Mahanam Sampradaya founded by Prabhu Jagadbandhu
History of formation
Arrival of new incarnation
Formation of Mahanam Sampradaya started with the advent of Prabhu Jagadbandhu (28 April 1871 – 1921)—a mystic and author of kirtan songs—who was the focus of a new revival movement within the Bengali Vaishnavas in the last decade 19th century, and whom Mahanam Sampradaya (and many others) believe as an avatar of Krishna as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda. At the first time, in 1891 Annada Charan Datta—the leader of Hari Sabha, a circle of devotees at Hooghly—was reported to have had a vision that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was reincarnate in the form of Prabhu Jagadbandhu.Prabhu Jagadbandu was a great Hindu saint and yogi from Chaitanya Sampradaya. He said
Show kindness and compassion and do well to all creatures. Make a free gift of religion to all. Initiation in the hallowed name of Hari is the sure means of attaining salvation (i.e. deliverance from all agonies and sufferings). This is the secret of salvation. This is the secret of eternal good done to others