Sri Swami Bon Maharaj

Era
1901–1982
Birth date
23 March 1901
Samadhi date
7 July 1982
Places

Sri Swami Bon Maharaj (also known as Bhakti Hridaya Bon) was a great saint of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya. He played a pivotal role in spreading the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy internationally, meeting with the King of England and preaching at esteemed universities like Oxford and Cambridge to plant the seed of bhakti. Still, his biggest legacy is in India, where he founded schools and temple-ashrams and gathered thousands of followers, including entire Bengali villages that consider him their guru. Wherever he went, he chanted the mahamantra, even to his last breath.