Vallabhacharya (1479–1531 CE) was a Hindu philosopher and the founder of the Pushtimarga ('the Path of Grace'), a Krishna-centred Bhakti (devotional) school of Vaishnavism. The philosophy emphasizes divine grace (Pushti) as the means to salvation.
Who propagated pushtimarga, a religion of grace ?
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