Bhaktivedanta Narayana

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Srila Narayana Maharaja
Srila Narayana Maharaja

Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja (16th February, 1921) is a Vaisnava spiritual leader.[1]

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[edit] Early life

He was born in a village named Tewaripur located near the bank of the sacred Ganges river in Bihar, India in Trivedi brahmana family.

[edit] The Spiritual Journey Begins

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In February of 1947 he had his first meeting with Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja in Sri Navadvipa Dhama, West Bengal. [2]

[edit] Ministry

He travelled extensively along with Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja on preaching tours throughout India over the next five years, and in 1952, on Gaura-purnima, his Gurudeva awarded him initiation into the sacred order of sannyasa. In 1954 Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja posted him in charge of the newly opened temple in Mathura named 'Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha'. He is an Editor-in-Chief of its Hindi publications and the monthly magazine 'Sri Bhagavat Patrika'. In 1968 Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja passed from this world, and Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaja performed all the necessary ceremonial rituals for his samadhi burial.[citation needed]

A humble servitor of the Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja took over the organization of the annual Karttika Vraja Mandala Parikrama from Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja, which he continues to carry on up to the present day. He has carried out translation of the Bhaktivinode Thakura's most prominent books, such as Jaiva Dharma, Caitanya-siksamrta, Bhakti-tattva-viveka and Vaisnava-siddhanta-mala. All these books are also presently being translated into English by his followers.[3]

[edit] A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A significant relationship in the life of Srila Narayana Maharaja was his association with His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja Prabhupada, the world-famous preacher of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness. Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja came to reside at Mathura in Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, by invitation of his godbrother, Srila Kesava Maharaja, where he stayed for some months.[citation needed]

In 1959 Srila Kesava Maharaja initiated Prabhupada into the sacred sannyasa order, giving him the sannyasi name and title Srimad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. The ceremony of Vedic fire yajna and all the rituals were performed by Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja.[4]

[edit] Published Works

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  1. ^ The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change. Graham Dwyer, Richard J. Cole, 2007. Page 37
  2. ^ Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Jayatah
  3. ^ VNN Publishing
  4. ^ [The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant,'Edwin Bryant, Maria Ekstrand', 2004. 446p. 'Page 220']