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Vallabhacharya was born in 1479 C.E. in Champaran in a Telugu Brahmin family. His family belonged to Vaishnavism. He studied deeply Vedas, Vedantas, Darsan , Sutras , Dharmashastras ,
Puranas and history in depth in Banaras. He went three times from Rameshwar to Haridwar and Dwarka to Jagannathpuri to promote the Pushtimarya sect. During his pilgrimage, he organized Shirmad Bhagwat Katha and Parayana (recitation). These places are today known as Baithak. According to him, Brahma is pure and unbounded soul. Krishna is only ‘Purna Purshottam Parabrahma’. Bhakti of God is the only way to seek freedom from the cycle of birth and death and to attain salvation (Moksha). The path of bhakti can be followed by anybody, without any distinction of caste, colour and creed. The contribution of Vallabhacharya in the bhakti movement was immense.
Vallabhacharya (1479–1531 CE), also known as Vallabha, was an Indian philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered Pushti sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India, and the philosophy of Shuddha advaita (Pure Nondualism).
Vallabha was born in a Telugu family that had been living in Varanasi, who escaped to Champaran of Chhattisgarh state while expecting Vallabha, expecting a Muslim invasion, which ultimately didn't happen, during the late 15th century.[4] Vallabha studied the Vedas and the Upanishads as a child, then travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent over 20 years.[He became one of the important leaders of the devotional Bhakti movement. Vallabhacharya's mother was Illamma who was the daughter of a family priest serving the rulers of the empire of Vijayanagara.The hagiographies written by his followers, just like those for other Bhakti leaders, claim that he won many philosophical debates against the followers of Ramanuja, Madhvacharya and others, had visions and miracles.