Associates of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Devotees who lived and served alongside Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself in Navadwip and beyond, whose simple, intense devotion Mahaprabhu personally cherished and held up as an example — distinct from the Panca-tattva and from the Six Goswamis whom He later sent to Vrindavana.
8 profiles
Srila Haridasa Thakura
Namacharya, the Teacher of the Holy Name
c. 1451 (disputed) – Ananta Chaturdashi day (exact year uncertain)
7 pastime pages
Sri Kholavecha Shridhara
The Khola-Seller of Navadwip
Date not recorded (a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's householder years in Navadwip, early 16th century) – Date not recorded in the sources consulted
5 pastime pages
Srila Gauridasa Pandit
Householder Devotee Who Installed the Gaura-Nitai Deities of Ambika Kalna
Not recorded (late 15th century); first lived at Saligrama, Bengal – Shukla Ekadashi, Shravana (year not recorded)
5 pastime pages
Srila Abhirama Gopala Thakura
Nityananda Prabhu's Preacher-Associate at Khanakula Krishnanagara
Not recorded (flourished late 15th - early 16th century) – Krishna Saptami (dark seventh) of the month of Chaitra; year not recorded
5 pastime pages
Srila Ramananda Raya
The Governor Who Became Mahaprabhu's Confidant
Exact year not recorded (a mature man of about forty, roughly twice Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's age, when they met around 1510-1512) – Exact date not recorded — sources vary between Jyestha Krishna-panchami and Vaishakha Krishna-panchami
7 pastime pages
Srila Svarupa Damodara Goswami
Mahaprabhu's Confidential Secretary at Jagannatha Puri
Not recorded – On a Ratha-yatra day in the month of Ashadha; year not recorded
7 pastime pages
Srila Chandrashekhara Acharya
The Physician of Varanasi Who Sheltered Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Not recorded (a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, active in Varanasi in the early 16th century) – Not recorded
4 pastime pages
Srila Lokanatha Gosvami
The Renunciant Guardian of Radha-Vinoda
Year not recorded; left home for Nabadwipa c. 1509-1510 CE – Ashtami of Shravana or of Asharh (sources disagree); one tradition dates it to Shaka 1510 / 1588-89 CE
6 pastime pages