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Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya 108 Sri Srimad Goswami Bhakti Swarup Tirtha Maharaj Srila Gurudeva (Devanagari:ૐ विष्णुपाद परमहंस परीव्राज्काचार्य १०८ श्री श्रीमद् गोस्वामी भक्ति स्वरूप तीर्थ महाराज श्रील् गुरुदेव) is founder acharya of Gaudiya Vaishnava Association (GVA). He was born in 1942 at Tamil Nadu. In the year 1987 he read Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is by Nityalila Pravishta Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya 108 Sri Srimad A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Srila Prabhupada and he left his home and join Gaudiya Math.

In the year 1989, he met his Spiritual Master, Nityalila Pravishta Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Srirup Bhagavat Goswami Maharaj Srila Acharyapad disciple of Nityalila Pravishta Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya 108 Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Thakura Srila Prabhupada. In the year 1990, he was granted the sanyaas by Srila Acharyapad. In 1997 Srila Gurudeva founded the Gaudiya Vaishnava Association (GVA).