Vitthala (Marathi: विठ्ठल; also Vithoba, Pandurang, Pandharinath) is the Vishnu-form presiding at Pandharpur, Maharashtra — the theological centre of the Warkari sampradaya, the bhakti movement that from the 13th to 17th centuries produced an extraordinary poetic canon (Jnaneshvar, Namdev, Eknath, Tukaram) and shaped modern Marathi religious and literary identity. He is the Maharashtra T0 anchor; the annual Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage is among the oldest continuously-observed foot-pilgrim
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