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Pandharpur is the centre of the Warkari sect or Vitthal sect. The great saints of the Vitthal sect are Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Eknath, Tukaram, Sakhubai Chokhamela Mahar and Karmamela Mahar. The Vitthal sect opposed the birth-based caste system, high-low untouchability and opposed the idea of ​​renunciation and considered it the ultimate duty of man to live a worldly life and serve the unhappy and abandoned people. The city of Pandharpur is located in the southern Maharashtra state, western India. It is located west of Solapur city on the banks of the Bhima River (called Chandrabhaga here due to its winding flow). Easily accessible by road and rail, Pandharpur is a religious place, where millions of Hindu pilgrims visit throughout the year. Festivals are celebrated four times a year in this city in honor of Vithoba, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and his wife Rukmini. The main temple was built in the 12th century by the Yadava rulers of Devagiri. The city is also the land of Marathi poet saints dedicated to the Bhakti sect.