Gadadhara Pandita was a close associate of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. They spent a long period of childhood and monastic life together. He is one of the members of Panchatattva in Gaudiya religion. She is considered as an incarnation of Radharani, Lalita (Gopi) or a combination of them.
Srila Pandit Gadadhara Gauswami:-
- Apparition date: Baisakhi Amavasya date around 1487
- Appearance Period : Gaur Leela
- Place of origin: Beleti village (Matantar, Sridham Navadwip) of Chittagong district (modern Bangladesh).
- Parents: Srimadhav Mishra (Vrishabhanu), and Ratnavati Devi (Vrishabhanu-wife Kirtida Rani)
- Brothers: Jagannath and Baninath, Nayananda Goswami (nephews)
- Father Srigurudev: Srila Madhavendrapuri (Chief Disciple of Sripad Lakshnipiti)
- Srila Madhavendrapuri's disciples: Iswar Puri, Advaita Acharya, Srimannityananda Prabhu, Srimadhava Misra Paramananda Puri, Brahmananda Puri, Rangpuri, Pundrika Vidyanidhi and Raghupati Upadhyaya were famous among others.
- Sri Gurudeva: Srila Pundrik Vidyanidhi
- Sripat: Sripat Bharatpur (Naynananda Sripat, Kandi - Murshidabad), Haribol Kutir (Haridas Das Babaji Sripat) in Navadwip, Tota Gopinath Temple (Jagannath Puri), Sri Sri Gaur Gadadhar Temple (Champahati - Nimtala), Sri Sri Gaur-Gadadhar Gaudiya Math ( Shridham Nabdeep) Gaur Gadadhar Birthplace Temple - Chittagong District (modern Bangladesh), Dant Samadhi of Gadadhar Pandit - Shri Brajdham. Also Shripat Maynadal Gadadhar Branch.
Srila Pandit Gadadhara Gauswami | |
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| the birth | Around 1487 Baisakhi Amavasya Tithi Beleti Village (Matantar, Sridham Navadwip) of Chittagong District (modern Bangladesh). |
| disappearance | Tota Gopinath Temple, Puri |
| partner | Sri Advaita Acharya, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Srivasa Tagore, Mukunda Datta, Haridas Tagore, Ramananda Ray and others |
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| the family | Jagannath and Baninath, Nayananda Goswami (brother-in-law) |
Gadadhara is described as a handsome young boy, student of Nyaya (Indian logic) and ranked highest among the inner circle of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's followers.
In the later part of his life, Gadadhara lived in the Tota Gopinatha Temple. As per the local temple legend (which is disputed), the central temple deity of Krishna sat down to accommodate Gadadhara's worship as he was old and feeble. Chaitanya lived a mile away during that time, at the Gambhira. He used to come to hear Gadadhara speak on Krishna while Gadadhara’s eyes would rain tears. The first Radha deity installed in Vrindavan was sent by Gadadhara. The parakiya worship of Radha started from that time.
Some say that Chaitanya and Gadadhara disappeared on the same day inside the Gundicha Temple of Puri.
Devotees of Gadadhara would assemble at Govinda temple in Vrindavan. The Govinda deity was installed by Rupa Goswami, sometimes described as a disciple of Gadadhara. The temple head priest was Radha Krishna Goswami in the lineage of Gadadhara who wrote in the Sadhana Dipika that Gadadhara was Radha.
The Gadadhara Parivara (Parivara means 'family') is one of the traditional Chaitanya lineages that have continued till modern times; the Advaita Parivāra is another example.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu personally gave Gadadhara a deity to worship, and the responsibility to teach the Bhagavata Purana. Gadadhara's guru was Pundarika Vidyanidhi. Gadadhara initiated Bhugarbha Goswami, and Bhugarbha Goswami gave rise to one line of the Gadadhara parivara.
Because Gadadhara is considered to be an incarnate of the goddess Lakshmi or Radha, his followers of come directly under her.The custom of the Gadadhara parivara is to worship the deities of Chaitanya and Gadadhara.
Followers of the Gadadhara parivara opine that Rupa and Sanatana Goswami, Narottama Dasa and his guru Lokanath Goswami were disciples of Gadadhara.] Others hold that Sanatana Goswami was the disciple of Chaitanya or Madhusudana Vidyavacaspati, the brother of the logician Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya, and Rupa Goswami was the disciple of Sanatana Goswami.
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