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The genealogy of the religious leader Vallabhacharya
Rajasthan, 19th Century

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
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The genealogy of the religious leader Vallabhacharya
Rajasthan, 19th Century

text written in nagari script in black ink, with watercolour on paper
660 x 470 mm.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, USA.

The Vallabhacharya sect of Vaishnavism was founded by Vallabhacharya (1479-1531) around the idol of Sri Nath-Ji. As a result of the persecution instigated by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, the shrine of the cult was moved and eventually found sanctuary at Nathdwara in 1671. Other images of the idol were scattered around Rajasthan and Gujarat.

The seven sons of Vallabcharya received equal divisions of his wealth at his death and continued the worship of Sri Nath-Ji, hence the importance of genealogy.

For a brief account of the growth of the cult and of Vallabcharya's role in it, see S. C. Welch (ed.), Gods, Kings and Tigers: the Art of Kotah, Munich 1997, p. 184; and A. Ambalal, Krishna as Shrinathji, Ahmedabad 1987, pp. 42-44, and p. 48 on the succession.

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