Associates of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Devotees who lived and served alongside Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself in Navadwip and beyond, whose simple, intense devotion Mahaprabhu personally cherished and held up as an example — distinct from the Panca-tattva and from the Six Goswamis whom He later sent to Vrindavana.
43 जीवनियाँ
Srila Haridasa Thakura
Namacharya, the Teacher of the Holy Name
c. 1451 (disputed) – Ananta Chaturdashi day (exact year uncertain)
7 लीला पृष्ठ
Sri Kholavecha Shridhara
The Khola-Seller of Navadwip
Date not recorded (a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's householder years in Navadwip, early 16th century) – Date not recorded in the sources consulted
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Gauridasa Pandit
Householder Devotee Who Installed the Gaura-Nitai Deities of Ambika Kalna
Not recorded (late 15th century); first lived at Saligrama, Bengal – Shukla Ekadashi, Shravana (year not recorded)
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Ramananda Raya
The Governor Who Became Mahaprabhu's Confidant
Exact year not recorded (a mature man of about forty, roughly twice Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's age, when they met around 1510-1512) – Exact date not recorded — sources vary between Jyestha Krishna-panchami and Vaishakha Krishna-panchami
7 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Abhirama Gopala Thakura
Nityananda Prabhu's Preacher-Associate at Khanakula Krishnanagara
Not recorded (flourished late 15th - early 16th century) – Krishna Saptami (dark seventh) of the month of Chaitra; year not recorded
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Svarupa Damodara Goswami
Mahaprabhu's Confidential Secretary at Jagannatha Puri
Not recorded – On a Ratha-yatra day in the month of Ashadha; year not recorded
7 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Chandrashekhara Acharya
The Physician of Varanasi Who Sheltered Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Not recorded (a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, active in Varanasi in the early 16th century) – Not recorded
4 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Lokanatha Gosvami
The Renunciant Guardian of Radha-Vinoda
Year not recorded; left home for Nabadwipa c. 1509-1510 CE – Ashtami of Shravana or of Asharh (sources disagree); one tradition dates it to Shaka 1510 / 1588-89 CE
6 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Vasudeva Ghosh
Poet-Singer of the Three Ghosh Brothers
Year not recorded; a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (born 1486) – Date not recorded with certainty; traditionally observed on a tithi in the Bengali month of Kartika
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Govinda Ghosh
Kirtan Leader Among the Ghosh Brothers, Founder of Sri Gopinatha at Agradwipa
Not recorded; a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (late 15th century) – Not recorded
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Madhava Ghosh
The Singer of Vrindavana
Date not recorded (era of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, early 16th century) – Not recorded
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Mukunda Datta
Class friend and favorite singer of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Not recorded – Jyeshtha purnima, the day of Snana Yatra (year not recorded)
6 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Murari Gupta
Physician-Devotee and Author of the Earliest Life of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Not recorded (an older contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, b. 1486) – Year not recorded; tradition places the day on Sharad Purnima, the autumn rasa-lila full-moon
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Tapana Mishra
The Brahmana of Kashi Who Fed Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Daily
Not recorded (an adult householder and older contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, active from the early 16th century) – Not recorded (before his son Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami's final departure for Vrindavana)
4 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Pundarika Vidyanidhi
The wealthy Vaishnava Mahaprabhu called father
Vasanta-panchami, exact year unrecorded – Year unrecorded
6 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Shivananda Sena
The householder who led Bengal's devotees to Jagannatha Puri every year
Not recorded – Not recorded
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Jagadananda Pandita
The Life and Soul of the Lord
Exact date not recorded — an associate of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from the earliest Navadvipa sankirtana years – Exact date not recorded in any source consulted for this page
6 लीला पृष्ठ
Kaliya Krishna Dasa
A Cowherd-Boy Associate of Nityananda Prabhu, Remembered for a Story of Falling and Being Reclaimed
Not recorded in the sources consulted for this page – Month of Chaitra (spring); exact day given differently across sources
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Kali Das
The Devotee Who Lived on the Remnants of the Vaishnavas
Not recorded in the sources consulted for this page – Not recorded in the sources consulted for this page
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Srimati Sita Thakurani
The Wife Whom Mahaprabhu Called Mother
Not recorded – Not recorded in the sources consulted; tradition describes her living to an old age and taking on leadership after Advaita Acharya's own disappearance
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Sri Subuddhi Raya
The Landholder Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Told to Simply Chant
Exact year not recorded — already an elderly, established landholder in Bengal when the events of his story took place, decades before his meeting with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at Varanasi – Not recorded in any source consulted for this page
4 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Purushottama Dasa Thakura
Bengali Devotee Wholly Absorbed in Nityananda Prabhu
Not recorded (probably early-to-mid 16th century) – Not recorded in the sources consulted for this page
3 लीला पृष्ठSrila Jagannatha Tirtha
A Sannyasi Named Among Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Own Associates
Not recorded – Not recorded
Sri Madhu Pandit Goswami
Priest of Sri Gopinatha at Vamshivata
Not precisely recorded by tradition – Not precisely dated; belonged to the generation of Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami's companions in 16th-century Vrindavana
4 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Ramachandra Puri
The Godbrother Whose Criticism Chaitanya-charitamrita Turns Into a Warning
Not recorded – Not recorded
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Sri Gopala Guru Goswami
The Boy Mahaprabhu Named Guru, Later Keeper of Sri Radha-Kanta at Puri
Not recorded; grew up as a small boy in Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's own company at Puri, so born in the early sixteenth century – Ninth day of a fortnight of the month of Kartika, year not recorded (sources differ on whether it was the dark or bright fortnight)
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Raghava Pandit
Keeper of the Yearly Bhandara Carried to Jagannatha Puri
Not recorded (a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) – Not recorded
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Jagadisha Pandit
The Fifteenth Branch of Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Family Tree
Not recorded – Not recorded
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Srimati Vishnupriya Devi
The Wife Who Waited a Lifetime in Separation
16th century; exact year not recorded in the sources consulted – Devotional and temple tradition holds she lived to about 96, roughly 80 years after Mahaprabhu's sannyasa; no source consulted gives a specific year, and Chaitanya-charitamrita and Chaitanya-Bhagavata do not record this figure themselves
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Sri Vakresvara Pandita
The Ecstatic Dancer Mahaprabhu Called His Own Wing
Traditionally the fifth day of the dark fortnight of Ashadha (June-July); no year is recorded. Village of Guptipara, near Triveni, Bengal – Traditionally the sixth day of the bright fortnight of Ashadha (June-July); no year is recorded
4 लीला पृष्ठ
Srimati Sachi Devi
Mother of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Year not recorded – Year not recorded in the surviving sources
6 लीला पृष्ठ
Srimati Madhavi Devi
The Half of Mahaprabhu's "Three and a Half" Confidential Devotees
Not recorded – Not recorded
2 लीला पृष्ठ
Ramadasa Vipra
Brahmana Devotee of Lord Ramachandra Met at Southern Mathura
Not recorded – Not recorded
2 लीला पृष्ठ
Ramadasa Brahmana
The Siddhavata Brahmana Whose Chanting Turned From Rama to Krishna
Not recorded – Not recorded
1 लीला पृष्ठ
Ramadasa Vishvasa
The Kayastha Companion of Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
Not recorded – Not recorded
2 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Shrinatha Pandita
Guru of Kavi-karnapura Goswami
Not recorded – Not recorded
1 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Venkata Bhatta
Sri Vaishnava Host of Mahaprabhu at Srirangam, Father of Gopala Bhatta Goswami
Not recorded (a generation senior to his son Gopala Bhatta Goswami, born c. 1503) – Not recorded
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Vasudeva Datta Thakura
Mahaprabhu's Most Confidential Servant
Year not recorded – Year not recorded
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Uddharana Datta Thakura
The Gold Merchant Who Cooked for Nityananda Prabhu
c. 1481 – Krishna Trayodashi, month of Pausha, Shaka 1463 (commonly rendered c. 1541; one widely mirrored account gives 1552)
4 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Paramananda Puri
Godbrother and Constant Companion of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at Jagannatha Puri
Not recorded (a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, flourished c. late 15th - early 16th century) – Not recorded
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Pradyumna Mishra
The Brahmana Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Sent to Learn Krishna-Katha from Ramananda Raya
Not recorded (sources differ on his home region) – Not recorded
3 लीला पृष्ठ
Maharaja Prataparudra
The Gajapati King Who Swept the Road for the Lord
Not recorded; ascended the Gajapati throne in 1497 – 1540 CE
5 लीला पृष्ठ
Srila Narayana Pandita
An Associate of Shrivasa Thakura
Not recorded – Not recorded
2 लीला पृष्ठ