Bhagavata Purana
![Bhagavata Purana manuscripts from 16th- to 19th-century, in Sanskrit (above) and in Bengali language.](/Images/godic/202412/24/Rajasthan_manuscript_page_of_Bhagavata_Purana2311.jpg")
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![The Bhagavata Purana has been a significant text to Bhakti movement and to the culture of India.[21] Dance and theatre arts such as Kathakali (left), Kuchipudi (middle) and Odissi (right) portray legends from the Purana.[22][23]](/Images/godic/202412/24/Shinjini_kulkarni_actor_and_kathak_dancer_072311.JPG")
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The Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Devanagari: भागवतपुराण) is one of eighteen Maha (Sanskrit: 'great') Puranic texts of Hinduism. Composed in Sanskrit and available in almost all regional Indian languages, it promotes Bhakti (emotional loving devotion) to Supreme God Vishnu (Narayana) in the incarnation of Krishna.