Twilight of the Sultanate c18.s4.3

c18.s4.3

Vallabhacharya was the son of Lakshmana Bhatt, a Telingana Brahman, and was born at Varanasi in A. D. 1479. At twelve, Vallabha had already discovered a new Vaishnava religion, and started on a pilgrimage to preach it. He is said to have gone to the court of Krishna Dēvarāya of Vijayanagar, where he defeated some Shaiva pandits in discussion. It is said that while at Vrindāvan, he was visited by Krishna in person.