▁people ▁from ▁different ▁cast es ▁and ▁background s ▁wrote ▁ab hang as ▁in ▁pra ise ▁of ▁V ith oba : ▁Vis oba ▁K he ch ara ▁( who ▁was ▁an ▁orth odox ▁Sh a iva ▁and ▁teacher ▁of ▁Nam dev ), ▁S ena ▁the ▁bar ber , ▁Nar h ari ▁the ▁g olds m ith , ▁Sav ata ▁the ▁gard ener , ▁G ora ▁the ▁pot ter , ▁Kan h op atra ▁the ▁dan cing ▁girl , ▁Ch ok ham ela ▁the ▁" unt ouch able " ▁Mah ar , ▁and ▁even ▁the ▁Muslim ▁She ikh ▁Muhammad ▁( 1 5 6 0 – 1 6 5 0 ). ▁Anyone ▁born ▁Sh a iva ▁or ▁Va ish n ava ▁who ▁cons iders ▁V ith oba ▁his ▁may a - ba ap ▁( m other - father ) ▁and ▁P and h arp ur ▁his ▁ma her ▁( mat ernal ▁house ▁of ▁a ▁b ride ) ▁is ▁accepted ▁as ▁a ▁V ark ari ▁by ▁the ▁sect ▁ir res pective ▁of ▁the ▁bar riers ▁of ▁cas te . ▁V ark aris ▁often ▁practice ▁V ith oba ▁jap a ▁( med itative ▁repet ition ▁of ▁a ▁divine ▁name ), ▁and ▁observe ▁a ▁fast ▁on ▁the ▁ek ad ashi ▁of ▁each ▁month . ▁ ▁Har idas a ▁sect ▁▁ ▁Har idas a ▁means ▁servant ▁( d asa ) ▁of ▁V ish nu ▁( H ari ). ▁According ▁to ▁Har idas a ▁tradition , ▁their ▁sam pr ad aya , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Har idas a - k uta