Sri Keshavaji Gaudiya Matha is adjacent to Sri Rangeshvara Mahadeva and Kamsatila, on the right side of the parikram path and on the left side of the Mathura–Agra road. It is currently a wellknown place of darshana. Acharya keshari om vishnupada Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja named this matha after the presiding deity of Mathura, the Supreme Lord of lords, Sri Keshavaji. From its inauguration, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja was appointed superintendent in order to propagate pure bhakti as practised and preached by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to people in the Hindi speaking areas of India. In a very short time, many books were published from here in Hindi, India's national language, like Jaiva-dharma, Sri Shikshastaka, Sriman Mahaprabhu ki Sikshya, Upadeshamrita, Sri Manaa-Sikshya, Srimad Bhagavad-gita and the monthly magazine Sri Bhagavata-patrika. New books about bhakti continue to be published to this day. Sri Abhayacarana Bhaktivedanta, who widely spread Sri-harinama-sankirtana in the Western world as preached by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and who extensively published and distributed Srimad Bhagavad- gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and many other devotional scriptures in many languages of the world, accepted the renounced order of life (tridanda-sannyasa) at this place from om vishnuupada Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja. He accepted the sannyasa name and title of tridandi-svami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja. Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja was the priest at this ceremony.
 

HH Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (right) after taking sannyas from HH Srila Bhakti Prajna Keshava Maharaj (centre) at the Keshava Gaudiya Math, Mathura 1959.

His Holiness Srila Bhakti Prajna Keshava maharaj

This is the temple established by HH Bhakti Prajnan Keshava maharaj, the sannyas guru of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad, a direct diciple of Srila Bhakisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad.
Srila Bhakti Prajnan Keshava Goswami was also the initiating guru of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan maharaj

A letter from Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami to Sripad Trivikram maharaj 1968

His Holiness Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan maharaj

Srila Narayan maharaj offering arati on the divine appearance day of Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada

Gaudiya Math History. Saraswata Gaudiya Vaishnavas. (Photos)

Deities all wearing Their winter shawls

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