Bhakti Prajnan Keshava
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.
