- Gaudiya Math
The Gaudiya Math organisation was formed in 1918, shortly after Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura took the renounced order of life (sanyasa ). Its purpose was to spreadGaudiya Vaishnavism throughoutIndia through preaching andpublishing work.Fact|date=June 2008Expansion
Eventually, sixty-four (64) branches of temples, ashrams, and mathas were established, with the Chaitanya Gaudiya Math as the flagship math of
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura . An effort was made to preach to European countries by the Gaudiya Math in the 1930s (led by Bhaktisiddhanta's discipleSwami Bon Maharaj ) which resulted in a handful of longtime adherents, such as E.G.Schulze ofGermany , who becameSadananda Swami , and later,Walther Eidlitz ofAustria , who became Vamana dasa.Fact|date=June 2008Break up
With Bhaktisiddhanta's death in 1937, the mathas and disciples lost the cohesiveness and unity that they once enjoyed during his life of preaching. The disciples of Bhaktisiddhanta founded their own mathas and organizations and became
acharya s.Fact|date=June 2008Prominent preachers
A disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta, Srila
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , is the founder of theInternational Society for Krishna Consciousness .cite journal
author = Sherbow, P.H.
year = 2004
title = AC Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching In The Context Of Gaudiya Vaishnavism
journal = The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant
url = http://books.google.com/books?q=and%20others%20%20Haridasa%20of%20Muslim%20by%20birth%20were%20the%20participants&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8
pages = p.139]References and notes
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