CC Family Tree

Personality	Description	Original Identity
Advaita Acharya	The Vaishnava leader in the Navadvip area who fervently prayed for Shri Chaitanya to descend.	Maha Vishnu / Sadashiva
Gadadhara Pandita	The childhood companion of Shri Chaitanya.	Shrimati Radharan
Gopal Bhatta Goswami	The son of Vyenkata Bhatta, an aristocratic brahmana who met Shri Chaitanya while He travelled in South India.	Guna Manjari
Govinda	The godbrother of Shri Chaitanya who became His personal servant in Jagannatha Puri.	Bhangura (servant of Krishna)
Haridas Thakur	The namacharya – a celebrated Vaishnava who embodied pure chanting of the holy name.	Brahma + Prahlada
Ishvara Puri	Disciple of Madhavendra Puri and the initiating spiritual master of Shri Chaitanya.
Jagannatha Mishra	The father of Shri Chaitanya.	Nanda
Jiva Goswami	The nephew of Rupa and Sanatana, who was considered by many scholars to be the greatest philosopher India has ever produced.	Vilasa Manjar
Lakshmipriya	First wife of Shri Chaitanya	Rukmini
Madhavendra Puri	Considered the root of the Gaudiya parampara, his main disciples were Ishvara Puri and Advaita Acharya	Kalpa-Vriksha (Desire Tree)
Nityananda Prabhu	Was born in Ekachakra, and eventually joined Shri Chaitanya in Navadvip when the sankirtan mission began.	Balaram
Pundarika Vidyanidhi	A disciple of Shri Madhavendra Puri, who became the guru of Gadadhara Pandita and an intimate friend of Svarupa Damodara.	Vrishabhanu
Raghunath Bhatta Goswami	The son of Tapan Mishra who met Shri Chaitanya in East Bengal and eventually joined the Six Goswamis.	Rasa Manjari
Raghunath das Goswami	Was the emblem of renunciation who imparted knowledge of Shri Chaitanya’s life to Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami.	Rati Manjari
Ramananda Raya	One of Shri Chaitanya’s most intimate associates, who revealed the topmost conclusions of bhakti.	Arjuna, Visakha
Rupa Goswami	The leader of the Goswamis, who was known as the rasacarya – the authority on transcendental mellows and relationships	Rupa Manjari
Sachimata	The mother of Shri Chaitanya.	Yashoda
Sanatana Goswami	The oldest of the Goswamis, who was formerly a high-ranking government minister and was later jailed for his devotion.	Lavanga Manjari
Shrivas Thakur	The saintly Vaishnava who assisted Shri Chaitanya in organising the daily sankirtan in Navadvip.	Narada Muni
Svarupa Damodara	An intimate sannyasi associate of Shri Chaitanya, who acted as His personal secretary in the final days.	Lalita
Vishnupriya	Second wife of Shri Chaitanya	Bhu-Shakti (1 of the 3 Lakshmis)
Vishvarupa	The brother of Shri Chaitanya	Shankarshana