Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Ramendra Chandra Bhattacarya 10 October 1895 |
| Died | 12 August 1988 (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Temple of Union in Separation, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip 23°23′26″N 88°21′48″E / 23.390573°N 88.363274°E |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable work(s) | The Search for Sri Krishna, Sri Guru and His Grace, The Golden Volcano of Divine Love |
| Alma mater | Krishnath College (BA), Berhampore, Bengal Presidency |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Denomination | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
| Temple | Gaudiya Math, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math |
| Lineage | Gaudiya-Saraswata Sampradaya |
| Initiation | Diksha (as Ramendra Sundara), 1926 Sannyasa (as Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar), 1930 |
| Religious career | |
| Post | founder-president-acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math |
| Predecessor | Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati |
| Website | Sri Chaitanya Saraswati Math |
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Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar (IAST: Bhakti-rakṣaka Śrīdhara; 10 October 1895 – 12 August 1988) was an Indian guru, writer, sannyasi and spiritual leader in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, founder-president-acharya of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
Recognised as a "profound thinker" and "learned representative of the theistic conception of Gaudiya Vaishnavism", Sridhar was a senior disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati and elder "godbrother" (i.e. received initiation from the same guru) to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (the ‘Hare Krishnas’), to whose young disciples he provided spiritual guidance after Prabhupada's passing in 1977.