A) Vaishnavism โ Followers considere Vishnu as the Supreme Lord
Vaishnava tradition has many sampradayas(sub-schools)
B) Shaivism โ Considered Shiva as a supreme God
Traces its origin in the form of vedic deity rudra
D) Smartism โ based on the teaching of Puranas
Believed in domestic worship of 5 shrines
All treated as equals: Shiva, Shakti, Ganesh, Vishnu & Surya
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- Devotees of Lord Vishnu โ Vitthala
- Worship centered at the Vithobaโs temple at Pandharpur
- Strict avoidance towards bad habits โ tobacco, alcohol, etc
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- Adhere to teachings of Advaita scholar Ramananda
- Vaishnava monks were known as Ramanandis, Bairagis or Vairagis
- They worship Rama โ mainly settled in Gangetic plains
- Sub-groups are Tyagi and Naga
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- siddha siddhanta
- adhere to teachings of Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath
- worship Adinath (Shiva)
- Technique used โ Hatyoga
- Monks never stay at one place for a long
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- Rare community โ ultra-orthodox
- Follow Purva-Mimamsa school of philosophy
- Importance to Vedic sacrifice โ yajna
In south India
Alvars โ Vaishavait
Nayanars โ Shaivait
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-Advocated supreme devotion to god
-R.M โ 1887- threefold philosophy
-Vedantic Spirituality
-Strive for harmonious existence of all world religion
-To consider the service to mankind as a service of god
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-vedicheritage.gov.in
-sangam.gov.in
-Ramakrishna Mission
-Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania