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Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Gaudiya Vaishnavism
(also known as
Chaitanya Vaishnavism
and
Hare Krishna
) is a
Vaishnava
religious movement founded by
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(1486–1534) in
India
. "Gaudiya" refers to the
Gauḍa region
(present day
Bengal
/
Bangladesh
) with Vaishnavism meaning "the worship of
Vishnu
[i.e., Krishna]". Its philosophical basis is primarily that of the
Bhagavad Gita
and
Bhagavata Purana
.
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