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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 83. Chapters: Kabir, Bhakti, Bhajan, Krishnaism, Barsana Dham, Mantra-Rock Dance, Srimanta Sankardeva, Madhvacharya, Basava, Haridasa, Sahaja, Baul, Nimbarka, Bhagavata, Ranabai, Kanaka Dasa, Sri Sampradaya, Acyutananda, Annamacharya, Nimbarka Sampradaya, Narada Bhakti Sutra, Fifth Veda, Dnyaneshwar, Ravidassia, Pushtimarg, Narsinh Mehta, Gora Kumbhar, Swadhyay Parivar, Shuddhadvaita, Nama sankeerthanam, Ravidasi, Vijaya Dasa, Akka Mahadevi, Jayadeva, Vaishnava Padavali, Sahasranama, Changdev Maharaj, Bhakti yoga, Swami Haridas, Vi u Sm ti, Bhaja Govindam, Kirtan, Saranagati, Garib Das, Kripa, Morari Bapu, Kulashekhara Alwar, Carnatic expansion, Manikkavacakar, Bhuriwale, Gita Govinda, Sriranga Gadyam, Tirumurai, Sripadaraja, Vinayagar Agaval, Brahma Sampradaya, Vaikunta Gadyam, Kumaragurupara Desikar, Akha Bhagat, Dasakuta, Vyasakuta, Kachiyapper, Muttuthandavar, Hemant Chauhan, Nam Ghosa, South India's 75 Apostles of Bhakti, Andaka Kaviviraraghava Mudaliar, Waman Kumbhar, Shivanandalahari, Chakkani Rajamargamu, Haripath. Excerpt: Krishnaism (also Bhagavatism) is a group of Hindu denominations within Vaishnavism, centered on devotion to Radha Krishna or other forms of Krishna, identified with Vishnu. The central text of Krishnaism is the Bhagavad Gita, which is called sometimes the "Bible of Krishnaism." Out of many deities, Krishna is particularly important, and Vaishnava traditions are generally centered either on Vishnu or on Krishna as Svayam Bhagavan ("the Lord Himself"). The term "Krishnaism" has been used to describe the sects focussed on Krishna, while "Vaishnavism" for sects focusing on Vishnu in which Krishna is an Avatar, rather than a transcended Supreme Being. Krishnaism originates in the early centuries CE, arising from an amalgamation of the heroic Krishna Vasudeva, the "divine child" Bala Krishna and the...
