News Desk, News Nation 360 : The Bhakti Movement in Bengal entered a new phase in the 16th century thanks to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Later, his supporters spread this movement throughout Bengal and Odisha, among other parts of India. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada, and Kedarnath Dutta (Bhaktivinoda Thakur) were among the individuals who took this movement to a worldwide level in the 19th century. Mahaprabhu's ideology inspires people all around the world. Industrialist Nupur Desai, Lt. Col. Anant Sinha, Administrator, Asiatic Society, Dr Sumanta Rudra, Dean of Academics at Bhaktivedanta Research Centre, and Indian epic and mythology specialist Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri attended the exhibition's opening. The Asiatic Society and Bhaktivedanta Research Centre have jointly hosted an
exhibition at the Asiatic Society's Heritage Building in Kolkata to display the history and propagation of the Gaudiya tradition. Open from February 17th through 21st, from 2 PM to 7 PM every day, the exhibition is full of genuine manuscripts, paintings, and replicas of Mahaprabhu's life and literature, as detailed by researcher and curator Saurish Das. Highlights of the event include reproductions of Mahaprabhu's hand-written manuscripts from the Gauranga Tole Temple at Nabadwip, and several manuscripts and paintings from the Asiatic Society, including those by Dipen Bose in the 1960s. There are also daily talks on the life and teachings of Mahaprabhu. Dr Sumanta Rudra emphasised that Mahaprabhu’s message of love and devotion has now spread worldwide, and the exhibition aims to introduce his philosophy to the younger generation. Industrialist Nupur Desai also discussed the relevance of Mahaprabhu in today’s world.
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