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'''Venkatta Bhatta''' - Gaudiya Vaishnava (formerly principal priest of [[Srirangam]] belonging to [[Sri Sampradaya]]) is famous for being part of the conversion from worship of [[Laksmi]]-[[Narayana]] to worship of [[Krishna]] as ''[[Svayam bhagavan]]''. In [[Chaitanya Charitamrita]] 2.9.108-124<ref>[http://vedabase.net/cc/madhya/9/108/en Caitanya Caritamrita 2.9.108]</ref> and further on [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Chaitanya]] talks about Krishna's supremacy in a joking mood with Venkatta Bhatta.<ref name = Brzezinski1992>{{cite journal
| author = Brzezinski, J.K.
| year = 1992
| title = Prabodhananda, Hita Harivamsa and the" Radharasasudhanidhi
| journal = Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
| volume = 55
| issue = 3
| pages = 472–497
| jstor=620194
| doi=10.1017/S0041977X00003669
}}"identify Radha as the supreme Laksmi.."</ref> Also notable for being the father of [[Gopala Bhatta]].

When Chaitanya traveled through [[South India]] in 1509–10, he stayed at his house of at [[Srirangam]].<ref name = Brzezinski1992/> Venkata and his two brothers, Gopala's uncles Trimalla and [[Prabodhananda Sarasvati]] "were converted from their [[Sri Vaishnava]] faith in [[Lakshmi]]-[[Narayana]] as supreme to one in [[Radha]] [[Krishna]]" as original, [[Svayam bhagavan]].<ref name = Brzezinski1992/> The dialog of this conversion is recorded in 16 c. Caitanya Caritamrita biography by [[Krishna dasa Kaviraja]].<ref name = hk>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/bhaktiyoga/vaisnavism.htm
|title=VEDA - Vedas and Vedic Knowledge Online - Vedic Encyclopedia, Bhakti-yoga in vedas, Library
|publisher=www.veda.harekrsna.cz
|accessdate=2008-05-04
|last=Jan
|first=Marez
}}
</ref>

In Madhya [[lila (Hinduism)|lila]] of ''Caitanya caritamrita''{{clarify|date=September 2013}} a presentation is given,<ref>[http://vedabase.net/cc/madhya/9/113/en [http://vedabase.net/cc/en C.C.] Madhya 9.113-114] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525150347/http://vedabase.net/cc/madhya/9/113/en |date=2011-05-25 }} "Just to associate with [http://vedabase.net/k/krsna Kṛṣṇa], [http://vedabase.net/l/laksmi Lakṣmī] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516093309/http://vedabase.net/l/laksmi |date=2008-05-16 }} abandoned all transcendental happiness in [http://vedabase.net/v/vaikuntha Vaikuṇṭha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504051651/http://vedabase.net/v/vaikuntha |date=2008-05-04 }} and for a long time accepted vows and regulative principles and performed unlimited austerities."</ref> with a reference to the particular verse of the tenth canto of [[Bhagavata Purana]] as to the reason why [[Lakshmi]], also known as [[Sri]] (thus the name of Sri Sampradaya), is burning with desire and still not capable of entering into the realm of [[Vrindavana]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vedabase.net/sb/10/16/36/en |title=SB 10.16.36 |access-date=2008-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819210508/http://vedabase.net/sb/10/16/36/en |archive-date=2008-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Prabodhananda Sarasvati who was a Sri Sampradaya [[sannyasi]] was also converted as to supreme position of Radha-Krishna being Svayam bhagavan instead of Lakshmi-Narayana. He as well apparently came to appreciate the supremacy of Radha worship from Caitanya.<ref name = Brzezinski19922>{{cite journal
| author = Brzezinski, J.K.
| year = 1992
| title = Prabodhananda Sarasvati: From Benares to Braj
| journal = Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
| volume = 55
| issue = 1
| pages = 52–75
| doi = 10.1017/S0041977X00002640
| jstor=620476
}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]
* [[Sri Sampradaya]]

==References and notes==
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[[Category:Gaudiya religious leaders]]

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