What is the term used to describe the bond between a devotee and a god, often visualized as one of love and devotion?

Bhakti

The correct answer is Option 2 - Bhakti

The bond between a devotee and a god, often visualized as one of love and devotion is called BHAKTI.

The notion of a saviour was not unique to Buddhism. We find similar ideas being developed in different ways within traditions that we now consider part of Hinduism. These included Vaishnavism (a form of Hinduism within which Vishnu was worshipped as the principal deity) and Shaivism (a tradition within which Shiva was regarded as the chief god), in which there was growing emphasis on the worship of a chosen deity. In such worship the bond between the devotee and the god was visualised as one of love and devotion, or bhakti.