, ▁Vall ab h ach ary a ▁married . ▁His ▁second ▁son ▁and ▁successor ▁was ▁recognized ▁as ▁a ▁manifest ation ▁of ▁V ith oba ▁and ▁named ▁Vit th al n ath , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁G us ain ji . ▁ ▁Fest iv als ▁▁ ▁The ▁festiv als ▁associated ▁with ▁V ith oba ▁primarily ▁correspond ▁to ▁the ▁bi - ann ual ▁y at ras ▁( p il gr images ) ▁of ▁the ▁V ark aris . ▁The ▁pil gr ims ▁travel ▁to ▁the ▁P and h arp ur ▁temple ▁from ▁Al and i ▁and ▁De hu , ▁towns ▁closely ▁associated ▁with ▁poet - s ain ts ▁D ny an esh war ▁and ▁T uk aram ▁respectively . ▁Al ong ▁the ▁way , ▁they ▁sing ▁ab hang as ▁( dev ot ional ▁songs ) ▁dedicated ▁to ▁V ith oba ▁and ▁repeat ▁his ▁name , ▁carrying ▁the ▁p alk his ▁( pal an qu ins ) ▁of ▁the ▁poet - s ain ts . ▁V ark aris ▁do ▁not ▁eng age ▁in ▁rit ual ▁worship ▁but ▁only ▁practice ▁dar sh an ▁( visual ▁ad oration ) ▁of ▁the ▁de ity . ▁The ▁rit ual ▁worship ▁by ▁the ▁pri ests ▁is ▁restricted ▁to ▁five ▁days ▁each ▁around ▁the ▁Ash ad ha ▁( J une – J uly ) ▁and ▁K art ik ▁( Oct ober – Nov ember ) ▁Ek ad ash is , ▁when ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁V ark aris ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁y at ras . ▁In ▁smaller ▁numbers , ▁the ▁V