Vallabhācārya
1479 CE · Champāraṇya (Champaran)
1479–1531 CE (born 27 April 1479, Champaranya; died 1531, Varanasi)
Vallabhācārya, born to a Telugu Brāhmaṇa family at Champāraṇya (in present Chhattisgarh) while his family was on pilgrimage, founded the Puṣṭimārga, a path of devotion centered on the grace (puṣṭi) of Kṛṣṇa worshipped as the divine child Gopāla/Śrīnāthjī. His philosophy, Śuddhādvaita ('pure non-dualism'), affirms — against Śaṅkara's māyā — that the world is a real manifestation of Brahman (Kṛṣṇa) and that devotion, not world-denial, is the way. He commented on the Brahma-sūtra (the Aṇubhāṣya) and the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and composed the 'Ṣoḍaśa Grantha.' He undertook pilgrimages across India, debated scholars, and gathered disciples (the Puṣṭimārga's later 'eight-fold' poets, the aṣṭachāp, include Sūrdās). The sect's central image of Śrīnāthjī, long at Govardhan in the Vraja country, was later moved to Nathdwara in Rajasthan. He spent his last years at Varanasi, where he died in 1531.
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Champāraṇya (Champaran)
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Birthplace; born 27 April 1479 to a Telugu Brāhmaṇa family during a pilgrimage halt.
About Champāraṇya (Champaran)
Champāraṇya (Champaran) is a town in the Raipur district of Chhattisgarh, central India—distinct from the better-known Champaran in Bihar. It is traditionally held to be the birthplace of Vallabhācārya (1479–1531), founder of the Puṣṭimārga school of Kṛṣṇa devotion.
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