Explain the salient features of vaishnavism
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Neo-Vaishnavism is a religious movement, evolved due to the reformation of old Hinduism. It means Neo-Vaishnavism is a part of Hinduism but it is an updated or reformatted version of it. So this is the very first character of Neo-Vaishnavism. The 2nd character is, it is always Lord Krishna or Vishnu centric. Vaishnavism is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is the largest Hindu denomination with 67.6% of Hindus being Vaishnavas.It is also called Vishnuism, its followers are called Vaishnavas or Vaishnavites, and it considers Vishnu as the Supreme Lord.It also includes some other sub traditions like Krishnaism and Ramaism, which consider Krishna and Rama as the Supreme being respectively.
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