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{{Short description|16th-century Hindu religious leader}}
[[File:Galta ji temple surrounded by hills on all sides..jpg|thumb|200px|[[Galtaji]] temple, [[Jaipur]]]]
'''Kilhadevacharya''' or '''Kilhadevji''' was the second [[Mahant]] of Gaddi of [[Galtaji]], Jaipur, one of thirty-six ''dwaras'' of [[Ramanandi Sampradaya]] ([[Bairagi (caste)|Bairagis]]). He succeeded gaddi after his guru [[Krishnadas Payahari]].<ref name="Rajsthanthroughtheages4">{{cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Dr R.K|last2=Bakshi|first2=Dr S.R|title=Rajsthan through the ages - Vol 4. Jaipur rulers and administrators|year=2008|publisher=Sarup & sons|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|pages=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLQeSBLpUwsC}}</ref>
He was the Guru of Raja [[Askaran]], ruler of [[Jaipur State|Amber]](Jaipur) and [[Narwar]].<ref>[http://krizna.in/001-Epics/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi.pdf Shree Bhaktmal, Sri Nimbark Teerth-Salemabad, Rajasthan, p.860]</ref> And Diksha Guru of '''Rupsi Bairagi''', son of [[Prithvi Singh I|Prithvi Singh]], ruler of [[Jaipur State|Amber]] (Jaipur) and uncle of [[Askaran]].<ref>Shree Bhaktmal, Geeta Press, Gorakhpur, P.772-774</ref><ref>[http://krizna.in/001-Epics/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi.pdf Shree Bhaktmal, Sri Nimbark Teerth-Salemabad, Rajasthan, p.848]</ref>

He had good knowledge of [[Samkhya|Samkhya Darshan]] and [[Yoga]].<ref>Shree Bhaktmal, Geeta Press, Gorakhpur, P.374</ref><ref>[http://krizna.in/001-Epics/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi.pdf Shree Bhaktmal, Sri Nimbark Teerth-Salemabad, Rajasthan, p.275]</ref> He emphasized on ''Yoga Abhyāsa'' (Yoga Practice) along with Ram [[Bhakti]] (devotion to [[Rama|Bhagwan Ram]]). Thus assimilating the yoga practice into his devotional tradition, he propounded the ''Tapasi'' tradition of Ramanandi sampradaya.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Śukla |first=Dineśa Candra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhscAAAAIAAJ&q=Kilhadas |title=Spiritual Heritage of Rajasthan |date=1992 |publisher=Books Treasure |language=en |quote=Kilhadas was a disciple who emphasised Yogabhyas in parallel with the devotion to Ram. Thus, he propounded the Tapasi extension of Ramananda's Vairagi tradition by assimilating the Yoga Sadhana}}</ref> He is also credited with authoring ''Adhyāsadhvaṃsaleśa'' one of the spiritual Ramanandi text.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCsMAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6 |title=Saṃskr̥ta vāṅmaya kā br̥had itihāsa: Vedānta: Vedānta-Advaita tathā Vedānta sambaddha sampradāya, Gītā sāhitya |date=1996 |publisher=Uttara Pradeśa Saṃskr̥ta Saṃsthāna |language=hi}}</ref>

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