Form · Vaishnava · West India · Pandharpur, Maharashtra

Vithoba

Also called: Vitthala, Panduranga, Pandharinath

The god who stands arms-akimbo on a brick at Pandharpur because the devotee Pundalik, busy serving his parents, tossed him one to wait on. Worshipped as Krishna by the Varkari saints from Namdev to Tukaram, attested by 1189 and a 1237 Hoysala grant; in some Maratha Dashavatara sets he takes the Buddha's place.

Sources: Vithoba — Wikipedia; Pundalik — Wikipedia · see Vithoba's web

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Vithoba worshipped by

Dnyaneshwar (Mortal) Vaishnava · The god who waited on a brick
Tukaram (Mortal) Vaishnava · The god who waited on a brick
Pundalik (Mortal) Vaishnava · Pundalik's brick

Vithoba form of

Vishnu (God) · Pundalik's brick
Generally a Krishna form, but scholars also argue a Shiva layer (Deleury's hero-stone thesis, Dhere's pastoral amalgam), so no single tradition is set.
Krishna (Avatar) Vaishnava · Pundalik's brick

Vithoba appears in

Skanda Purana (Text) Vaishnava · Pundalik's brick

Vithoba dwells at

Pandharpur (Place) Vaishnava · Pundalik's brick

Stories 2

The god who waited on a brick
Local story · as the god standing on the brick at Pandharpur · 2 tellings
Pundalik's brick
Temple legend · as deity · 2 tellings

Cited

Vithoba — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Pundalik — Wikipedia Encyclopedia