Shrivatsa Goswami

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Shri
Shrivatsa Goswami
Personal
Born (1950-10-27) 27 October 1950 (age 74)
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Religion Hinduism
Nationality Indian
Denomination Gaudiya Vaishnavism
Lineage Goswamis
Shrivatsa Goswami
Academic background
Alma mater Banaras Hindu University
Academic work
Discipline Indology
Institutions Banaras Hindu University
Main interests
Religious career
Based in Vrindavan
Predecessor Purushottam Goswami
Post Acharya of Radha Raman Temple
Director of the Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana

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Entrance Radha Raman Temple.

He was born in the Vaishnava pilgrimage site of Vrindavan, into a brahmin family whose members were caretakers of Radha Raman Temple for more than four centuries, one of the known Vrindavan temples, founded by Chaitanya's associate, the saint Gopala Bhatta Goswami.[2][4] Shrivatsa Goswami's father, Purushottam Goswami, was the temple leading priest. In accordance with the family tradition, Shrivatsa Goswami became the acharya of Radha Raman temple. In 1972, he founded a scientific and cultural organization, the "Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana", to the propagation of traditional Vaishnavism, patronised the arts (Raslila dance and other) and scholarship on Vaishnavism, particularly in Vrindavan.[2][4][5]

Shrivatsa Goswami is a graduate in philosophy of the Banares Hindu University, where he later has taught philosophy and religion. In the mid-1970s he was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of World Religions. Shrivatsa Goswami has been associated with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (a member of the board of editors of the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophers) and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (that is a sponsor for his Vraja Research Project). His scholarly publications in India and the West focus on Vaishnavite philosophy and theology, as well as theater and other aspects of the religious culture of the Braj region.[2][3]

In addition, Shrivatsa Goswami works in the field of interfaith cooperation. Thus, he is the honorary president of Religions for Peace. And Pope Benedict XVI invited him to represent Hinduism at the 25th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer at Assisi in October 2011.[3][6]

Selected works

Books
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References

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Further reading

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External links

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