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Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

Gaudiya Vaisnava, Spiritual master, Spiritual leader, Vaisnava Guru.

Born: February 7th 1921 (Mauni Amavasya) in Tiwaripur, district Patna, Bihar State, India.

Guru: Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami.
Initiation (Diksha): Gaura Purnima (Feb/Mar) 1947, Navadwipa, W.B., India.
Sannyasa: Gaura Purnima (Feb/Mar) 1952, Navadwipa.
Passed away: December 29th 2010, 3am; Chakra Tirtha, Jagannatha Puri, Orissa, India.
(on Krsna Navami tithi, the birthday of his dear godbrother, Sri Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja).

Posts held: Vice-President Acarya of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, 1968-2004.
President of International Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti (IGVS), Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti Trust (GVST) - 2000-2010.
Founder of BHAKTI Trust and International Pure Bhakti Yoga Society (IPBYS).

Official websites dedicated to him:

http://www.purebhakti.com
http://www.backtobhakti.com [now dead link]
http://www.ipbys.com
http://bhaktiprojects.org/
http://bhaktistore.com/
http://gvpbookdistribution.com/

List of webpages dedicated or relating to Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja:
http://backtobhakti.com/links/ [now dead link]

Webpages dedicated to him (not exhaustive):

In English (UK/IRE, USA/CA & AUS/NZ):

SrilaNarayanMaharaja.com
Japa Retreats [now dead]
PureBhakti.TV
GovindaJi Gaudiya Math
360 darshan (also in Russian)
NE Lincs Bhakti Soc (UK)
NE Lincs Bhakti Channel
KK Youtube Channel
Krsna Katha - Russian
Bhakti Books
MyGurudev.com (Includes a good biography) [now dead link]
Gangamatas (London, Sao Paolo & Manila) [now dead link]
IPBYS in Australia [now dead link]
Shyam.org.uk
Music of Yoga
Kirtaniyas

In Hindi:
Guruvani.com [now dead link]

In German:
Pure Bhakti DE
Back to Bhakti DE [Both now dead links]
Hare Krischna DE

In Portuguese:
List of links to websites in Portuguese
Gauravani Gaudiya Math [now dead link]
Gaudiya Vaisnava Express Brasil
Jornal Hare Krsna Brasil
Sadhana Times Brasil [now dead link]
Vida Simplese, Pensamento Elevado
ISKCON - A Verdade

In Russian:
PureBhakti.RU
RadioKrishna.RU
A108.net
Download library in Russian, Hindi & English.

In Ukrainian:
Sadhu Sanga UA [now dead link]

In Lithuanian:
Tyra Bhakti LT [now dead link]

In Polish:
Pure Bhakti PL
Bhakti Joga PL

In French:
Pure Bhakti Francais

In Spanish:
Hari Katha in Spanish [dead link]
Radharani Ki Jay [dead link]
Books in Spanish

In Italian:
Gaudiya.IT
Books translated into Italian [now dead link]

In Dutch:
Gaudiya Vedanta Nederland [now dead link]
Holland Sanga

South Africa:
Pure Bhakti ZA [now dead link]

Philippines:
Krishna Philippines [now dead link]
Gangamatas Manila [now dead link]

In Swedish:
Bhakti.SE [internet archive]
In Norwegian:
Krishna.NO [now dead link]

In Chinese:
Pure Bhakti China [now dead link]
Books translated into Chinese [dead link]

This is just a selection of the webpages dedicated to Srila Narayana Maharaja.
This list comprises over 25 countries, in over 15 different languages.
This alone proves his notability beyond any doubt!

Webpages about him:

Biography, Lectures, Books, Photos, etc. on Bhaktivedanta Memorial Library,
a vast & comprehensive archive of Gaudiya Vaisnava Acaryas from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu until the modern age.
Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja - official biography in brief.

A full biography, entitled Srila Gurudeva - The Supreme Treasure, has been written by his personal assistant of over 25 years, Sripad Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja

His biography included in this list of Gaudiya Acaryas, and this list of modern saints, both independent of his matha or institution.

Interview by Reporter, Perth Australia, December 23rd, 1998 - includes auto-biographical statement by Srila Narayana Maharaja.

Meeting of ISKCON G.B.C. (Governing Body Commission) leaders with Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja, October 24th, 2009

He is mentioned in this Wikipedia article about ISKCON Gurus, and in many other places on the Internet, in an unfavourable way by some members of other institutions, especially within ISKCON and the Ritvik movement, who sometimes considered him a threat to their own preaching efforts. This matter is discussed in the scholarly & independent work, The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change, by Graham Dwyer & Richard J. Cole, p.37-39.

Obituaries

Announcements of sickness and sympathies:

ISKCON News, 20th October 2010
Vaisnava Internet News Agency (VINA.cc) announcement of illness of Srila Narayana Maharaja
Gauri dasa (ISKCON devotee, former Temple President of Bhaktivedanta Manor)

Eulogies & Obituaries:

Sripad Bhakti Bodhayan Goswami Maharaja (Present Acarya of Gopinatha Gaudiya Math,
successor to Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja), "Srila Maharaja happily addressed all my questions"

ISKCON obituary - Condolences on the Departure of Sripada BV Narayana Maharaja

Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja (President Acarya of Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Math, reacts to Srila Narayana Maharaja's passing.

Vrindavan Today, Vaisnava newspaper, announcement of demise of Srila Narayana Maharaja.

Current News pertaining to Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja:

News from 2010-2015, eg. VVRS/WVA have their annual conference at Gopinatha Bhavan, Srila Gurudeva's temple on the Yamuna in Vrndavana, next door to Imli Tala.

Books published by Srila Narayana Maharaja and Gaudiya Vedanta Publications:

E-books, scanned from his printed works - 157 books, in 5 languages

Approximately 75 entries on Amazon.com - some are scholarly works which refer to him, most are written by him.

One of those impartial scholars, Heinz Duthel describes Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja as "an elder sannyasi, disciple of Srila Prabhupada's sannyasa guru and long a well-wisher of ISKCON" in his book "Eastern Philosophy II: Supreme God and the demigods", page 91-92.

Dedicated bookstore here: - http://bhaktistore.com/books.html

Gaudiya Vedanta Publications (GVP) catalogue

GVP Periodicals:

Bi-annual magazine in English, Rays of the Harmonist - 25 issues

Bhagavat Patrika, magazine published in Hindi from 1955 - present day. Not all copies have been uploaded, but there are 16 editions from 1955-1959, 1 from 1965-69 and 8 from 2010-present available online here.
Please note, Srila Narayana Maharaja was the chief editor of this magazine during this time, being requested to write in Hindi by his Guru Maharaja, Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami Maharaja.

Art painted under guidance of Srila Narayana Maharaja:

Srimati Syamarani didi (aka Jadurani dasi), the famous painter disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who painted many of the pictures adorning Srila Prabhupada's books, also painted many famous, widely distributed and esoteric devotional pictures under Srila Narayana Maharaja's direct guidance - the famous "Seva Kunja" painting on page xliv (44) (between the Introduction and Chapter One) came about when he asked her "Can you paint my heart?"

Some of her paintings inspired and guided by Srila Narayana Maharaja may be viewed on her webpage, Bhakti Art.

She drew line drawings for Srila Narayana Maharaja's books, including "Gita Govinda" (download free e-book here) and some of her most beautiful paintings may be seen there in high resolution, on pages xli-xliv (41-44), again between the Introduction and Chapter 1. This book is a masterpiece in terms of literature, poetry, art and religion, written in Sanskrit by the classical poet Jayadeva and translated first into Hindi, then into English with the assistance of his disciples, by Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja.

She also supervised the painting of extraordinary dioramas at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Math, Govardhana, depicting the Dasavataras and pastimes of Radha, Krishna and the Gopis.

Place of residence, 1954-1996:

Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Math, Mathura
The place where Srila Prabhupada took sannyasa, September 17th, 1959.

Temples constructed by him: (most notable only!)

Sri Raman Bihari Gaudiya Math, Janakpuri, Delhi, India (~2005)
Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Math, Navadwipa (2005-2010)
Sri Rupa-Sanatana Gaudiya Math, Seva Kunj, Vrindavana U.P. (~1989)
Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Math, Radha Kund Road, Govardhana U.P. (Grand opening in 2004)
Addresses & contact details of these temples here.

Also, Sri Damodara Gaudiya Math, Jagannatha Puri, the place where he passed away.
Sri Durvasa Tila Ashram, nr. Mathura, U.P.

List of global centres & contacts affiliated to the International Pure Bhakti Yoga Society, (I.P.B.Y.S.)
Srila Narayana Maharaja's Bhakti organisation, founded after leaving the Vice-presidency of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti:

International Centres founded by Srila Narayana Maharaja & his disciples

Lectures by Srila Narayana Maharaja:

http://bvml.org/SBNM/index.htm#lectures (transcribed)
http://sbnmcd.org/all_mp3/ (Audio mp3s - 7000 files)
http://harikathanewsletter.com/movies.htm (Youtube Videos - 4000 files)
http://www.youtube.com/purebhaktitv - Gurudeva's Youtube channel

Festivals hosted by Srila Narayana Maharaja and disciples:

Sri Navadwipa Parikrama, Navadwip, Nadiya, W.B., India:
2010 Navadwipa dhama Parikrama report, with photos.
Video of Navadvipa Parikrama festival, 2001

Sri Vraja Mandala Parikrama, Vrindavana, Mathura, U.P., India:
2009 Vraja Mandala Parikrama report, with photos
Video of Vraja Mandala Parikrama, 1989; 3 hours long, in Hindi & Bengali, with English subtitles.
This is the last recorded public appearance of Srila Maharaja, in Giriraja Gaudiya Math, Govardhana, in front of over 1000 disciples, on November 21st 2010, a month before he passed away.

European Vaisnava Festival, 1996 - 2003 touring several countries. 2004 - 2010 in one country only.
Country varied from year to year. Numerous festivals still performed by his disciples.
This video shows Srila Narayana Maharaja's arrival where at least 100 devotees greet him, glorify him, and shower him with flowers. How many people with Wikipedia entries have received such a welcome? He was greeted like this everywhere he went!
Last annual UK festival (1996-2003)
Annual European festival: The Hague, Holland; July 2005
Annual European festival: Verbania, Italy; June 2008. Photos of hundreds of ecstatic devotees here!

Badger Festival (Badger, California, USA), 1996 - 2010
(Still organised and celebrated by his disciples, 2011-present day)
Badger Festival 2008 - installation of Govardhana at New Braja
17th annual Badger Festival 2012

Russian Festival (2000 - 2010) - From 2011- present day, annual festival held in Altai, Russia
Odessa festival, Ukraine 2008
Altai "Yoga of Life" festival, Russia 2012
See video here (2011) - footage of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja appears at 2.15

A more comprehensive list of present day festivals held in honour of Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja is to be found here:
Festivals organised and attended by disciples of Srila Narayana Maharaja in present times

Here is just one example of a preaching programme held in India, attended by several thousand visitors -
Noida (nr. Delhi), 2004

Preaching around the World:

Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja first left India for the West in May 1996, first travelling to Holland, then the U.K., then to the U.S.A. He subsequently toured the globe at least twice every year (once west, once east, from India), every year until 2010, when his travel was curtailed by ill health. He left this world that year, just before his 90th birthday - Announcement, with 165 responses of condolence.

Here is his travel schedule in that year (2010), his final year on Earth, and his most frail:

South Africa - January 4th-10th, 2010
Sao Paulo, Brazil - January 12th-17th, 2010
Mauritius - February 12th, 2010
Navadwipa, India - February 22th-28th, 2010
Delhi, Govardhana, Mathura - March 5th-25th, 2010
Badger, California - June 11th-15th, 2010
Marina di Massa, Italy - July 1st-7th, 2010
Russia - August 8th-12th 2010

Srila Narayana Maharaja then returned to India, where he fell ill, and was diagnosed with late-stage (untreatable) bowel cancer - (ISKCON announcement). This prevented him from leaving India again, although he did still attend the Vraja-Mandala Parikrama festival, despite being gravely ill.

This was his travel schedule in his last year, when he was very elderly & somewhat frail, and became terminally ill. He had travelled more vigorously and extensively than this throughout the world since the year 1996, at which time the author met him in Watford, UK, at Gurudeva's first festival in Britain, his second in the world outside India.

Srila Narayana Maharaja's Tour Reports 2003-2010 are available online here, with photographs.
Here are many of his Transcribed Lectures from 1996-2010 (and some from earlier).

Media appearances, Honours and Awards bestowed on Srila Narayana Maharaja:

Awarded title of Yuga Acarya (Spiritual Teacher of the Millennium) - by local priests, leaders and religious scholars (panditas) in Unchagaon Varsana, near Vrindavan, October 31, 2003.
Honoured by the Lord Mayor, and the Bishop, of Birmingham, UK, June 14th, 2003. On this occasion, he was greeted and given a platform to speak by Mr. John Alden, Lord Mayor of Birmingham; Bishop of Birmingham, Dr. Chris Hewer, Theologian of the Church of England; Mr. O.P. Sharma, MBE, President of Hindu Council of Temples, UK; Indian Consul General, Mr. Sapra; as well as local Mormon, Muslim & Interfaith religious leaders.
Nominated "Cultural Ambassador" by the Mayor of the City of Houston, Texas (2004) (see Bhakti Yoga for Peace interview, Chapter 1, page 2.
Also interviewed for radio station in that city.
Mentioned here in Thai newspaper "The Nation", July 2nd, 2006.
Met with former Mayor of Kaua'i, Marianne Kusaka, and author & local Radio celebrity, Dr. Ann West, in Hawai'i, January 2nd 2005.
Glorification of Srila Narayana Maharaja by ISKCON guru Sripad Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, December 1992.
Interviewed on South African TV station TVSA, for Hindu religious programme "Dharma Moments", May 2010.

Television appearance (MTV, 2003):
Kula Shaker in India, part 1
Kula Shaker in India, part 2 - Srila Narayana Maharaja appears from 1.25, and speaks from 2.00.

Crispian Mills is an initiated disciple of Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja (his spiritual name is "Krsna Kanta dasa". His wife Joe Mills is also initiated, named "Yogamaya devi dasi", and they attended Srila Narayana Maharaja's festivals in the U.K., U.S., Europe and India). He is the son of famous 60's model & actress Hayley Mills, grandson of actor Sir John Mills, and founder member of no.1 selling U.K. rock band Kula Shaker, themselves named after 9th century Indian saint-king, Kulashekara Alwar. Kula Shaker, led by Crispian, and assisted by Chrissie Hynde, helped record this charity album for the Badger School in 2004 (for Badger community, please see Badger Festival below).

Facebook campaign group:

As of August 27th, 2012, there is a Facebook group, "Re-instate Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja's Wikipedia Page!", with over 1300 members within 3 days of its creation, petitioning for the undeletion, or re-writing and retention, of a Wikipedia entry for this Vaisnava saint.

"The sannyasi has no such thing as teaching credentials or 'academic vitae'. So they can simply decide on the basis of my books and teachings." Quote from Swami Prabhupada. Please judge Srila Narayana Maharaja on his books & lectures. Like Srila Prabhupada's teachings, anyone who reads them cannot fail to miss their authenticity, their scholarship, and their beauty.

Selection of Videos (and critique of Wikipedia's previous deletions of pages pertaining to Srila Narayana Maharaja, his godbrothers, guru, and Matha (Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti)

Navadwipa Parikrama 1996, part 2 - see from 47:30, 48:45, and 1:56:30 for an idea of the number of pilgrims, which were counted at around 20,000 annually in the 1990's and 2000's at Sri Devananda Gaudiya Math, Navadwipa, led by Sri Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja & Sri Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja - both whose Wikipedia pages were wilfully and maliciously put up for deletion again and again, by spiteful and politically motivated persons, misguidedly opposed to the Gaudiya Math. There are many such persons, and one only has to run a Google search on the name "Narayana Maharaja" to find websites expressing disdain or even hate for this saintly gentleman, well-wisher of all.
("To all devotees - I am always praying that all of you will achieve pure bhakti [devotion]" - Swami BV Narayana.)
This video shows some of those who came out on the walks to holy places on Navadwipa Parikrama.
Srila Narayana Maharaja can be seen speaking (in Bengali) from 57.00-1:17:30, among other places.

This video, taken in the early 90's before the rift with ISKCON in 1995, shows ISKCON leaders visiting, sharing a platform with and glorifying Srila Narayana Maharaja, whom they call "His Divine Grace" - see 3.20-4.20.
Srila Narayana Maharaja on Nagar Sankirtan (street chanting) with ISKCON devotees, 1977 (the year of Srila Prabhupada's disappearance).
Srila Narayana Maharaja leading kirtan at the funeral (samadhi) ceremony of Srila Prabhupada.
Srila BV Narayan Maharaj performing Srila Prabhupada's funeral ceremony.

Wikipedia pages about Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja and several other Gaudiya Math Gurus have been deleted, such as Sri Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar Maharaja, Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja, Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti, Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami, as have Gaudiya Math branches, such as Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission, &c. The pages for Gaudiya Math and Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja have also been mercilessly pruned from the originals written by well-wishers, by the same culprit(s), in an attempt to minimise their fame and online coverage.

This has been a deliberate campaign by a small minority of antagonistic so-called "devotee" editors to remove all mention of any other institution than ISKCON. This is sectarian, and against the Wikipedia principles of "good faith" and preserving historicity. Several notable modern saints and acaryas have been deleted in this way by these persons, who know full well they are notable - that is the reason for their antipathy! - yet they disingenuously use the notability criterion to persuade the Wikipedia community, who are not part of the Hare Krsna family and thus unaware of the contribution these Swamis have made, to remove them from the annals of history. Most of these pages has been (repeatedly) put up for deletion by one single editor, who is part of a small group of ISKCON devotees hostile to the Gaudiya Math. In short, numerous biographical pages about famous modern Gaudiya Vaisnava saints, crafted with great effort & devotion by their followers, have been single-handedly destroyed by this person, whom one can only consider therefore as a vandal, and an enemy of truth, with his own politically motivated agenda.

Summary & Conclusion:

Our Guru and his achievements speak for themselves - they do not require third-party scholars to have written about them, although they are certainly remarkable enough to be worth documenting and considering.
I summarise them below:

over 150 books written, translated and published in at least 6 languages (English, Hindi, Bengali, German, Spanish, Chinese), plus more in French, Portuguese, Russian etc. for which I do not yet have online links)
published Hindi magazine from the 1950's to the present day, and English magazine from 1996 - present.

25 editions in each language, spanning 4 different decades, have been provided herewith.

filmed at least 4000 times, these videos all available online and supplied on this page.
recorded at least 7000 times, this audio also all available online and supplied herewith.
classes transcribed since 1996 (and some from before then, recorded by the earlier western disciples) - listed on sites such as Purebhakti.com and BVML.org - links supplied above.
appeared on MTV, with famous musician and follower Crispian Mills.
interviewed by New Zealand newspaper and Texas radio station (both cited above), as well as countless appearances in newspapers in the Mathura area, where he was a much loved community leader for over 5 decades. Devotees in that area have kept scrapbooks of such articles, but they are not available to me in England. I can indicate one Hindi article, "Sri Krsna ki lilaon me otprot hue videshi bhakt" ("Foreign devotees take part in drama about Krsna") "Govardhan ke Giridhari Gaudiya Math me Sri Krsna lila me bhav-vibhor videshi bhakt" - "In Govardhan's Giridhari Gaudiya Math [Gurudeva's flagship temple in the Mathura area] foreign devotees perform Krsna lila (play), full of emotion" - quite a compliment! This very kindly written article appeared in the Kalpataru Express Newspaper, November 4th 2011. The author of this Wiki entry starred in that play, playing the arrogant King of Heaven, Indra, being humbled by Lord Krishna, aged only 7 at the time. Since every year such plays took place in November at this festival, as well as countless other religious, cultural & festive activities all year round, how many times do you think Srila Narayana Maharaja and his devotees appeared in the local newspapers in India from 1950-2010? Although their archiving may not always be up to western standards, in a way it does not need to be, because Bhakti is a living tradition still practised, year in & out, as it has been for millennia.
honoured in India, America and England by local dignitaries and religious leaders (Yuga-Acarya, Cultural Ambassador and Faith Ambassador, respectively)
was a celibate monk (sannyasi) of unblemished reputation, from the year 1952 until 2010, almost 60 years.
travelled the globe almost continuously from 1996-2010, at the advanced age of 75-89, preaching and inspiring his disciples, followers, well-wishers and all who came to him.
arranged festivals in India in Autumn & Spring to accommodate up to 2,500 and 20,000 guests, respectively, for several decades. He himself participated in those festivals from the year 1947 until 2010 - over 60 years!
was hosted at festivals around the world in more than 25 different countries (see full tour list, above) by hundreds & thousands of enthusiastic disciples. Written, audio and video records of these festivals are available in overflowing abundance via the many links supplied on this page, which make up a fraction of those in existence.
inspired & guided some of the most beautiful spiritual art yet to be generated by the Bhakti school (see above).
was photographed 1000's of times, and I have included online links to well over 1000 photos of him on this page (500 in 2 Facebook albums, and at least 1000 pictures on his BVML.org page). Often these photographs show him surrounded by dozens or hundreds of dedicated followers, and always show him engaged in some activity of religious merit, such as preaching, chanting, etc.
was respected by the Vaisnava umbrella group WVA / VVRS (World Vaisnava Association) and other senior famous sannyasi acaryas, such as Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja, Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja, etc. Pictures of them together available online, as well as their recommendations of him as a teacher of rasa & tattva.

In short, our Guru Maharaja, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami was a most notable, in fact extra-ordinary individual who dedicated his life to the service of his Guru, godbrothers and disciples in the branch of the Gaudiya Math (literally, 'Bengali monastery') to which he belonged. He counselled many thousands of people who came to seek his advice and his darshan (audience), meeting dozens or hundreds on a daily basis, with endless patience. He deserves his honorary title "Maharaja" (great king) given to sannyasis, because he was indeed like a monarch (acarya), surrounded by noblemen (monks) and with a constant stream of citizens (pilgrims and visitors) coming to see him, as is the tradition in India. Yet he lived humbly and simply, occupying a single room in the temple, eating frugally, and never wearing any garments other than the saffron robes befitting a Hindu monk, or swami.

His notability has been proven herein beyond shadow of a doubt. When a certain few ill-intentioned persons repeatedly request his deletion from mention for their own selfish, misguided reasons, we implore the level-headed & even-handed senior editors of Wikipedia to oppose the futile attempt to corrupt & conceal history, and sanction them if they do not desist from harassing us and vandalising & destroying our labours of love, viz. a page to honour our Spiritual Leader.

We thank you for your kind attention and assistance in this regard.
Hari bol! In Peace and Love of God, humble servants,
Syama dasa (UK), Nityananda dasa, Syama dasa (US) and other members of the International Pure Bhakti Yoga Society (IPBYS), formerly Gaudiya Vaisnava Society/Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti (GVS). Hare Krishna!

[Add his name (back) to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_gurus [and list of modern Gaudiya Vaisnavas, and noted sannyasis] when this page is done.]