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Manipuri Vaishnavism
Regional variant of Vaishnavism tradition, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Further information: Meitei Mahabharata
Manipuri Vaishnavism, also known as Meitei Vaishnavism (Manipuri: ꯚꯩꯁꯅꯚ ꯂꯥꯏꯅꯤꯡ, romanized: Bheisnabh Lāinīng, lit. 'Vaishnaiva religion') is a regional variant of Gaudiya Vaishnavism with a culture-forming role in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur.[1]
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Manipuri Vaishnavas do not worship Krishna alone, but as Radha-Krishna.[2] With the spread of Vaishnavism the worship of Krishna and Radha became the dominant form in the Manipur region. Every village there has a thakur-ghat[further explanation needed] and a temple.[3]