Isvara Puri

Ishvara Puri Maharaj
Personal
Religion	Hinduism
Order	Brahma Sampradaya
Philosophy	Dvaita Vedanta & Hare Krishna Mantra
Religious career
Guru	Madhavendra Puri Goswami
Disciples Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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Isvara Puri was a monk who was a disciple of Madhavendra Puri from the Madhva Sampradaya. He met Chaitanya at Gaya, India, whereupon Mahaprabhu requested Puri to be his guru. The latter graciously agreed and accepted Mahaprabhu as his disciple several days later, initiating him into the Gopal-mantra.[1][2]

Krishnadasa Kaviraja has described in Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita that:

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