Once saw some random ass woman say Gaudiya Vaishnavism is called Gaudiya Vaishnavism because of Radha. As Radha is Gaud pr fair skinned.
GAUDIYA VAISHNAVISM IS CALLED SO CUZ OF IT'S ORIGIN IN BENGAL WHICH WAS CALLED GAUD OR GAUR DESH
The fuck you mean you can just rearrange the entire origin or Gaudiya Vaishnavism and remove the most CRUCIAL part of it. That is the place of origin.
I was so pissed cuz one bengal was one of the most insignificant place in ancient-medival India so to remove even the least amount of mention we get is shitty. And two spreading nonsense in the name of knowledge and making people online believe on those nonsense for your own benifit is as equivalent as being absolutely illiterate on the topic.
I don't know if that woman was from ISKCON association or not. As Iskcon is very wildly popular for spreading all these nonsense and kind off also supreme-fy Radha. Which again becomes problematic when it comes to the point of disrespecting other deities or removal of actual facts and history.
Anyways that's all I had to rant about...
BENGAL AND SHRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU TAKES THE ENTIRE CREDIT FOR THE ORIGIN OR GAUDIYA VAISHNAVISM. THAT'S THE ONE AND ONLY REASON FOR THE SECT'S NAME. NOT RADHA OR ANYTHING ELSE.
Yeah don't even believe people if they say it's named after Chaitanya Mahaprabhu because he was called Gaur or Gauranga.
Even though he WAS called those names for his fair complexion, it's not the reason for why Gaudiya Vaishnavism got it's name.
Gaud. Banga. Is. The. Only. Fucking. Reason.