He is proactive in religious as well as social affairs of the town and serves as the ‘Paricharak’ or assistant to his father in the temple. The Heir Apparent of Nathdwara, by the age old tradition of Shri Gusainji, is the son of the current Tilakayat Maharaj - Go. He is called the Tilakayat of Nathdwara and is a steward of the town as well as the head gadipati of Shrinathji. Shri 108 Shri Indradamanji (Rakeshji) Maharaj, who is the 17th descendant of Shri Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji. The contemporary head pontiff of Nathdwara is Go. He is the head pontiff, taking the seat of Shri Vallabhacharyaji and Shri Gusainji. For centuries now, the seat of the Tilakayat Maharaj has ruled over Nathdwara. Nathdwara is the epicentre of the Pushti Margiya Vaishnav community and Shrinathji is their prime deity. Īfter the death of Madhavendra Puri, this tradition was carried forward by shri Mahaprabhuji's eldest son who was the next gadi pati, shri gopinathji and then his younger brother and the one with who's effort seva became more efficient and awareness for saving cows came among people of 16th century, shri Gusainji Vitthalanatha. Vallabhacharyaji appointed Madhavendra Puri for the deity's seva. Shrinathji appeared to Shri Vallabhacharya, in the Hindu Vikram Samvat year 1549 (1672 A.D.) and directed Vallabhacharyaji to proceed to the Govardhan Hill to begin worship. Shrinathji's seva is performed in 8 parts of the day. Later, Vitthal Nathji named the deity as Shrinathji. Vallabhacharya named him as Gopala and the place of his worship as ‘Gopalpur’. Initially, the child Krishna deity was referred to as Devdaman (" the conqueror of Gods" referring to the over-powering of Indra by Krishna in the lifting of Govardhan hill). People also call it Bava's (Shreenathji Bava) Nagri. On account of the popularity of Shrinathji, Nathdwara town itself is referred to as ‘Shrinathji’. Vitthal Nathji, son of Vallabhacharya institutionalised the worship of Shrinathji at Nathdwara. Shrinathji is worshipped mainly by the followers of Bhakti Yoga and the Vaishnavas in Gujarat and Rajasthan, and Bhatias amongst others. Shrinathji is the central presiding deity of the Vaishnava sect known as Pushtimarg ( the way of grace) or the Vallabha Sampradaya, established by Vallabhacharya. The principal shrine of Shrinathji is the Shrinathji Temple in the temple town of Nathdwara, 48 kilometres north-east of Udaipur city in Rajasthan,India. Shrinathji is a form of Krishna, manifested as a seven-year-old child ( Balak). Goswami Tilkayat shri Damodarlalji Maharaj II
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