Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur (IAST: Viśvanātha Cakravarti Ṭhākura; c. 1626 – c. 1708) was a Gaudiya Vaishnava acharya born in the village of Devagram, which is now in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India.
His initiating guru was Sriyuta Krsnacarana Cakravarti of Saiyadabad, Murshidabad, who was fourth in the line from Narottama Dasa.
Sri Chakravarti Thakura took up residence with Mukunda Dasa, who lived in Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's bhajana kutir at Radha-kunda.
Most notably his famous song Sri Gurvashtakam,[1] is sung every morning during Mangal Arati around 04:30 AM in every ISKCON temple throughout the world.
[2] He composed the following books on Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology:[3] He died on the Vasanta-pancami in the month of Magha.