Krishnananda Dutta Chaudhury

Krishnananda Dutta [1] born as Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury (Bengali: কৃষ্ণানন্দ দত্তচৌধুরী, Odiya: କ୍ରିଷ୍ଣାନନ୍ଦ ଦତ୍ତ ଚୌଧୁରୀ and कृष्णानंद दत्तचौधुरी in Devanagari, Phonetic transcription: Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury)[2] (c. 1490-1570) born into a Dutta Chowdhury family in Andul of the present-day Howrah district of West Bengal, India and was the 4th Chowdhury revenue collector (zamindar) there. He was a devotee of Krishna from a very early age. He followed the precepts of a true Vaishnava, affectionate and enduring to one and all. He regularly organised kirtans at his kirtanana-mandapa located near by his home.

~ Dutta Vanśa Mālā (II Edition), 1899; Kedar Nath Dutta (Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura) ~
कदाचिन्मन्डपे तस्य नित्यानन्द महामतिः।

अवधूतः समायातो वैष्णवैः परिबारितः॥

कृष्णादन्दस्त्त तान् भक्त्या पुजयामास पुण्यवान्।

ज्ञात्वा प्रभुं परं तत्त्वं बलदेव-स्वरूपकम्॥

प्रभुस्तं कृपया प्रादात् कृष्णनामानि तानि वै।

प्रसिद्धानि कलौ याने तारक-ब्रह्म-संज्ञया॥

सम्पन्निं न्यस्य कन्दर्पे सोहगच्छत् पुरुशोत्तमम्।

तत्रैव कारयामास "चान्दुलमठ" मुत्तमम्॥

मौनभाबे वसंस्तत्र तीर्थ-सन्न्यासमाश्रितः।

वर्षाणि जापयामास त्रिलक्ष-नाम-सङ्ख्या॥
The worshipped deity of Krishnananda.[3]
Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury
কৃষ্ণানন্দ দত্তচৌধুরী
Bornc. 1490 AD
Andul
Died
c. 1570, Orissa, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesKrishnananda Dutta
CitizenshipIndian
SuccessorMadhav Ram and Kandarpa Ram Dutta Chaudhury
MovementKrishna Naam' Movement
Children2
Parent(s)
  • Kamdev Dutta Chaudhury (father)
FamilyThe feudal zamindar Dutta Chaudhury of Andul, West Bengal
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In ca.1514 CE Krishnananda was initiated to krsna-nama-mantra by Nityananda Prabhu in Andul. A few years later, by giving all the responsibilities of the family estate to his younger son Kandarparam Dutta, Krishnananda took sanyas and went to Puri, , caring his celebrated deities— Radha-Madhava there.[4] With the request of the king of Aul he further moved to Chhoti village[5] located at Kendrapara district in Odisha.

He was a distant ancestor of Kedar Nath Dutta (Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura) and Bimala Prasad Dutta (Shrila Bhakti Shiddhanta Saraswati Thakura). The deities which Krishnananda carried to Puri from Andul are now known as the 'Ancestral deities of Bhakti Vinod Thakur'.[6]

References
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  3. "Native Place of Śrīla Ṭhākura Bhaktivinoda - Chhoti Radha Madhava". www.chhotiradhamadhava.com. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. Dhruba Dutta Chaudhury (2018-08-26). A Brief History Of The Deities Of Krishnananda.
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