Hinduism · Origins & people
Chaitanya inspires a Krishna devotional community
1486–1533 CE
Chaitanya invigorated Krishna devotion in Bengal and Odisha through personal example, pilgrimage, and communal religious practice. His followers understood him in divine terms and developed the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Puri became the principal setting of the later part of his life.
Why it matters
His influence highlights the formative importance of a teacher’s remembered life, collective devotion, and disciples, even when the teacher leaves few writings.
About the date
Follows Banglapedia’s lifespan; other chronologies place his death in 1534.
Puri
Principal residence during Chaitanya’s later life.
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