AndhraPradesh
AndhraPradesh - this was a part of ancestral kingdom, Kalinga of Chodagangadeva. Its capital Mukhalingam is situated in the Srikakulamdistrict it was in the Orissan empire. Sri Chaitanya- Vaisnava saint who preached Gaudiya Vaisnavism in Orissa. His forefathers were the people of Orissa (Chaitany Mangala of Jayananda).Born in Nadiya in 8engal in 1486 AD he lived in puri, Orissa from 1510 till his death in1533. He is wrongly made responsible for the downfall of the Orissan empire ‘as his disciple Gajapati Prataprudradeva could not maJntain the integrity of the empire. Chaitanya Charitamruta written by.
Krishna Das Kaviraj, Chaitanya Bhagabata by Isvara qas, Chaitanya Mangala by Jayananda and Chaitanya Chandralaya by Kavi Karnapura. These refer to the life and time of Chaitanya. He was champion of bhakti-cult. F.R - Chaitanya : His life and Teachings/by J. N. Sarkar, and Early History of Vaisnava Faith and Movement in Bengal by S, K. Dey” Sridhara Swami- Writer - wrote a commentary Oil SI ililclG Bhagbata in sanskrit -born in Balasore - he spenHII~ lift; dl Kapilas in Dhenkanal district- a Vaisnava, worshipper of Nrusimha,
