Shri Chiman Lal Goswami (21 June 1900 – 5 May 1974)
Sadhu Krishna Prem took birth in a Vaishnava Family and his father Shri Ballabh Goswami was a Great singer of Dhrupad Dhamar but he spent his life worshipping in Vaishnava temples performing in front of Lord Krishna. In spite of being a top class singer, he never performed in public or commercially. The maternal uncle of Sadhu Krishna Prem had more influence on him rather than his father. Therefore he joined Shri Chiman Lal Goswami (21 June 1900 – 5 May 1974) who was associated with Geetapress, Gorakhpur. Shri Chiman Lal Goswami was a brilliant scholar who got his education from Banaras Hindu University with 2 Gold Medals in English and Sanskrit. He was an outstanding devotional and classical singer having vast knowledge of Indian Classical Music. He worked as a Private Secretary of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. He was offered top administrative position by Maharaja of Bikaner but due to his spiritual inclination he left his important position and joined Geetapress at a very nominal salary. Shri Chiman Lal Goswami all over his life worked behind the scenes and his contribution for success of Geetapress is no less than Bhaiji Shri Hanuman Prasad Ji Poddar. He was editor of Kalyan Kalptaru which was English Version of Kalyan. But due to his immense faith in Bhaiji and Radha Baba as a highest spiritual personality, he never got himself in light. He became editor of Kalyan after the death of Shri Poddar Ji.
Sadhu Krishna Prem Ji (19 Aug 1929 - 1 Dec 1999)
Chiman Lal Goswami himself was a great saint who did outstanding work in translating all Hindu epics and books like Madbhagwat, Ramcharitmanas, Valmiki Ramayan and Bhagwad Geeta into English so that world can get knowledge about it. He was such a brilliant scholar that he was offered the chair of Shankaracharya but he refused. He spent his life till death at Gorakhpur serving the purpose of Geetapress in making the religious books available to the masses which is known to everybody.
Sadhu Krishna Prem whose name was Shri Natwar Lal Goswami before Sanyas had a very difficult life and full of struggle. He left very prosperous jobs in Government and private services several times so that he can live with Radha Baba at Gorakhpur. He spent almost his whole life at Gorakhpur till Shri Hanuman Prasad Ji Poddar was alive. He was very close to Radha Baba and very much influenced by him. In 1974, he took Sanyas after the death of Shri Poddar Ji. In 1977, he lived in USA for 6 months and gave speeches in 25 universities and 250 public places. He spoke about Bhakti and Radha Bhava Sadhna of Lord Krishna. He was not a staunch devotee of Lord Krishna but also had faith in Lord Shiva and Shakti. In the late part of life he spent all his time in writing books on Radha Baba and wrote about 3000 pages which are very valuable and having wide subjects of spirituality.
