- Vishnupriya Devi
- Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura
- Vrindavana Dasa Thakura
Y
- Yadavacharya Goswami
- Yadunandana Dasa
- Yadunandanacharya
OTHER VAISHNAV BIOGRAPHIES
Although this is a Gaudiya history website, we felt that it was very important to acknowledge briefly the lives of other great vaishnava acaryas mentioned in vedas besides those connected directly to Gaudiya sampradaya. Hence, we have listed below additional biographies of vaishnava acaryas from other bonafide vaishnava sampradayam. These are vaishnava Sri Sampradaya (Sri Ramanuja), Vallabha Sampradaya (Vishnuswami, Vallabhacarya) & Nimbarka Swampradaya (Nimbarka).