Question
The Guru Granth Sahib cites several 15th-century saints from this sect as bhagats, including the namesake of India's largest ascetic community, Ramananda. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this sect with the majority of bhakti devotees; that form of worship is promoted in two of its central texts, the Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita.
ANSWER: Vaishnavism [or Vaishnavite Hinduism; or Vaishnava or Vaisnava Hinduism; prompt on answers specifying Hindus who worship Vishnu]
[10h] Hymns to Vishnu composed by these Tamil poet-saints were a major catalyst for the medieval bhakti movement. The only woman in this group, Andal, was held to be an incarnation of Bhudevi.
ANSWER: Alvars
[10e] The Alvars are seen as the twelve supreme devotees of Vishnu in Sri Vaishnavism (VAISH-nahv-izm), which also worships this goddess. This wife of Vishnu forms the Tridevi with Saraswati and Parvati.
ANSWER: Lakshmi [or Laksmi; or Mahalakshmi]
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