INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bhagavatism or Krishnaism is known as a religious creed within the religion of Hinduism. People who follow this creed tend to worship Lord Krishna. Bhagavatism is known as a branch of Vaishnavism. Here, devotees tend to worship the numerous avatars of God Lord Vishnu.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bhagavata tradition, also called Bhagavatism, refers to an ancient religious sect that traced its origin to the region of Mathura. After its syncretism with the Brahmanical tradition of Vishnu, Bhagavatism became a pan-Indian tradition by the second century BCE, according to R.C. Majumdar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bhagavatism originated in post-Maurya times and centred around the worship of Vishnu or Bhagavata. Vishnu was a minor god in Vedic times. He represented the sun and also the fertility cult. By the second century BC he was merged with a god called Narayana, and came to be known as Narayana-Vishnu.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bhagavatism was a marked departure from Brahmanism because the abstract idea of a universal soul of the Upanishads was substituted by a personal God who was not to be worshipped by Brahmanic mode of worship but by bhakti or devotion.