Dakshin Kashi

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Dakshin Kashi is an honorific name for the pilgrimage town of Pandharpur in Maharashtra, revered as a major center of Hindu devotion comparable in sanctity to Varanasi.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorificName
religiousHonorific
associatedDeity Rukmini
Vithoba
Vitthal
associatedFestival AshadhiEkadashi
linked to: Ashadhi Ekadashi

KartikEkadashi
linked to: Kartik Ekadashi
associatedRiver Bhima River
Chandrabhaga River
associatedTempleTown Pandharpur
associatedWith BhaktiMovement
linked to: Bhakti movement

MaharashtrianBhaktiPoets
PandharpurYatra
linked to: Pandharpur Yatra

SantDnyaneshwarTradition
SantTukaramTradition
linked to: Warkari sampradaya

VarkariTradition
linked to: Varkari tradition
comparedTo Varanasi
culturalRegion Deccan
linked to: Deccan Plateau

WesternIndia
linked to: Western India
devotionalFocus VithobaBhakti
hasRole devotionalCenter
pilgrimageCenter
hasSanctityComparableTo Varanasi
honorificFor Pandharpur
honorificType pilgrimageEpithet
languageOfName Marathi
locatedIn India
Maharashtra
meaning Southern Kashi
nationalSignificance importantHinduPilgrimageSiteInIndia
refersTo Pandharpur
religiousStatus majorCenterOfHinduDevotion
religiousTradition Hinduism
stateLevelSignificance majorPilgrimageCenterOfMaharashtra

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Pandharpur hasTitle Dakshin Kashi
Vemulavada hasTitle Dakshina Kasi (by local tradition)
linked to: Dakshin Kashi
Vemulavada hasTitle Dakshina Kasi (by local tradition)
linked to: Dakshin Kashi
Nanjangud nickname Dakshina Kashi
linked to: Dakshin Kashi
Nanjangud Srikanteshwara Temple alsoKnownAs Dakshina Kashi
linked to: Dakshin Kashi