Question

Consider the following pairs:

Vaishnava saints	Region of string following
$1$. Ramanuja	South India
$2$. Chaitanya	Central India
$3$. Vallabhacharya	Gujarat and Braj area
$4$. Ramanand	North India

Of these pairs, the correctly matched ones are:

• A. $1,2$ and $3$
• B. $2,3$ and $4$
• C. $1$ and $4$
• D. $1,3$ and $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $1$ and $4$

These saints were the great devotees of Lord Vishnu. Ramanuja spread the idea of Bhakti in South India. He was born in Tamil Nadu.

Ramanand was one of the disciples of Ramanuja. He was born in Allahabad and preached his ideas in North India. He was a devotee of Lord Rama.

Vallabhacharya belonged to a Tamil Brahman family. He preached his ideas of Bhati in central India especially in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

Chaitanya belonged to Gaudiya sect. He popularised Krishna worship in Bengal.