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Vittal (other)
Vittal may refer to: * Vithoba, Hindu deity occasionally also known as Vittal Geography *Vittal (town), town in Karnataka, India **Vittal Assembly constituency, former constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly People * Chilumula Vittal Reddy, Indian politician * Dande Vittal, Indian politician * Devarakonda Vittal Rao, Indian politician * Gaddar (born Gummadi Vittal Rao), Indian poet * Gopal Vittal, Indian business executive * Katakadond Vittal Dondiba, Indian politician * M. R. Vittal, Indian film director * Madhav Vittal Kamath, Indian journalist * Nagarajan Vittal, Indian civil servant * Sivapatham Vittal, Indian surgical endocrinologist * T. B. Vittal Rao, Indian politician * Vittal Mallya, Indian entrepreneur * Vittal Ramamurthy, Indian violinist * Vittal Rai, Indian scientist * Vittal Rao K., Indian writer See also * * * * Vital (other) * Vittal Rao (other) * Vitthalanatha (c.1516 - 1588), Indian philosopher * ''Vitthala Shappath'', a 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vithoba
Vithoba (IAST: ''Viṭhobā''), also known as Vitthala (IAST: ''Viṭṭhala''), and Panduranga (IAST: ''Pāṇḍuraṅga''), is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. He is a form of the Hindu deity Vishnu in his avatar: Krishna. Vithoba is often depicted as a dark young boy, standing arms akimbo on a brick, sometimes accompanied by his consort Rakhumai. Vithoba is the focus of an essentially monotheistic, non-ritualistic bhakti-driven Varkari faith in Maharashtra and the Haridasa sect established in Dvaita Vedanta in Karnataka. Vithoba Temple, Pandharpur is his main temple. Vithoba legends revolve around his devotee Pundalik who is credited for bringing the deity to Pandharpur, and around Vithoba's role as a saviour to the poet-saints of the Varkari faith. The Varkari poet-saints are known for their unique genre of devotional lyric, the abhang, dedicated to Vithoba and composed in Marathi. Other devotional literature dedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
