page_title: Bhakti Prajnan Keshava
hierarchical_section_title: Bhakti Prajnan Keshava
caption_attribution_description: English: Murti of Prajnana Kesava Svami
context_page_description: Bhakti Prajnan Keshava, addressed by the honorific Mahārāja, was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organisation Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, formed in Calcutta in 1940.
  Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada were godbrothers. Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Prabhu became A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami when Keśava Gosvāmī initiated him into the renounced order of life on 17 September 1959 at Keshava Maharaja's temple in Mathura.
context_section_description: Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (IAST: Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific Mahārāja (Mahārāja),  was a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and the founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organisation Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, formed in Calcutta in 1940.
  Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada were godbrothers (disciples of the same spiritual master). Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Prabhu became A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (taking the name Swāmī) when Keśava Gosvāmī initiated him into the renounced order of life (sannyasa) on 17 September 1959 at Keshava Maharaja's temple in Mathura.
caption: Murti of Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja on the altar in the Gaudiya Math in Mathura
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