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After leaving his homeland in Bengal and becoming an ascetic, Chaitanya journeyed throughout the length and breadth of India for three years, chanting the names of Krishna constantly while wandering from place to place. It was he who first sang and made popular the Hindu mantra "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!" Chaitanya lived the last 28 years of his life at Puri in Orissa, the great temple city of Jagannatha JuggernautThe term juggernaut is used to describe any literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable; that will crush all in its path. In Britain, it is also used to refer to any large and heavy lorry. The word is derived from a title for the Hindu deity Vis. The king of Orissa, Maharaja Prataparudradeva, regarded him as Krishna incarnate and was an enthusiastic patron and devotee of the religion of Sri Chaitanya. Chaitanya's spiritual mission was to inspire pilgrims and send them wandering throughout the land in joyous groups singing, dancing, and chanting Krishna's names.

In the 20th century19th century 20th century 21st century more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901- 2000 in the sense of the Gre, the teachings of Sri Chaitanya were brought to the West and became established in many cities. In 1965, Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta landed by freighter in Boston harbor and founded the Hare Krishna Movement of ISKCONThe International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON is a Hindu sect based on Bengali, namely Gaudiya, Vaishnavism founded by A. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, referred to by followers as "His Divine Grace," in New York in 1966. ISKCON is a societ in the following year in New York. Gurus from several other Hindu sects which revere Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, including devotees from the major Vaishnav holy places in Mathura District, West Bengal and Orissa, also established temples dedicated to Krishna and Sri Chaitanya outside India in the closing decades of the 20th century.

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Swami Sivananda's book See Swami SivanandaSwami Sivananda Saraswati ( 1887- 1963), as he is known under his monastic name, was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a well-known proponent of Hinduism in its yoga and vedanta forms. Due to his status as a major guru, he is usually

• http://www.dlshq.org/saints/gauranga.htm (bio of Chaitanya)
• http://www.vaishnava.com/gaudiyafaq.htm
• Krishna.com Offers Caitanya-caritamrta in 3 forms: online PDF files, an online "VedaBase," and (for sale) printed volumes.