Krishnananda Dutta Chaudhury

Krishnananda Dutta,[1] born as Krishnananda Dutta Chowdhury [2] (c. 1490-1570) in a Dutta Chowdhury family in Andul of the present-day Howrah district of West Bengal, India, was the 4th Chowdhury revenue collector (zamindar) there.

He regularly organised kirtans at his kirtanana-mandapa located near by his home.

[3] In ca.1514 CE Krishnananda was initiated to krsna-nama-mantra by Nityananda Prabhu in Andul.

[5] At the request of the king of Aul he then moved to Chhoti village[6] in Kendrapara district in Odisha.

He was an ancestor of Kedar Nath Dutta (Srila Bhakti Vinoda Thakura) and Bimala Prasad Dutta (Shrila Bhakti Shiddhanta Saraswati Thakura).