Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati February 1874 January 1937, born Bimala Prasad Datta , also referred to as Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, was a prominent guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the early 20th century in India.

Bimala Prasad was born in 1874 in Puri a son of Kedarnath Datta Bhaktivinoda Thakur, a recognised Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava philosopher and teacher. Bimala Prasad received both Western and traditional Indian education and gradually established himself as a leading intellectual among the bhadralok , earning the title Siddhanta Sarasvati . Under the direction of his father and spiritual preceptor, Bimala Prasad took initiation into Gaudiya Vaishnavism from the Vaishnava ascetic Gaurakishora Dasa Babaji, receiving the name Shri Varshabhanavidevidayita Dasa , and dedicated himself to arduous ascetic discipline, recitation of the Hare Krishna mantra on beads , and study of classical Vaishnava literature.

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