Vaishnavism
Sign in to saveVaishnavism (), also called Vishnuism, is one of the major Hindu religious traditions, that considers Vishnu as the supreme being leading all other Hindu deities, that is, Mahavishnu. It is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. Its followers are called Vaishnavites or Vaishnavas (), and it includes sub-sects like Krishnaism and Ramaism, which consider Krishna and Rama as the supreme beings respectively.
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Vaishnavism is a major Hindu religious tradition in which followers worship Vishnu as the supreme deity, and it includes sub-sects that revere Krishna and Rama as supreme beings. It is one of the four main branches of Hinduism and has millions of devoted followers around the world.
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- Heliodorus pillar
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- Heliodorus pillar in Vidisha, India.
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- late 2nd century BCE
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- Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Vidisha, India
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- History
- Origins
- Northern India
- Southern India
- Gupta era
- Early medieval period
- Later medieval period
- Modern times
- Beliefs
- Theism with many varieties
- Vishnuism and Krishnaism
- Vishnu
- Krishna
- Radha Krishna
- ''Avatar''s
- ''Vyuha''s
- Restoration of dharma
- Texts
- Scriptures
- Vedas and Upanishads
- Vaishnava Upanishads
- Bhagavad Gita
- Vaishnava Agamas
- Other texts
- Mahabharata and Ramayana
- Puranas
- Practices
- Bhakti
- Tilaka
- Initiation
- Pilgrimage sites
- Holy places
- Traditions
- Traditions List
- Early traditions
- Bhagavats
- Pancaratra
- Vaikhanasas
- Early medieval traditions
- Smartism
- Alvars
- Contemporary traditions
- Nimbarka Sampradaya
- Sri Vaishnavism
- Sadh Vaishnavism
- Gaudiya Vaishnavism
- Warkari tradition
- Ramanandi tradition
- Northern Sant tradition
- Other traditions
- Odia Vaishnavism
- Mahanubhava Sampradaya
- Sahajiya and Baul tradition
- Ekasarana Dharma
- Radha-vallabha Sampradaya
- Pranami Sampradaya
- Swaminarayan Sampradaya
- Vaishnavism and other Hindu traditions table
- Demography
- Academic study
- Hymns
- Mantras
- Hails
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Vaishnavism (), also called Vishnuism, is one of the major Hindu religious traditions, that considers Vishnu as the supreme being leading all other Hindu deities, that is, Mahavishnu. It is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. Its followers are called Vaishnavites or Vaishnavas (), and it includes sub-sects like Krishnaism and Ramaism, which consider Krishna and Rama as the supreme beings respectively.
The ancient emergence of Vaishnavism is unclear, and broadly hypothesised as the rise of various regional non-Vedic religions which fused with one another and with worship of Vishnu. Those popular non-Vedic theistic traditions, particularly the Bhagavata cults of Vāsudeva-Krishna and Gopala-Krishna, as well as the Pancaratra-cult of Narayana, developed in the 7th to 4th century BCE, and were identified with the Vedic God Vishnu in the early centuries CE, and finalised as Vaishnavism, when it developed the avatar doctrine, wherein the various non-Vedic deities are revered as distinct incarnations of the supreme God Vishnu. Narayana, Hari, Rama, Krishna, Kalki, Perumal, Shrinathji, Vithoba, Venkateswara, Guruvayurappan, Ranganatha, Jagannath, Badrinath and Muktinath are revered as forms or avatars of Vishnu, all seen as different aspects of the same supreme being.