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the  Caitanya-līlā  the same Uddhava became the friend of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His uncle in terms of their relationship in the disciplic succession.
Keśava · Bhāratī.  The Sarasvatī, Bhāratī and Purī  sampradāyas  belong to the Śṛṅgerī Maṭha in South India, and Śrī Keśava Bhāratī, who at that time was situated in a monastery in Katwa, belonged to the Bhāratī-sampradāya. According to some authoritative opinions, although Keśava Bhāratī belonged to the Śaṅkara-sampradāya, he was formerly initiated by a Vaiṣṇava. He is supposed to have been a Vaiṣṇava on account of having been initiated by Mādhavendra Purī, for some say that he took  sannyāsa  from Mādhavendra Purī. The temple and Deity worship started by Keśava Bhāratī are still existing in the village known as Khāṭundi, which is under the postal jurisdiction of Kāndarā in the district of Burdwan. According to the managers of that  maṭha , the priests are descendants of Keśava Bhāratī, and some say that the worshipers of the Deity are descendants of the sons of Keśava Bhāratī. In his house-holder life he had two sons, Niśāpati and Ūṣāpati, and a  brāhmaṇa  of the name Śrī Nakaḍicandra Vidyāratna, who was a member of the family of Niśāpati, was the priest in charge at the time that Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī visited this temple. According to some, the priests of the temple belong to the family of Keśava Bhāratī's brother. Still another opinion is that they descend from Mādhava Bhāratī, who was another disciple of Keśava Bhāratī. Mādhava Bhāratī's disciple Balabhadra, who also later became a  sannyāsī  of the Bhāratī-sampradāya, had two sons in his family life named Madana and Gopāla. Madana, whose family's surname was Brahmacārī, lived in the village of Āuriyā, and Gopāla, whose family's surname was Brahmacārī, lived in the village of Denduḍa. There are still many living descendants of both families.
In the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 52, it is said:
mathurāyāṁ yajña-sūtraṁ purā kṛṣṇāya yo muniḥ dadau sāndīpaniḥ so 'bhūt adya keśava-bhāratī
"Sāndīpani Muni, who formerly offered the sacred thread to Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, later became Keśava Bhāratī." It is he who offered  sannyāsa  to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. There is another statement from the  Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā , verse 117.  Iti kecit prabhāṣante 'krūraḥ keśava-bhāratī:  "According to some authoritative opinions, Keśava Bhāratī is an incarnation of Akrūra." Keśava Bhāratī offered the  sannyāsa  order to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the year 1432  śakābda  (1510 A.D.) in Katwa. This is stated in the  Vaiṣṇava-mañjuṣā , Part Two.
Brahmānanda Purī.  Śrī Brahmānanda Purī was one of the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu while He was performing  kīrtana  in Navadvīpa, and he also joined Lord Caitanya in Jagannātha Purī. We may note in this connection that the name Brahmānanda is accepted not only by Māyāvādī  sannyāsīs  but Vaiṣṇava  sannyāsīs  also. One of our foolish Godbrothers criticized our  sannyāsī  Brahmānanda Svāmī, saying that this was a Māyāvādī name. The foolish man did not know that Brahmānanda does not always refer to the impersonal. Parabrahman, the Supreme Brahman, is Kṛṣṇa. A devotee of Kṛṣṇa can therefore also be called Brahmānanda; this is evident from the fact that Brahmānanda Purī was one of the chief  sannyāsī  associates of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.