These groups emerged in the early medieval period, particularly in North India, emphasizing practices like yoga, meditation, and asceticism. They criticized orthodox religion and influenced later Bhakti movements in the region.
Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis made devotional religion popular in
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