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Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji was born in a well-to-do mercantile family in 1838 in the village of Vagyana. It was next to the place called Tepakhola in the district of Faridpur, in modern day Bangladesh. Image File history File links Stop_hand. ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. ...

He was thirty years old when his wife passed away, and accepted the life of a Babaji in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition under the tutelage of Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji, after meeting the latter's disciple, Srila Bhagavat dasa Babaji. He became a mendicant, staying in the holy cities of Vrindavan and Navadwip, deeply absorbed in Bhajan. Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. ... Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja was born in a small village within the modern day Tangail district of Bangladesh. ... The term mendicant refers to begging or otherwise relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely exclusively on charity to survive. ... Vrindavan, in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh is a town on the site of the original forest of Vrindavana. ... Navadwip is a town just adjacent to Mayapur, located in Nadia district in West Bengal, India. ... A bhajan or kirtan is a Hindu devotional song, often but not necessarily of ancient origin. ...

1900 was a prominent year, as Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji gave diksha to his only disciple, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. The former gave the latter the name 'Varsabhanavi devi dayita Dasa'. Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji's legacy would live on his only disciple Bhaktisiddhanta, as he would later go on to preach all over the India with his Gaudiya Math. Bhaktisiddhanta in turn gave diksha to A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who preached Gaudiya Vaishnavism worldwide via ISKCON. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... In Hinduism, diksha is the ritual of initiation into the worship of some deity by a guru (diksha guru) who bestows mantra(s) and takes the karma of the initiate - at least in case of Vaishnava diksha, as per Hari Bhakti Vilasa 1. ... Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, founder-acharya of the Gaudiya Math Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada (1874-1937), the well-known preacher of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, was born Bimal Prasad Dutta in the seaside pilgramge town of Jagganath Puri, Orissa, India. ... Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, founder-acharya of Gaudiya Math Shortly after Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura took the renounced order of Sanyasa in 1918, the Gaudiya Math was organized. ... In Hinduism, diksha is the ritual of initiation into the worship of some deity by a guru (diksha guru) who bestows mantra(s) and takes the karma of the initiate - at least in case of Vaishnava diksha, as per Hari Bhakti Vilasa 1. ... A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was born Abhay Charan De, in Kolkata, West Bengal. ... Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (Bengal) Vaishnavism, is a sect of Hinduism founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. ... The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a new religious movement based on Bengali, or more specifically Gaudiya, Vaishnavism founded by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, referred to by followers as His Divine Grace, in New York in 1966. ...

Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji passed away on November 17, 1915. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Biography by ISKCON
• Biography by gosai.com