Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury | |
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কৃষ্ণানন্দ দত্তচৌধুরী | |
Born | c. 1490 AD Andul |
Died | c. 1570, Orissa, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Krishnananda Dutta |
Citizenship | Indian |
Successor | Madhav Ram and Kandarpa Ram Dutta Chaudhury |
Movement | Krishna Naam' Movement |
Children | 2 |
Parent |
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Family | The feudal zamindar Dutta Chaudhury of Andul, West Bengal |
Website | archive.org/details/KrishnanandaDutta |
Krishnananda Dutta, [1] born as Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury [2] (c. 1490-1570) in a Dutta Chowdhury family in Andul of the present-day Howrah district of West Bengal, India, was the 4th Chowdhury revenue collector (zamindar) there. He regularly organised kirtans at his kirtanana-mandapa located near by his home. [3]
In ca.1514 CE Krishnananda was initiated to krsna-nama-mantra by Nityananda Prabhu in Andul. A few years later he took sanyas and went to Puri, carrying his deities— Radha-Madhava there. [5] At the request of the king of Aul he then moved to Chhoti village [6] in Kendrapara district in Odisha.
He was an ancestor of Kedar Nath Dutta ( Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura) and Bimala Prasad Dutta ( Shrila Bhakti Shiddhanta Saraswati Thakura). The deities which Krishnananda carried to Puri from Andul are now known as the 'Ancestral deities of Bhakti Vinod Thakur'. [7]
Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury | |
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কৃষ্ণানন্দ দত্তচৌধুরী | |
Born | c. 1490 AD Andul |
Died | c. 1570, Orissa, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Krishnananda Dutta |
Citizenship | Indian |
Successor | Madhav Ram and Kandarpa Ram Dutta Chaudhury |
Movement | Krishna Naam' Movement |
Children | 2 |
Parent |
|
Family | The feudal zamindar Dutta Chaudhury of Andul, West Bengal |
Website | archive.org/details/KrishnanandaDutta |
Krishnananda Dutta, [1] born as Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury [2] (c. 1490-1570) in a Dutta Chowdhury family in Andul of the present-day Howrah district of West Bengal, India, was the 4th Chowdhury revenue collector (zamindar) there. He regularly organised kirtans at his kirtanana-mandapa located near by his home. [3]
In ca.1514 CE Krishnananda was initiated to krsna-nama-mantra by Nityananda Prabhu in Andul. A few years later he took sanyas and went to Puri, carrying his deities— Radha-Madhava there. [5] At the request of the king of Aul he then moved to Chhoti village [6] in Kendrapara district in Odisha.
He was an ancestor of Kedar Nath Dutta ( Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura) and Bimala Prasad Dutta ( Shrila Bhakti Shiddhanta Saraswati Thakura). The deities which Krishnananda carried to Puri from Andul are now known as the 'Ancestral deities of Bhakti Vinod Thakur'. [7]