Vitthala, Pundalika and Panduranga

[Richard Barz]

>Hi Martin,
Other information, of a popular nature, on Vitthala is on pp. 188-219 of
M.S. Mate, Temples and Legends of Maharashtra (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,
Bombay:1962)

Richard Barz

>I am researching a chant - Jaya Jaya Vitthala. Would anyone know who
>>Pundalika and Panduranga are and what is the significance of Vitthala, who I
>>believe is the incarnation of Visnu, standing on a brick. Also is there
>>significance in the names? The dictionary, i.e. Monier-Williams, does not
>>indicate that.
>>
>>Thank you for your kind response.
>>
>>Martin
>
>ViTThala and PANDuraGga are names of the same deity, a form of ViSNu-KRSNa.
>PuNDarIka or PuNDalIka is the name of a sage devotee of the same. For the
>myth and cult of this deity prevalent in KarnATaka and MahArASTra you may
>consult:
>Deleury, The Cult of ViThobA, Deccan College, Poona, circa 1970.
>P.-S. Filliozat & V. Filliozat, Hampi-Vijayanagar, The Temple of ViTThala,
>Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Scientific Research, New Delhi, 1988.
>
>Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat