Bhagavat

The Bhagavata Sampradāya is an ancient Vaishnava tradition centered on devotion (bhakti) to the Supreme Reality revealed as Bhagavān Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa, which originated in the region of Mathura. Integrating Vedic traditions of Vishnu and Narayana with devotion to Vāsudeva-Kṛṣṇa, the Bhāgavata tradition expanded across the Indian subcontinent by the second century BCE.