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Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis became popular because they supported the conventional religious practices of the time.

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The above statement is true.
Nathpanthis, Siddhas, and Yogis became popular because they criticised conventional religious practices using simple and logical arguments and created a ground for devotional religion in northern India.
They emphasised renunciation of the world and attaining salvation.
According to them, to attain salvation, the key was to meditate on the formless Ultimate Reality and realise oneness with it.
They suggested yoga asanas and breathing exercises that train the mind and body to achieve the state of meditation.
Nathpanthis, Siddhas, and Yogis became particularly popular among the "low" castes. It was because of their opposition to conventional religion, which includes the caste system.

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