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Sage · Vaishnava · Udupi
Madhvacharya
Thirteenth-century founder of Dvaita Vedanta who established the Udupi Krishna shrine and its eight mathas after…
Sage · Vaishnava
Nara and Narayana
The twin sages of the Vishnu Purana who chose the Badrinath site for their austerities; Narayana is read as Vishnu…
Sage · Vaishnava
The four Kumaras
Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana, Sanatkumara
Brahma's mind-born sons who refuse to procreate; in the Bhagavata their refusal provokes the anger from which Rudra is…
Sage · Vaishnava
Vallabhacharya
Founder of the Pushtimarg who, by tradition in 1493, recognised the Shrinathji image at Govardhan; his son…
Sage · Vaishnava · Kerala
Vilwamangalam Swamiyar
Divakara Muni
The Kerala ascetic to whom Vishnu appeared as a boy and then as a falling tree that became the reclining Ananta…