12 Facts About Pushtimarg

Pushtimarg sampradaya recognizes Krishna by many names and epithets, such as Sri Nathji, Sri Navanitpriyaji, Sri Madanamohanji, Sri Mathureshji, Sri Gokulnathji, Sri Vittalnathji and Sri Dwarkadhishji.

Pushtimarg subtradition subscribes to the Shuddhadvaita Vedantic teachings of Vallabhacharya, one that shares certain ideas with Advaita Vedanta, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita Vedanta.

The Pushtimarg grew with the work and poetry of ashtachap – eight Bhakti Movement poets, including the blind devotee-poet Surdas.

Pushtimarg worked in the temples of the Vijayanagara court, and then embarked on a years-long pilgrimage to the major sacred sites of Hinduism on the Indian subcontinent.

Pushtimarg met scholars of Advaita Vedanta of Adi Shankara, Vishishtadvaita of Ramanuja, Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya as well as his contemporary Chaitanya Mahaprabhu of Bengal.

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Pushtimarg's visit to Vrindavan in the north persuaded him to accept and dedicate himself to the bhakti of Krishna and writing his philosophical premises in Sanskrit and a few in the Braj language.

Pushtimarg codified the doctrine of the movement and died in 1586.

At his death, the eight primary icons of Krishna of the Pushtimarg were distributed among his seven sons, plus one adopted son.

The Adhikaar to perform daily "seva" comes only after one is initiated into Pushtimarg by means of formally granting Brahmsambandh by a Goswami Balak.

All of the above three are included in the daily seva which all followers of Pushtimarg offer to their Thakurji, and all of them have been traditionally prescribed by Goswami Shri Vitthalnathji almost five hundred years ago.

Seva is the most important way to attain Pushti in Pushtimarg and has been prescribed by Vallabhacharya as the fundamental tenet.

Pushtimarg wrote commentaries on Sanskrit scriptures, the Brahma-Sutras, and Shreemad Bhagwatam.