Chanting of this mantra with intense devotion can bring before ... The Ganga that flows from His head symbolises the eternal stream of bhakti; His contemplative posture symbolises the principles ...

Bhakti poets exhorted the common people to shed ... Gaudiya Vaishnavism and popularised chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. In North India, there were Ramananda, Kabir and Tulsidas.