Vallabha studied the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Shaddarshana, as a child, then travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent over 20 years. The name Vallabha means the beloved or lover, and is a name of Vishnu and Krishna. Vallabha was born in a Telugu Tailang Brahmin family that had been currently residing in Varanasi, who escaped to Champaran of Chhattisgarh state while expecting a Muslim invasion in Varanasi, during the late 15th century. ![]() He is the jagadguru acharya and guru of the Pushti Marg bhakti tradition and Suddhadvaita, which he founded after his own interpretation of the Vedanta philosophy. ![]() ![]() Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu (1479–1531 CE), also known as Vallabha, Mahaprabhuji and Vishnuswami, or Vallabha Acharya, is a Sanatan Vedic Dharm Indian saint and philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj (Vraja) region of India, and the Vedanta philosophy of Shuddha Advaita (Pure Non-dualism).
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