Brahmanand, sometimes referred to with the addition of the honorific "Maharaj", was a disciple of Brahma Chaitanya a spiritual teacher who promoted the significance of

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during the

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of late 19th-century India. He was born on Magha shuddha

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day in Jalihal village in Karnataka. He was an erudite scholar in classical Indian philosophy. His studies and circumstances made him dispassionate towards mundane life and aware of futility of bookish knowledge. Hence he left home and did austerities at Sri Lakshmi Venkatesha Temple of Venkatapur. He was instructed by the lord to go to the north India, in search of Guru. Later he found Brahmachaitanya Maharaj and he did penance under the guidance of his guru at Sarpeshwar Mandir, and attained bliss. He was responsible for the spread of bhakthi movement in Karnataka, by conducting Nama japa and temple consecrations. He died on the Mahalaya amavasya day of 1918 a
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near Kagwad of Belgaum Dist, in the border between Karnataka and Maharashtra.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaitanya, Brahma 19th-century Hindu religious leaders 20th-century Hindu religious leaders 1859 births 1919 deaths Kannada people People from Bagalkot district