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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

1486 - 1534

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Sanskrit: श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु, romanized: Caitanya Mahāprabhu), born Vishvambhar Mishra (Viśvambhara Miśra), was a 15th-century Indian Hindu saint from Bengal who was the founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, which considers him to be an incarnation of Krishna. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mode of worshipping Krishna with bhajan-kirtan and dance had a profound effect on Vaishnavism in Bengal. He was also the chief proponent of the Vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda Tattva. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has received more than 2,763,988 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the 638th most popular religious figure (up from 681st in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from India (up from 82nd in 2019) and the 5th 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 638 out of 2,238. Before him are Alexius of Rome, Nicodemus, Yasuke, Scholastica, Baal Shem Tov, and Óscar Romero. After him are Célestin Freinet, Dōgen, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Hind bint Utbah, Pancras of Rome, and Hans Küng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 5. Before him are Arthur, Prince of Wales, Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Jacopo Sansovino. After him are Sher Shah Suri, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Francysk Skaryna, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Johann Eck, and Martin Agricola. 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 Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 73 out of 1,493. Before him are Kasturba Gandhi (1869), Ghalib (1797), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Samudragupta (335), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), and Ravi Shankar (1920). After him are Rajendra Prasad (1884), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mumtaz Mahal (1593), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), and Lata Mangeshkar (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ranks 5. Before him are Rama (null), Ānanda (-600), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), and Mahavira (-599). After him are Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), Radha (null), and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918).

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