Prabhu Jagadbandhu was a religious leader of

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. He spent much of his life meditating and preaching in the

Sri Angan Sreedham Sreeangon or Sriangan is an Ashram set up by Prabhu Jagadbandhu of the Mahanam Sampraday in Faridpur, Bangladesh in 1899 C.E. This ashram is the headquarters of the Mahanam Sampraday in Bangladesh. During the Bangladesh liberation war ...

ashram in Faridpur,

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(present day

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). His teachings inspired the founding of a revival movement within Bengal Vaishnavism in the last decade of the 19th century and later the

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denomination. His devotees believe that he is Lord Sri

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

and

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Life and teachings

Prabhu Jagatbandhu was born on 28 April 1871 in Dahapara,

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or Gobindapur, Faridpur,

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to family of a

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scholar. His birthday on the auspicious day of Sita Navami is celebrated as Bandhu Navami. He was devout and would always sing the kirtans of

and

. He stressed the importance of God as means of remembering and drawing close to the divine. He urged the followers to follow the life of avoiding temptation. His teachings were mainly based on- 1.

Harinam Kirtana ( sa, कीर्तन; ), also rendered as Kirtan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions. It also refers to a genre of religious performance arts ...

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Once Prabhu Jagadbandu said Prabhu Jagadbandu composed eight books on the worship of God through kirtan: ''Shrimatisangkirtan'', ''Shrimansangkirtan'', ''Bibidhasabgit'' (the first three were printed together under the title of ''Sangkirtan Padamrta''), ''Shrisangkirtan'', ''Padavali'', ''Shrishriharikatha'', ''Chandrapat'', ''Trikal'', and ''Uddharan''.

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Jagadbandhu
in Bengali {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagadbandhu, Prabhu Bengali Hindu saints Devotees of Krishna Founders of new religious movements Gaudiya religious leaders 19th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians Hindu mystics Indian Hindu monks Indian Hindu spiritual teachers Indian Vaishnavites Kirtan performers People considered avatars by their followers Vaishnava saints Vaishnavite religious leaders 1871 births 1921 deaths 20th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians

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