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12. VAISHNAVISM
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Nimbarka in the fourteenth century with the cult of Radha, Krishna's favourite cowgirl (see Nimavats); Ramananda and the cult of Rama in the same century (see Ramanandis); Kabir in the fifteenth century, whose god is Rama (see Kabirpanthis);
Vallabha in the sixteenth century with the worship of the boy Krishna and Radha (see Vallabhas); and Caitanya in the same century with his worship of the grown-up Krishna and Radha (see Gaudiya Vaishnavas).
In the Maratha country poet-saints such as Namdev and Tukaram from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries worshipped Vishnu in the form of Vithoba of Pandharpur (see Vitthalas)
Christianity Iswara
Parameswara, Avatar, Moksha
Hero Worship Vrsni Vasudeva
Persian Gnosticism
Yadava Krishna
Vasudeva Krishna
Pancarata Bhagavata cult
Tantric Radha Cult
Satvata Narayana Cult
Gopala Krishna
Vedic Vishnu
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