‘Gaudiya Mission’ is a missionary organization for preaching the process of pure devotion through practice as taught by Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This was actually started by Srila Jiva Goswamipad in the name of “Visva Vaisnav Rajsabha” in 16th century, and Srila Rupa Goswamipad was its first president. With the passage of time, its influence slowly lost. About 200 years later, Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur, the own person of Sri Gaur Sundar, revived the Vaisnava religion and re-established the ‘Rajshabha’ (congregation) in 1886. Not only this, with the inspiration and help of some self-realized souls like Srila Jagannatha Das Babaji and Srila Gaura Kishore Das Babaji, he discovered and protected the actual birth site of Sriman Mahaprabhu, preserved various ancient literature on Suddha Bhakti(pure devotion) and composed songs of unalloyed devotion, and thus he brought about a renaissance in the cult of Bhakti.
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