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Gorakhnath was a contemporary of Kabir. He is regarded as the incarnation of Lord Siva. He calls himself as the son of Matsyendranath and grandson of Adinath. There is a temple of Gorakhnath at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Bhartrihari was a disciple of Gorakhnath. Goraksha-Sataka, Goraksha-Kalpa and Goraksha-Nama were written by Gorakhnath. They are in Sanskrit. The followers of Gorakhnath are usually called '''Kanphatas''', because their ears are bored and rings are inserted in them, at the time of their initiation. They worship Lord Siva. 
 
Gorakhnath was a contemporary of Kabir. He is regarded as the incarnation of Lord Siva. He calls himself as the son of Matsyendranath and grandson of Adinath. There is a temple of Gorakhnath at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Bhartrihari was a disciple of Gorakhnath. Goraksha-Sataka, Goraksha-Kalpa and Goraksha-Nama were written by Gorakhnath. They are in Sanskrit. The followers of Gorakhnath are usually called '''Kanphatas''', because their ears are bored and rings are inserted in them, at the time of their initiation. They worship Lord Siva. 
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NIMBARKA SAMPRADAYIS AND RAMANUJA SAMPRADAYIS 
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=== Parinami Sect ===
 
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Sri Pirannath is the founder of this sect. He was born in 1675 at Jamnagar, district Rajkot, in Kathiawar. He was the Divan of Raja Jam Jasa. The followers are to practise Ahimsa, Satya and Daya—non-violence, truthfulness and compassion. They study the sacred book, Kul Jam Svarup or Atma Bodha in Hindi, which contains teachings of Sri Pirannath. it contains 18,000 Chaupais. They worship Bal-Krishna i.e. Krishna as a small lad. The followers are found mostly in Punjab, Gujarat, Assam, Nepal and Mumbai. There are two mutts or monasteries—one at Jamnagar and the other at Pamna.  
There are Sadhus of the Nimbarka Sampradaya. There are Vaishnavas. The Sannyasins of the Ramanuja Sampradaya wear orange-coloured cloth, a holy thread and tuft and Tri-danda or three-staff. At present, they are very few in number. 
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Sri Pirannath is the founder of this sect. He was born in 1675 at Jamnagar, district Rajkot, in Kathiawar. He was the Divan of Raja Jam Jasa. The followers are to practise Ahimsa, Satya and Daya—non-violence, truthfulness and compassion. They study the sacred  
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