Gaura

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Gaura is another name for Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the 16th-century Bengali saint and key figure in Gaudiya Vaishnavism who propagated congregational chanting of Krishna’s names.

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Gaura canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti saint ⓘ
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ⓘ
Hindu religious leader ⓘ
Vaishnava saint ⓘ
founder of religious movement ⓘ
associatedLocation Jagannath Temple, Puri ⓘ
Mayapur ⓘ
Navadvip ⓘ
birthDate 1486 ⓘ
18 February 1486 ⓘ
birthPlace Bengal ⓘ
Nabadwip ⓘ
Nadia district ⓘ
present-day West Bengal, India ⓘ
century 16th century ⓘ
closeAssociate Advaita Acharya ⓘ
Gadadhara Pandit ⓘ
Nityananda ⓘ
Srivasa Thakura ⓘ
corePractice nama-sankirtana ⓘ
sankirtana ⓘ
coreTeaching congregational chanting of the holy names of Krishna ⓘ
deathDate 1533 ⓘ
deathPlace Jagannath Puri ⓘ
linked to: Puri

Odisha, India ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

Puri ⓘ
ethnicity Bengali ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chaitanya ⓘ
Gaura Hari ⓘ
linked to: Gaura Nitai

Gauranga ⓘ
Gauranga Mahaprabhu ⓘ
Gaurasundara ⓘ
Mahaprabhu ⓘ
Sri Krishna Chaitanya ⓘ
hasGivenName Vishvambhar Mishra ⓘ
inspiredMovement Bhakti movement in eastern India ⓘ
linked to: Bhakti movement
legacy establishment of kirtan-centered devotional communities ⓘ
inspiration for later Gaudiya institutions such as ISKCON ⓘ
movement Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Achintya Bheda Abheda ⓘ
promotedPractice chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInTradition avatara of Krishna (according to followers) ⓘ
combined form of Radha and Krishna (according to Gaudiya Vaishnavas) ⓘ
founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism ⓘ
scripturalFocus Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
teacherOf Nityananda ⓘ
Rupa Goswami ⓘ
Sanatana Goswami ⓘ
Svarupa Damodara Goswami ⓘ
linked to: Srivasa Thakura
veneratedDeity Krishna ⓘ
Radha ⓘ

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