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The sect worship Krishna in his character of Bāla �ҴDZ������ or the cowherd boy.

Goāla, a cowherd, from �ҴDZ������,2 a protector of cows, is the Bengali name for the caste, and Gaoli, with the same signification, is now used in the Central Provinces to signify a dairyman as opposed to a grazier.