At 70 years old, he landed in New York without any money (40 rupees of Indian currency). īhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, believed to have direct lineage with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, brought Chaitanya's Gaudiya Vaishnavism to the West in 1965. He is considered by Gaudiya Vaishnavas to be an incarnation of Krishna himself. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu emphasized chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra (the 'great mantra'). This form of communal worship responded to rigid caste structures by engaging all people in worship regardless of caste and creed. He established Sankirtan, the practice of publicly expressing devotion to Krishna, the Supreme God, through dance and song. Gaudiya Vaishnavism was founded by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu a hidden avatar of the Lord who rapidly spread his form of ecstatic bhakti (devotion) throughout Bengal. Gaudiya Vaishnavism has had a following in India, especially West Bengal and Odisha, for the past five hundred years. Vaishnavism means 'worship of Vishnu', and Gauḍa refers to the area where this particular branch of Vaishnavism originated, in the Gauda region of West Bengal and Bangladesh. ISKCON devotees follow a disciplic line of Gaudiya Vaishnavas and are the largest branch of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

ISKCON's Bhajan during Navratri Golu at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Its most rapid expansion in membership have been within India and (after the collapse of the Soviet Union) in Russia and other formerly Soviet-aligned states of Eastern Europe. ISKCON was formed to spread the practice of Bhakti yoga, the practice of love of God in which those involved ( bhaktas) dedicate their thoughts and actions towards pleasing Krishna, whom they consider the Supreme Lord. ISKCON is 'the largest and, arguably, most important branch' of Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, which has had adherents in India since the early 16th century and American and European devotees since the early 1900s. Its core beliefs are based on Hindu scriptures, particularly the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata Purana.

ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.

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