Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937, Sanyasa: 1918) established Sri Gaudiya Matha in 1920 and upto 64 branches or Temples throughout Bharat and abroad. It can be said that the Gaudiya Matha of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati between 1920 and 1936 was the first of its kind to have established branches throughout Bharat, after and since which it has become common of many matha of various sampradaya.
Commenced Sri Navadvip Dham Parikrama 1921 onward.
Sri Caitanya Padapitha, established at places visited, by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati :
Kanai Natasala (1929), Jharkhand
Mandara Parvat (1929), Mandar, Bhagalpur, Bihar
Jajpur (1930) , Cuttack, Odisha
Sri Kurma Kshetra, (1930), Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Simhachalam (1930), Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Kovvur (1930), West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Mangalagiri (1930), Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh
Chatrabhoga, West Bengal (1934)(at or near Krishnachandrapur, Mathurapur, 24 Pargana dist)Sri Mangalagiri (1930), Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh
Sanyasa
Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati gave Sanyasa to 18 persons, all of whom maintained it for their lifetimes.
Large Gaudiya Matha Denominations
Besides the 2 institutions which retained the properties of the Original Sri Gaudiya Matha (see below), some of the Larger Matha or denominations of the Gaudiya Matha, at present are:
ISKCON established in 1966 by Sri Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupad (1896-1977) - Worldwide
The founder was an grihastha during the Sri Gaudiya Matha movement, who years later accepted Sanyasa and set out to America, thereafter establishing more than 108 Matha/temples throughout the world.
Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math established in 1944(Sanyas) by Sri Bhakti Dayita Madhava (1904-1979) - North India and Abroad
The founder was a brahmachari preacher in the Sri Gaudiya Matha, who following the turmoil after 1937, distanced himself and continued preaching independently, creating Matha throughout North India.
Sri Chaitanya Sarasvat Matha established in 1941 by Sri Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhara (1895-1988) - Bengal and Abroad
The founder was a preaching Sanyasi of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. Following the events in the years after 1937, he made his bhajan kuti at Sri Navadvipa Dham and retired from preaching. The branches of this Matha were mainly created by his disciples thereafter.
Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti established in (1942) by Sri Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (1898-1968) - India and Abroad
The founder was the manager of the Sri Caitanya Matha in Mayapur through the period of the Sri Gaudiya Matha movement until 1937. Following the turmoil thereafter, he distanced himself from the institution and began preaching, establishing the Math, which has come to have branches throughout Bengal. A branch of this Matha is also present, with branches in India and followers Worldwide.
Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission was established in 1966 by Sri Bhakti Vaibhav Puri (1913-2009) - Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Abroad.
The founder was initiated by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in 1936 and was marginally associated with the Gaudiya Mission and head of the Matha in Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh between 1937 -1951-53 when it was occupied by the new Sri Caitanya Matha owners (1951). Thereafter he started his own independent Matha in the area, establishing branches in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
Many smaller Matha are also present.
List of Sri Gaudiya Matha branches established by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
The purpose of this listing is to show the extant of the Sri Gaudiya Matha preaching between 1920 and 1936 as these (about) 64 branches of the Sri Gaudiya Matha were like pillars of the preaching of the Matha during that period. Since then (1937) however, these branches/buildings/temples have little or no relevance to most of the Gaudiya Matha followers and denominations today. As described above most who supported Ananta Vasudeva, in the proceeding years renounced the institution due to the deviations that followed, while most of the Preachers and Sanyasi of the Gaudiya Matha, who were also supporters of Kunjavihari ended up outside the institution in that year itself, and either started establishing individual Matha anew or retired from active preaching. The fraction of Gaudiya Matha followers who did remain aligned with Kunjavihari or the Gaudiya Mission, after 1951 got hold of the original Matha branches, and thus to the other unaligned denominations, they are generally considered merely as "Sri Caitanya Matha or Gaudiya Mission" branches, rather then as original Matha of which they are a part.
Unaligned and/or Non-Extant Branches
Unaligned and Non-Extant
Sri Bhaktivinoda Asan Matha (1918)
1 Ultadanga Junction Road, Kolkata
(The Kolkatta Gaudiya Matha between 1918-1930, before Baghbazar Matha)
Supposed current address : 60/14 Gouri Bari Lane, Ultadanga, Kolkatta
ISKCON currently owns a building which is supposedly either the original building or site of the original building. Uninhabited-dilapidated, like many buildings in the area.
The founder was a brahmachari preacher in the Sri Gaudiya Matha, who following the turmoil after 1937, distanced himself and continued preaching independently, creating Matha throughout North India.
Sri Chaitanya Sarasvat Matha established in 1941 by Sri Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhara (1895-1988) - Bengal and Abroad
The founder was a preaching Sanyasi of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. Following the events in the years after 1937, he made his bhajan kuti at Sri Navadvipa Dham and retired from preaching. The branches of this Matha were mainly created by his disciples thereafter.
Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti established in (1942) by Sri Bhakti Prajnan Keshava (1898-1968) - India and Abroad
The founder was the manager of the Sri Caitanya Matha in Mayapur through the period of the Sri Gaudiya Matha movement until 1937. Following the turmoil thereafter, he distanced himself from the institution and began preaching, establishing the Math, which has come to have branches throughout Bengal. A branch of this Matha is also present, with branches in India and followers Worldwide.
Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission was established in 1966 by Sri Bhakti Vaibhav Puri (1913-2009) - Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Abroad.
The founder was initiated by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in 1936 and was marginally associated with the Gaudiya Mission and head of the Matha in Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh between 1937 -1951-53 when it was occupied by the new Sri Caitanya Matha owners (1951). Thereafter he started his own independent Matha in the area, establishing branches in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.
Many smaller Matha are also present.
List of Sri Gaudiya Matha branches established by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Although
Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati toured/preached in both British India and Indian
Princely States, all the Matha were apparently in British territories of India.
When noted as "since shifted" means the Matha property has since changed but with the same installed Murthi.
Original city names kept, as historical reference will only be found with such names.
The list is incomplete and is mainly based on secondary sources, as no list of all the Matha exist, thus some Branches are missing. The dates are not accurate - and may be the year of Vigraha Pratishta, of preaching in that location, of installation of a new constructed temple, etc. Most dates are of the Mandir Pratishta and as these Matha had been started years earlier, the dates are lacking in that regard. Matha with "Prapannashram" in the title were originally Nama Hatta centers of Sri Bhaktivinoda.
List is IncompleteWhen noted as "since shifted" means the Matha property has since changed but with the same installed Murthi.
Original city names kept, as historical reference will only be found with such names.
The list is incomplete and is mainly based on secondary sources, as no list of all the Matha exist, thus some Branches are missing. The dates are not accurate - and may be the year of Vigraha Pratishta, of preaching in that location, of installation of a new constructed temple, etc. Most dates are of the Mandir Pratishta and as these Matha had been started years earlier, the dates are lacking in that regard. Matha with "Prapannashram" in the title were originally Nama Hatta centers of Sri Bhaktivinoda.
Unaligned and/or Non-Extant Branches
Unaligned and Non-Extant
Sri Bhaktivinoda Asan Matha (1918)
1 Ultadanga Junction Road, Kolkata
(The Kolkatta Gaudiya Matha between 1918-1930, before Baghbazar Matha)
Supposed current address : 60/14 Gouri Bari Lane, Ultadanga, Kolkatta
ISKCON currently owns a building which is supposedly either the original building or site of the original building. Uninhabited-dilapidated, like many buildings in the area.
Aligned Non-Extant
Sri Jagannath Gaudiya Matha (1935-1947) (Gaudiya Mission)
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
(Murthi shifted in 1947 to the Gaudiya Mission Matha in Remuna, Orissa)
Unaligned and Extant
Sri Govardhan Kutira (?)
Darjeeling Gaudiya Matha (1936, murthi pratishta)
Darjeeling, Darjeeling, West Bengal
Danapur - Bihar
Berlin – Germany
(owned by since 1951)
Bengal
Sri Chaitanya Math (First Branch of Sri Gaudiya Matha)(1918)
Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal
(present temple completed in 1926)
Sri Mayapur Yogapith (Birthplace of Sri Krsna Caitanya)
Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri Madhva Gaudiya Math (1921)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sri Ekayana Gaudiya Math (1929)
Govindpur, Hansakhali, Nadia, West Bengal
Elsewhere
Sri Tridandi Gaudiya Matha (1924)
Bhubanesvar, Orissa
Sarbhog Gaudiya Matha (1936)
Sarbhog, Barpeta, Assam
Madras Gaudiya Math (1932)
Gaudiya Math Road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sri Ramananda Gaudiya Matha (1932)
Kovvur, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Paramahamsa Matha (1926)
Naimisharanya, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
Sri Sarasvata Gaudiya Matha (1932)
Haridvar, Uttarkhand
Sri Kunjavihari Matha (1935)
Sri Radhakund, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Others ( Temples / Matha)
Sri Vrajasvananda Sukhada Kunj (1935)(Bhajan Kuti? and/or Pushpa Samadhi of Sri Bhaktivinoda)
Sri Radhakund, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Sri Goshtavihari Matha (1935)(Lilasthali temple in Vraja Mandal)
Seshasayi, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Navadvip Mandal - Temple / Matha
Sri Svanandasukhadakunja (House and Samadhi of Sri Kedarnath Bhaktivinoda)
Svarupganj, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri Rudradwip Gaudiya Math (1936)
Rudradvip, Bardhaman
Srivas Angan (1934)
Mayapur, Nadia
Sri Murari Gupta Sripat ( ownership)
Mayapur, Nadia
Maybe
Chand Kazi Memorial Temple, Sri Mayapur
(owned by since 1951)
Baghbazar Gaudiya Math (1930)
16/A, Kaliprasad Chakraborty St. Baghbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Sri Purushottam Math (1922)
Chatak Parvat, Gaurbatsahi, Puri, Orissa
Sri Satchidananda Matha (1930 or earlier)
Oriyabazar, Cuttack, Orissa
Sri Brahma Gaudiya Math (1931)
Alalnath / Brahmagiri, Puri, Orissa
Sri Sanatan Gaudiya Matha (1932)
8/17 Baragambhir Singh, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi Gaudiya Math (1929)
Doctor Lane - since shifted
Sri Vyasa Gaudiya Math (1928)
Kurukshetra, Haryana
Patna Gaudiya Math (1933)
Mithapur, Patna, Bihar
Sri Gaya Gaudiya Math (1935)
Gautam Buddha Road, Gaya, Bihar
Bombay Gaudiya Math (1934)
near Babulnath mandir - since shifted
Sri Kunja Kutir Matha (1929)
Beledangar Mor, Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri Bhagavata Jnanananda Matha (1926)
Chirulia, Midnapur, West Bengal
Maybe
History of the Gaudiya Matha after Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
With the exception of those not strongly aligned with Kunjavihari, the appointed Acharya was generally acceptable and Ananta Vasudev, unofficially became the administrator of most of the 64 Matha. Although the properties of the 64 Matha were entrusted to 3 persons, they were not legally owned under a common institution, thus it was an matter of acceptance and/or prominence thereafter as to whom administered them at the top. Some Matha became independent, especially after later events.
In 1940 Kunjavihari filed a courtcase demanding a portion of the properties – as himself and Paramananda were among the 3 entrusted to administer the properties. The Courtcases went on for the next 10 years, at the expenses of much of the resources. In 1941 Ananta Vasudev took Sanyasa (as Bhakti Prasad Puri).
During this time of courtcases and quarrel (1941-) Ananta Vasudev began to deviate from the institutional teachings established by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, as well as break the Sanyasa vow, having affair(s) with a woman or women. As a result most of the disciples and Sanyasi of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati who had originally supported/accepted him, thereafter left the institution, many beginning their own Matha. In 1947 Kunjavihari took Sanyasa(Bhakti Vilasa Tirtha).
In 1948 an application which had been made to the government for recognition of the Gaudiya Matha as a single administrative Institution – was accepted, prior to which most mathas were not under/legally owned by an Gaudiya Matha institution - and now were. Immediately Ananta Vasudev formally gave up the Red cloth of Sanyasa.
Between 1948 and 1951 negotiations were held between the 2 parties to reach an out of court settlement. In 1951 it was agreed upon in court and about half the properties or 32 Matha each went to both party. The party of Bhakti Vilas Tirtha instituted the "Sri Caitanya Matha", obtaining the Mathas in Navadvipa Mandal, besides others. The Party of Ananta Vasudev instituted the "Gaudiya Mission" and retained the Matha in Kolkatta and most of the Matha throughout India.
Promptly thereafter in the same year, Ananta Vasudev renounced the formal role of Acharya of the Gaudiya Mission, though legally remaining the head, appointing Bhakti Pradip Tirtha (Sanyasi of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati).
In 1953 after the demise of Bhakti Pradip Tirtha, Ananta Vasudeva appointed Bhakti Keval Audulomi (an Sanyasi of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati) as the Acharya, on condition that he wear white cloth/Babaji Vesha and retired from all connection with the Gaudiya Mission, to reside in Vrindavan.
Subsequently, sometime after 1958 (demise Ananta Vasudev), Bhakti Keval Audulomi redoned the Red cloth of Sanyasa, besides re-enstating in the Gaudiya Mission (some, many or all?) original institutional precepts which had been digressed from during the years of Ananta Vasudev. Many in the institution were initiated and followers of Ananta Vasudev and thus his picture remained and remains in the Guru Parampara of the Gaudiya Mission Matha - and All other Gaudiya Matha denominations still do not enter Gaudiya Mission Mathas. Bhakti Keval Audulomi was the Acharya of the Gaudiya Mission till 1982. In 1958 he established a Matha in Godrumadvip, in Navadwip Dham naming it Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gaudiya Matha.
Bhakti Vilasa Tirtha was the Acharya of the Sri Caitanya Matha till 1975 and remained devoted to the institutional principles established by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.
a source of accountal notes with details, repetitive and sometimes biased or conflicting
http://www.bvml.org/contemporary/JD_tsots.html
Sri Jagannath Gaudiya Matha (1935-1947) (Gaudiya Mission)
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
(Murthi shifted in 1947 to the Gaudiya Mission Matha in Remuna, Orissa)
Unaligned and Extant
Sri Sanket Bihari Matha (?)
Sanket, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Govardhan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Unknown and/or Non-Extant
Dumarkunda Matha (1927)
Dumarkunda, Chirkunda, Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Darjeeling, Darjeeling, West Bengal
Punda
Gaudiya Matha
Punda, 24
Pargana, West Bengal
Sri
Gopalji Matha
Kamalapura,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Goalpara
Prapannashram Matha
Goalpara,
Goalpara, Assam
Temporary Matha Branches
Ranaghat -
WB
Danapur - Bihar
Berlin – Germany
Rangoon Gaudiya Matha (1936)
29 Brookings Street, Rangoon, Burma
29 Brookings Street, Rangoon, Burma
(Bogalay Zay Street)
Temporary
Matha branches in Vraja Mandala
Vishram
Ghat, Mathura
Varsana
Nandagram
(owned by since 1951)
Sri Caitanya Matha
Bengal
Sri Chaitanya Math (First Branch of Sri Gaudiya Matha)(1918)
Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal
(present temple completed in 1926)
Sri Mayapur Yogapith (Birthplace of Sri Krsna Caitanya)
Mayapur, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri Madhva Gaudiya Math (1921)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sri Gadai Gauranga Gaudiya Matha (1936)
Baliati, Dhaka, BangladeshSri Ekayana Gaudiya Math (1929)
Govindpur, Hansakhali, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri
Brahmanapada Prapannashram Matha (pre)
Brahmanapada,
Howrah, West Bengal
Amarshi Gaudiya Math (?)
Amarshi, Midnapur, West Bengal
Elsewhere
Sri Tridandi Gaudiya Matha (1924)
Bhubanesvar, Orissa
Sarbhog Gaudiya Matha (1936)
Sarbhog, Barpeta, Assam
Madras Gaudiya Math (1932)
Gaudiya Math Road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sri Ramananda Gaudiya Matha (1932)
Kovvur, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
Sri Paramahamsa Matha (1926)
Naimisharanya, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
Sri Sarasvata Gaudiya Matha (1932)
Haridvar, Uttarkhand
Sri Kunjavihari Matha (1935)
Sri Radhakund, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Others ( Temples / Matha)
Sri
Mahesh Pandit Sripath (1931 ownership)
Chakdaha,
Nadia, West BengalSri Vrajasvananda Sukhada Kunj (1935)(Bhajan Kuti? and/or Pushpa Samadhi of Sri Bhaktivinoda)
Sri Radhakund, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Sri Goshtavihari Matha (1935)(Lilasthali temple in Vraja Mandal)
Seshasayi, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Navadvip Mandal - Temple / Matha
Sri Svanandasukhadakunja (House and Samadhi of Sri Kedarnath Bhaktivinoda)
Svarupganj, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri
Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math (1936)
Vidyanagar, Bardhaman, West Bengal
Sri Gaura
Gadadhara Mandir (1922 ownership)
Champahati, Bardhaman, West Bengal
Sri
Modadruma Gaudiya Math (1922 ownership?)
Mamgachi, Jahnagar, Bardhaman
Sri Rudradwip Gaudiya Math (1936)
Rudradvip, Bardhaman
Sri
Suvarnavihar Gaudiya Math (1936)
Svarupganj, NadiaSrivas Angan (1934)
Mayapur, Nadia
Sri Murari Gupta Sripat ( ownership)
Mayapur, Nadia
Maybe
Sri
Advaita Bhavan, Mayapur
Sri
Gadadhara Angan, Mayapur
Sri
Sridhara Angan, Mayapur
Chand Kazi Memorial Temple, Sri Mayapur
(owned by since 1951)
Gaudiya Mission
Baghbazar Gaudiya Math (1930)
16/A, Kaliprasad Chakraborty St. Baghbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal
Sri Purushottam Math (1922)
Chatak Parvat, Gaurbatsahi, Puri, Orissa
Sri Satchidananda Matha (1930 or earlier)
Oriyabazar, Cuttack, Orissa
Sri Brahma Gaudiya Math (1931)
Alalnath / Brahmagiri, Puri, Orissa
Sri Rupa Gaudiya Math (1930)
77, Tularam Bagh, Allahabad, Uttar PradeshSri Sanatan Gaudiya Matha (1932)
8/17 Baragambhir Singh, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi Gaudiya Math (1929)
Doctor Lane - since shifted
Sri Vyasa Gaudiya Math (1928)
Kurukshetra, Haryana
Patna Gaudiya Math (1933)
Mithapur, Patna, Bihar
Sri Gaya Gaudiya Math (1935)
Gautam Buddha Road, Gaya, Bihar
near Babulnath mandir - since shifted
Sri Kunja Kutir Matha (1929)
Beledangar Mor, Krishnanagar, Nadia, West Bengal
Sri Bhagavata Jnanananda Matha (1926)
Chirulia, Midnapur, West Bengal
Amlajora
Prapannasram Gaudiya Math (pre, temple - 1928)
Amlajora,
Rajbandh, Bardhaman, West Bengal.
Sri Vasudev Gaudiya Math (1933)
9 Drain Gardens, Kensington, S.W. 10.
or
27, Cranhurst Road
London NW2 4LJ UKMaybe
Lucknow Gaudiya Math (?)
Motinagar,
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Sri Krishna Chaitanya Math (?)
Kishorepura, Vrindavan, Mathura, Uttar PradeshHistory of the Gaudiya Matha after Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Available accounts are: scanty, incomplete, vague, conflicting, biased and/or false thus the purpose of this article.
In 1936 Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati instructed a “Board of Trustees” to be established, not for administering properties but to run the Institution. The Administering of Properties was entrusted to 3 persons Kunjavihari, Ananta Vasudeva and Paramananda. Thereafter in 1937 a board of 13 trustees was established.
Although Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Siddhanta had not appointed an successor and instructed simply to preach, the general desire was to establish an successor Acharya. There were 2 candidates or parties both with widespread general support – Kunjavihari, “the manager” the right hand man of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and Ananta Vasudeva, “the scholar” the left hand man of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, without getting into further details which are available elsewhere.
8 to 5 out of 13 trustees voted to appoint Ananta Vasudev as the Acharya. Kunjavihari instantly left the Matha, followed by those aligned with him.
Although Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Siddhanta had not appointed an successor and instructed simply to preach, the general desire was to establish an successor Acharya. There were 2 candidates or parties both with widespread general support – Kunjavihari, “the manager” the right hand man of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and Ananta Vasudeva, “the scholar” the left hand man of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, without getting into further details which are available elsewhere.
With the exception of those not strongly aligned with Kunjavihari, the appointed Acharya was generally acceptable and Ananta Vasudev, unofficially became the administrator of most of the 64 Matha. Although the properties of the 64 Matha were entrusted to 3 persons, they were not legally owned under a common institution, thus it was an matter of acceptance and/or prominence thereafter as to whom administered them at the top. Some Matha became independent, especially after later events.
In 1940 Kunjavihari filed a courtcase demanding a portion of the properties – as himself and Paramananda were among the 3 entrusted to administer the properties. The Courtcases went on for the next 10 years, at the expenses of much of the resources. In 1941 Ananta Vasudev took Sanyasa (as Bhakti Prasad Puri).
During this time of courtcases and quarrel (1941-) Ananta Vasudev began to deviate from the institutional teachings established by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, as well as break the Sanyasa vow, having affair(s) with a woman or women. As a result most of the disciples and Sanyasi of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati who had originally supported/accepted him, thereafter left the institution, many beginning their own Matha. In 1947 Kunjavihari took Sanyasa(Bhakti Vilasa Tirtha).
In 1948 an application which had been made to the government for recognition of the Gaudiya Matha as a single administrative Institution – was accepted, prior to which most mathas were not under/legally owned by an Gaudiya Matha institution - and now were. Immediately Ananta Vasudev formally gave up the Red cloth of Sanyasa.
Between 1948 and 1951 negotiations were held between the 2 parties to reach an out of court settlement. In 1951 it was agreed upon in court and about half the properties or 32 Matha each went to both party. The party of Bhakti Vilas Tirtha instituted the "Sri Caitanya Matha", obtaining the Mathas in Navadvipa Mandal, besides others. The Party of Ananta Vasudev instituted the "Gaudiya Mission" and retained the Matha in Kolkatta and most of the Matha throughout India.
Promptly thereafter in the same year, Ananta Vasudev renounced the formal role of Acharya of the Gaudiya Mission, though legally remaining the head, appointing Bhakti Pradip Tirtha (Sanyasi of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati).
In 1953 after the demise of Bhakti Pradip Tirtha, Ananta Vasudeva appointed Bhakti Keval Audulomi (an Sanyasi of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati) as the Acharya, on condition that he wear white cloth/Babaji Vesha and retired from all connection with the Gaudiya Mission, to reside in Vrindavan.
Subsequently, sometime after 1958 (demise Ananta Vasudev), Bhakti Keval Audulomi redoned the Red cloth of Sanyasa, besides re-enstating in the Gaudiya Mission (some, many or all?) original institutional precepts which had been digressed from during the years of Ananta Vasudev. Many in the institution were initiated and followers of Ananta Vasudev and thus his picture remained and remains in the Guru Parampara of the Gaudiya Mission Matha - and All other Gaudiya Matha denominations still do not enter Gaudiya Mission Mathas. Bhakti Keval Audulomi was the Acharya of the Gaudiya Mission till 1982. In 1958 he established a Matha in Godrumadvip, in Navadwip Dham naming it Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gaudiya Matha.
Bhakti Vilasa Tirtha was the Acharya of the Sri Caitanya Matha till 1975 and remained devoted to the institutional principles established by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.
a source of accountal notes with details, repetitive and sometimes biased or conflicting
http://www.bvml.org/contemporary/JD_tsots.html
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