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Devotion to Vitthala at Pandharpur gave rise to which sect?

AVirashaiva
BVarkari
CNathpanthi
DChishti
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Varkari
1. It stresses an annual pilgrimage to Pandharpur. 2. The Varkari sect grew from Vitthala devotion. 3. Jnaneshwar, Namdev and Tukaram were devotees. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 8, Devotional Paths to the Divine._
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