Radha is almost always depicted alongside Krishna and features prominently within the theology of today's Gaudiya Vaishnava sect, which regards Radha as the original Goddess or Shakti.

According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, one's original consciousness and goal of life is pure love of God ( Krishna ).

According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology Smriti statement, living entities ( bhuto ) are eternally in the service ( dasa ) of the Supreme Lord ( Hari ).

According to Hindu Vaishnava theology the stories concerning the gopis are said to exemplify Suddha-bhakti which is described as ' the highest form of unconditional love for God ' ( Krishna ).

Like Ramanuja, Madhvacharya also embraced Vaishnava theology which understood God as being personal and endowed with attributes.

The festival of Kheturi allowed for the systemization of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology as a distinct branch of Vaishnava theology.

Gaudiya Vaishnava theology is prominently expounded by Jiva Goswami in his Sat-sandarbhas, six elaborate treatises on various aspects of God.

In Krishna-centered theology ( Krishna is seen as a form of Vishnu by some ) the title Svayam Bhagavan is used exclusively to designate Krishna in his personal feature, it refers to Gaudiya Vaishnava, the Nimbarka Sampradaya and followers of Vallabha, while the person of Vishnu and Narayana is sometimes referred to as the ultimate personal god of other Vaishnava traditions.

According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology Smriti statement, living entities ( bhuto ) are eternally in the service ( dasa ) of the Supreme Lord ( Hari ).

The Caitanya Caritamrta also serves as a compendium of Gaudiya Vaishnava practices and outlines the Gaudiya theology developed by the Goswamis in metaphysics, ontology and aesthetics.

This vegetarian stance has been traced back to the times of the British Raj, with the advent of many new Vaishnava converts.

The theory that Jagannath triad is a Vaishnava cult has been ruled out as there is no semblance of Nila Madhaba in the present triad images, nor are three images on the same platform being worshiped by the Vaishnavites.

To the right of Jagannath is the Sudarshana chakra, a post-like structure that may have originated in processional Siva lingas, but that also has some parallels in pillars seen in orthodox Vaishnava contexts, in folk settings, and in tribal areas.

Legend has it that the parents of the Sri Vaishnava saint, Ramanuja came to the temple and prayed to the Lord for a son and eventually the saint was born.

Hinduism has been spread in Russia primarily due to the work of missionaries from the Vaishnava Hindu organization International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Brahma Kumaris and by itinerant swamis from India.

However, the Vaishnava commentator, Parasara Bhattar, a follower of Ramanujacharya has interpreted the names " Shiva " and " Rudra " in Vishnu sahasranama to mean qualities or attributes of Vishnu, and not to indicate that Vishnu and Shiva are one and the same God.

Hopkins, chairman of the department of religious studies at Franklin and Marshall College, has said, " Heliodorus was presumably not the only foreigner who was converted to Vaishnava devotional practices-although he might have been the only one to erect a column, at least one that is still extant.

In practice Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy has much more in common with the dualistic schools, as Krishna is worshiped as a Supreme person.

Centuries of Vaishnava and intermittent Tibetan influence from the Sherdukpen has shaped the Aka culture into its modern form.

Cuddalore has both Shiva and Vaishnava temples.

He has also published, as editor, Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity ( SUNY Press, 2005 ), wherein he presented the Krishnology of the Vaishnava sect known as the Radhavallabha Sampradaya.

As an archivist of Indian devotional music, Dr. Beck has recently compiled, edited, and recorded 108 temple songs of the Radhavallabha Sampradaya in the book and collection of 18 CD's entitled Vaishnava Temple Music in Vrindaban: The Radhavallabha Songbook ( Blazing Sapphire Press, 2011 ).

He has been since established as a prolific Vaishnava writer and poet.

Within ISKCON, Sivarama Swami is also well known for his deep knowledge of Vaishnava literature, and has written several books about Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

He has been conducting courses at Bhaktivedanta Manor on his own commentaries to Venu Gita in Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology.

He has written extensively on Vaishnava philosophy and used his education to further the discourse of Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology within the context of ISKCON.

Recently the pontiff of Srivilliputtur ( the most venerated Srivaishnava pilgrim centre in Tamilnadu in India ), ' Sri Manavala Mamunigal Mutt ' H. H 23rd peetam Sri Sri Sri Satakopa Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamiji has made the installation of the idols of Andal ( Sri Gotha Devi ), Ramanuja, and Manavala Mamunigal in this sacred place of predominant Sri Vaishnava origin during the yagna performed between 3-8-2009 and 6-8-2009.

They are thought to have been influenced by the Hindu tantric sect of the Kartabhajas, as well as Tantric Vaishnava schools like the Vaishnava-Sahajiya.

Some further details about Jayadeva have been garnered from a book by an Oriya Vaishnava poet Madhava Patnaik, who was contemporaneous to Chaitanya in the fifteenth century.

The province of Canara seems to have been under the sway of Vishnu Vardhana, the great Vaishnava King who was converted by Sri Ramanuja.

Many of the books which are supposed to have been written by him such as Sri Vaishnava, Matanbuj Bhaskar and Sri Ramarachan Padhti are still available.

He is presently a professor at Bhaktivedanta College where the current and central program of study is in Vaishnava Theology.

In addition, the college offers courses on the study of sastra, including the Bhakti Sastri certificate administered by the Vaishnava Training and Education organisation and the ISKCON Examination Board, as well as the Certificate in Bhakti Yoga Studies.

In certain Vaishnava sects within Hinduism, attaining unaldulterated, unconditional and incessant love for Godhead is considered the foremost goal of life.

This name is a Vaishnava name ( a name relating to Lord Krishna / Vishnu or a Gaudiya Vaishnava saint ), and is followed by " Dasa " for men and " Dasi " for women ( both terms mean " servant ").

* A. C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( the ' Hare Krishnas ') in New York in 1965, an organization following the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON ), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization.

Sri Krishna Chaitanya was a notable proponent for the Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga ( meaning loving devotion to Krishna ), based on the philosophy of the Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita.

Temple pujas vary widely from region to region and for different sects, with devotional hymns sung at Vaishnava temples for example.

Sri Mayapur International School, perhaps one of the best known of these day schools, is a school for primary and secondary students ; the school teaches academic education according to the standard UK curriculum, alongside devotional subjects of bhajan / kirtan singing and instrumentation and also Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy.

In the Vaishnava tradition he is held in special reverence for his chanting and singing of the names Hari and Narayana and his promoting of the process of devotional service, known as bhakti yoga as explained within the text accredited to Narada himself, known as the Narada Bhakti Sutra.

For a number of years, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness established gurukulas for children, providing academic as well as Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual instruction in a boarding-school environment.

Similar in appearance to Buddhist monks, brahmacari monks from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON ), or Hare Krishnas as they are popularly known, are the best known Vaishnava monks outside India.

The Vaishnava Bhakti traditions speak of five different moods, referred to as bhāvas — different attitudes that a devotee can take up to express his love for God.

Thus designation for Vaishnava followers of svayam bhagavan Krishna was the status title dasa as part of their names as in Hari Dasa.

Upon the death of Bhaktivinoda Thakura in 1914, Siddhanta Sarasvati became editor of his father's journal, Sajjana-tosani, and founded the Bhagwat Press for publication of Vaishnava literature.

In Hinduism specifically the name gopi ( sometimes gopika ) is used more commonly to refer to the group of cow herding girls famous within Vaishnava Theology for their unconditional devotion ( Bhakti ) to Krishna as described in the stories of Bhagavata Purana and other Puranic literatures.

The Kalachakra refers to many different traditions, for example the Hindu ; Saivite, Samkya, Vaishnava, the Vedas, Upanisads and Puranas traditions, but also Jainism.

Here the legend begins to parallel the Vaishnava version above: Vishwakarma agrees to carve four idols for Indradyumna, on the condition that the door of the temple should be shut and nobody should try to enter the temple or disturb the carpenter until the idols were ready.