Srila Puri Goswami Thakur (Acharya Dev) appeared on 25^th August, 1895 at ‘Sandip Hatia’ village of Noakhali district of undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He had a very deep attachment for Kirtan. He used to sing many Kirtan composed by Srila Norattam Thakur and Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur with mridanga.

At age of 16 years he met Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur in his residence, ‘Bhakti Bhaban’ at Rambagan in Kolkata. After the demise of Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur, he met Srila Prabhupad for the first time at ‘Bhakti Bhavan’ in 1918. At that time with the instruction of Srila Prabhupad he sang the Kritan ‘kobe habe balo se din amar’ and pleased him. He received spiritual initiation from Srila Prabhupad on the day after Gaur jayanti festival day and was named as Ananta Vasudev Bramhachary. Thereafter in 1925 he fully surrendered himself in the service of Srila Prabhupad. For sometime, he was given the charge of Bhagavat Press. He had extraordinary devotion to his Guru. After the disappearance of Srila Prabhupada on 31^st December, 1936, as per the wish of Srila Prabhupad, he was accepted as the Acharya of the Mission and since then he was known as ‘Acharya Dev’. He vigorously preached the gospel of Srimad Bhagvat as an Acharya.

He took ‘Sannyasa’ order in June 1939, at Gaya Dham and adopted the name ‘Srimad Bhakti Prasad Puri Goswami’. He started commentary on ‘Sri Bhakti Sandarbha’. Towards the last part of his life he immersed himself in Bipralambha Bhajan at Vrindavan and finally entered into the eternal pastimes on 8^th March, 1958.