Bhakti Prajnan Keshava

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (IAST: Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava; 9 February 1898 – 6 October 1968), addressed by the honorific Mahārāja (Mahārāja),^[1] was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru, disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and the founder-acharya of the religious organisation "Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti", formed in Calcutta in 1940,^[1][2] and its headquarters, monastery Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math in Nabadwip.

Samadhi Mandir of Bhakti Prajnana Keshav and Bhakti Vedanta Bamana in Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math.

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja
Murti of Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja on the altar in the Gaudiya Math in Mathura
Title	Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader
Personal life
Born	(1898-02-09)9 February 1898 Banaripara, East Bengal, British India
Died	6 October 1968(1968-10-06) (aged 70) Nabadwip, India
Other names	Vinodabihari Brahmacari Kritiratna Prabhu
Religious life
Religion	Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Initiation	Diksa–1919, Sannyasa–1940
Senior posting
Based in	Vrindavan, India
Period in office	1940 - 1968
Predecessor	Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Successor	Srila Bhaktivedānta Vamana Goswāmī Maharaj.

Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Maharaja and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada were godbrothers (disciples of the same spiritual master). Abhay Charanaravinda Prabhu became A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (taking the title "Bhaktivedanta" and 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.^[3][4]