RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

1486 - 1534

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Bengali: মহাপ্রভু শ্রীচৈতন্য দেব; Sanskrit: चैतन्य महाप्रभु, romanized: Caitanya Mahāprabhu), born Vishvambhara Mishra (IAST: Viśvambhara Miśra) (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534), was an Indian Hindu saint from Bengal and the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bhajan-kirtan and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal. He is considered the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has received more than 2,971,192 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the 632nd most popular religious figure (up from 633rd in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from India (down from 72nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is most famous for his teachings of the Hare Krishna mantra and the chanting of the Holy Names of God.

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  • 52

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  • 4.70

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 632 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Leo VI, Theophanes the Confessor, Canaan, Pope Vigilius, Jean Meslier, and Pope Felix IV. After him are Charles Taze Russell, John Knox, Peter Waldo, Jael, Father Damien, and Catherine Labouré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 5. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Sher Shah Suri, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Francysk Skaryna, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, and Domenico di Pace Beccafumi. Among people deceased in 1534, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement VII, Hafsa Sultan, and Antonio da Correggio. After him are Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Marcantonio Raimondi, Thomas Cajetan, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Stephen VIII Báthory, Barbara Jagiellon, Otto Brunfels, and Khvandamir.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 73 out of 1,861. Before him are Satyajit Ray (1921), Julie Christie (1940), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Maharana Pratap (1540), Mahākāśyapa (-550), and Sri Aurobindo (1872). After him are Gerald Durrell (1925), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Maudgalyayana (-568), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), and Satyendra Nath Bose (1894).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 7. Before him are Mahavira (-599), Ānanda (-600), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), Radha (null), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), and Mahākāśyapa (-550). After him are Maudgalyayana (-568), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Ravi Shankar (1956), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835).

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