Mahanam Sampradaya

Mahanam Sampradaya
Bengali: মহানাম সম্প্রদায়
Formation1891 as movement
FounderPrabhu Jagadbandhu (Inspirator)
Sripad Mahendraji (Organisator)
Founded atBengal, British India
Typehindu denomination
religious organization
PurposeEducational, Philanthropic, Religious Studies, Spirituality
HeadquartersMahauddharana Math, Maniktala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sri Angan, Faridpur, Bangladesh
Location
  • ashrams/temples, dispensary, medical camps, schools
Area served
India & Bangladesh
Membershipmore than 1 million
Official languages
Bengali
Previous Head
Mahanambrata Brahmachari, Nabanibandhu Brahmachari
Current Head
Upasakbandhu Bramachari in India and Kantibandhu Brahmachari in Bangladesh
Key people
Mahanambrata Brahmachari
AffiliationsHinduism

Mahanam Sampradaya (Bengali: মহানাম সম্প্রদায়) is a monastic organisation founded in the last decade of the 19th century within Hinduism in the Bengal Presidency of colonial British India and spiritually inspired by Prabhu Jagadbandhu. As the tradition-sampradaya is also known as a Krishnaite institution and it was formed in the early 20th century by Sripad Mahendraji. Presently followers of Mahanam Sampradaya are centered in both India and Bangladesh. Radha Krishna, Gaur Nitai and Prabhu Jagadbandhu are the chief deities worshiped by the Mahanam Sampradaya.

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