Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was born on February 6, 1874 in Puri, Odisha. As a child he memorized the Bhagavad Gita by age 7 and was considered an expert in mathematics and astrology, defeating scholars in debates. He was initiated by Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji and went on to establish 64 Gaudiya Vaishnava temples in India and abroad, coining English terms to describe Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy. He worked tirelessly to spread Gaudiya Vaishnavism through various preaching methods including building opulent temples.

1. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakur
Prabhupada
Appearance Day
4th February 2020
( 6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937)

3. 6 February 1874
• Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur: The Deputy
Magistrate/Deputy Collector of Puri had a dream of
Lord Jagannatha: Requested someone from his
personal servants.
• The kid was born was named Bimla Prasad.
• During the Ratha-yatra, the chariot stopped in front
of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s house, and
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati’s mother took the 6
months old kid onto the chariot; and a garland from
Lord Jagannatha fell directly onto the baby–
blessings.

4. Only ate Prasadam:
Food offered to the Lord
• One day, when Bimala Prasada was still a
child of no more than four years, his father
mildly rebuked him for eating a mango not
yet duly offered to Lord krishna. Bimala
Prasada, although only a child, considered
himself an offender to the Lord and vowed
never to eat mangoes again.
• By the time Bimala Prasada was seven years
old, he had memorized the entire
Bhagavad-gita and could even explain its
verses.

5. Expert at Mathematics and Astrology
• Bimala Prasad was Awarded the title Siddhanta Saraswati by his
tutors, Pandit Mahesh Chandra Chauramani and Pandit Sundar Lal.
• He used to debate everyone he met on all sorts of subjects. No one
who argued with him was ever able to defeat him.
• Just as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu had defeated a great scholar, Kesava
Kasmiri at a young age, so similarly Bimala Prasad once, during his
later college days, debated a scholar named Panchanana
Sahityacharya, the disciple of Vasudeva Sastri, a very famous
professor of that time on topics of astrological calculation.
• Defeated the arguments of many Sahajiya groups that were existing
during early 1900s.

6. Got initiated from Gaurkishore Das Babaji
• Srila Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji many a
times had lived with Bhaktivinode
Thakura.
• Srila Bhaktisidhhanta Sarasvati by
gradually observing him, realized that a
pure Vaishnava only can be of such
exemplary character. He felt his false ego
diminished seeing Babaji.
• He asked him for initiation and after
asking him for 3 times.

7. Established 64 Temples in India and Abroad
on Gaudiya Vaishnavism
• He coined the terms in the English language,
of the Gaudiya Vaishnava terminology like
Ishwarah Pramah Krishna: Krishna the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
• He tried many methods of Preaching like
wearing English costumes and staying in
modern cars like Limousine to building
opulent temples.