CC Family Tree
Advaita Acharya
The Vaishnava leader in the Navadvip area who fervently prayed for Sri Caitanya to descend.
Maha Vishnu / Sadashiva
Gadadhara Pandita
The childhood companion of Sri Caitanya.
Srimati Radharani
Gopal Bhatta Goswami
The son of Vyenkata Bhatta, an aristocratic brahmana who met Sri Caitanya while He travelled in South India.
Guna Manjari
Govinda
The godbrother of Sri Caitanya 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 Sri Caitanya.
Jagannatha Mishra
The father of Sri Caitanya.
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 Manjari
Lakshmipriya
First wife of Sri Caitanya
Rukmini
Madhavendra Puri
Considered the root of the Gaudiya parampara, his main disciples were Isvara Puri and Advaita Acharya
Kalpa-Vriksha
(Desire Tree)
Nityananda Prabhu
Was born in Ekachakra, and eventually joined Sri Caitanya in Navadvip when the sankirtan mission began.
Balaram
Pundarika Vidyanidhi
A disciple of Sri 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 Sri Caitanya in East Bengal and eventually joined the Six Goswamis.
Rasa Manjari
Raghunath das Goswami
Was the emblem of renunciation who imparted knowledge of Sri Caitanya’s life to Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami.
Rati Manjari
Ramananda Raya
One of Sri Caitanya’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 Sri Caitanya.
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 Sri Caitanya in organising the daily sankirtan in Navadvip.
Narada Muni
Svarupa Damodara
An intimate sannyasi associate of Sri Caitanya, who acted as His personal secretary in the final days.
Lalita
Vishnupriya
Second wife of Sri Caitanya
Bhu-Shakti (1 of the 3 Lakshmis)
Vishvarupa
The brother of Sri Caitanya
Sankarshana
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