Haridasa movement

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The Haridasa movement was a devotional Vaishnava bhakti tradition in Karnataka that emphasized singing the praises of Vishnu in the Kannada language and played a key role in spreading Dvaita philosophy among the masses.

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Haridasa devotional tradition 1
Haridasa movement canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement
Vaishnava tradition
religious movement
aim popularization of Vishnu devotion
spreading Dvaita philosophy among the masses
associatedGroup Dasas of Karnataka NERFINISHED
associatedPhilosophy Dvaita Vedanta NERFINISHED
associatedWith Dvaita monasteries of Karnataka
Madhvacharya NERFINISHED
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha NERFINISHED
corePractice composition of devotional songs
devotional singing
nama sankirtana
culturalImpact development of Kannada devotional literature
shaping of Carnatic music repertoire
spread of Vaishnava bhakti in South India
devotionalFocus names and attributes of Vishnu
emphasizes personal devotion to Vishnu
singing the praises of Vishnu in Kannada
flourishedDuring Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED
foundedInRegion Karnataka NERFINISHED
geographicalSpread Karnataka NERFINISHED
border regions of Andhra Pradesh
parts of Tamil Nadu
influenced Harikatha performance tradition
later Kannada bhakti traditions
influencedBy Madhva sampradaya NERFINISHED
mainDeity Krishna NERFINISHED
Vishnu NERFINISHED
organizedAround wandering singer-saints
primaryLanguage Kannada
producedGenre Devaranama
Keertana
Padagalu
Ugabhoga
religion Hinduism
scripturalBasis Bhagavad Gita NERFINISHED
Bhagavata Purana NERFINISHED
Madhva commentaries
socialRole bridging Sanskrit scholasticism and vernacular devotion
spiritual education of common people
theologicalOrientation Vaishnavism NERFINISHED
dualism
timePeriod medieval period
uses simple Kannada for religious teaching
viewOnGod Vishnu as supreme and distinct from souls
viewOnLiberation attained through devotion to Vishnu
viewOnSoul eternal difference between God and individual souls
worshipStyle bhakti

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Vyasatirtha movement Haridasa movement
Raghavendra Tirtha influenced Haridasa movement
this entity surface form: Haridasa devotional tradition