Our Spiritual Heritage & Lineage
Sri Chaitanya Mahāprabhu & the Panch Tatva
जय श्री-कृष्ण-चैतन्य प्रभु नित्यानंद श्री-अद्वैत गदाधर श्रीवासादि-गौर-भक्त-वृंद
We offer our respectful obeisances unto Sri Chaitanya Mahāprabhu, Lord Nityānanda, Sri Advaita, Gadādhara Pandit, Srivās Thakur, and all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya.
We belong to the Brahma-Nārada-Madhva Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition established by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates.
The Six Gosvāmīs
कृष्णोत्कीर्तन-गण-नर्तन-परौ प्रेमामृतमभो-निधि
धीराधिरा-जन-प्रियौ प्रिया-करौ निर्माण्सरौ पूजितौ
श्री-चैतन्य-कृपा-भरौ भुवि भुवो भरवाहन्तारकौ
वंदे रूप-सनातनौ रघु-युगौ श्री-जीव-गोपालकौ
We offer our respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvāmīs, namely Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, and Śrī Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Chaitanya. Thus, they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe.
The Guru Paramparā
From left to right : H.D.G. Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswati Thākur (the spiritual master of H.D.G. Srila A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Srila Prabhupāda), H.D.G. Gaur Kishore Dās Bābāji, H.D.G. Bhaktivinod Thākur & H.D.G. Jagannātha Dās Bābāji.
And the Disciplic succession continues...
H.D.G. A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmi Srila Prabhupāda
The founder Acharya of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
H.D.G. Kirtanānanda Swami Srila Bhaktipāda
One of the first Western disciples of Srila Prabhupada and the first one to receive the Sannyās Dikshā from Srila Prabhupāda. The founder of the New Vrindāvan community in West Virginia, USA. Considered by many to be the most charismatic spiritual leader of ISKCON.
H.H. Bhaktiyog Swami Mahārāj
One of the most beloved disciples of Srila Bhaktipāda. The founder of Nav Madhuban Ashram, Rishikesh. He came to Rishikesh and set up the beautiful Sri SriRadhā Govind ji Temple and Ashram at Rishikesh to fulfill the desire of his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktipāda, and Srila Prabhupāda.
H.G. Parmānand Dās
Nominated by H.H. Bhaktiyog Swami Mahāraj to head Madhuban Ashram. He is currently the Pradhan Sevak of Madhuban Ashram and is continuing the legacy of Bhaktiyog Mahāraj.