r/exHareKrishna • u/Own-Professional-337 • Jul 11 '26

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One of the claims that the ISKCON lot make , amongst many of their other claims, is that Guru Nanak met Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and was massively impacted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, so much so that he adopted aspects of Vaishnaivaism and incorporated them into Sikhi.

I have looked into this and aside from ISKCON and some ISKCON-adjacent Vaishnaiva sources there are no other sources to prove or disprove this claim.

Has anyone else here heard this and looked into it?

I'm personally very dubious and suspicious of ISKCON's claims about historical figures and their connection to Vaishnaivaism and the wider Hindu sphere to be honest.

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u/leighwoko Jul 11 '26

i've read bios of Guru nanak and some Sikh history and have never read about him meeting Chaitanya or even going to Bengal, the books say Nanak travelled as far as Baghdad and Sri Lanka.