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Shyam Manohar Goswami

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Shyam Manohar Goswami
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Shyam Manohar Goswami (IAST: Śyāma Manohara Gosvāmī, Hindi: श्याम मनोहर गोस्वामी, Gujarati: શ્યામ મનોહર ગોસ્વામી) also known as Shyamu Bava (IAST: Śyāmu Bāvā, Hindi: श्यामु बावा, Gujarati: શ્યામુ બાવા), is the 16th descendant of Shri Vallabha Acharya, sanskritists, philosopher, spiritual leader, active reformer & guru of the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism.[1][2][3]

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He belongs to the first house of the Pushtimarg.[4] His ancestral lineage had settled in Kishangarh by the eighteenth century, and by the nineteenth century his family had moved to Mumbai. He is considered one of the most prominent living theologians of the Vallabha family. He does not maintain a large retinue like other goswamis nor does he travel widely to preach sermons. Since the 1980s he has refused to worship at any of the public Pushtmarg temples (including Shrinathji's in Nathdwara), and orders his disciples to do the same. Shyam Manohar Goswami's opinions on temples and vittajā sevā (financial donations) are generally opposed by other goswamis, and in 1992 he debated Goswami Hariray in the Puṣṭi Siddhānt Carcā Sabhā.[5]

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Academia & Research

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Shyam Manohar Goswami giving lecture at the Indian philosophical congress, Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies – 2017

He was the lecturer on Vallabh Vedanta at the 91st session of the Indian philosophical congress held in February 2017 at the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies in Madhya Pradesh, India.[6][7]

Pandit Jasraj has done extensive research in Haveli Sangeet under Shyam Manohar Goswami to create numerous innovative bandish (composition).[8]

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Bibliography

Shyam Manohar Goswami has written, and continues to write independent works on Pushtimarg theology and philosophy.[9][10][11][12][13] He has also written commentaries on most of Vallabha's works, including all sixteen treatises.[14]

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