Background
He was born on November 17, 1838 in a simple mercantile family in the village of Vagyana, near to Tepakhola in the district of Faridpur, part of modern day Bangladesh.
He was born on November 17, 1838 in a simple mercantile family in the village of Vagyana, near to Tepakhola in the district of Faridpur, part of modern day Bangladesh.
He became a mendicant, staying in the holy cities of Vrindavan and Navadwip, deeply absorbed in singing and chanting the sacred names of Radha and Krishna (Bhajan). In 1900, Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji gave initiation (diksha) to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. The former gave the latter the name "Varsabhanavi devi dayita Dasa".
Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji"s legacy would live on his only disciple Bhaktisiddhanta, as he would later go on to preach all over India with his Gaudiya Mathematics
