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BHAKTI MOVEMENT IN

The Bhakti Saints and NORTH INDIA
The Region Associated with Them
AFGHANISTAN In North India, Bhakti Movement
spread after 13th century by great
HIMACHAL saints like Kabir, Nanak, Tulsidas,
PRADESH
PAKISTAN Guru Nanak CHINA Ravidas and Mirabai. The names of
15 – 16th C
TIBET
Kabir and Nanak stand out among
DELHI NEPAL
Dadu BHUTAN those who were the most critical of
16th – 17th C. Surdas
16th C.
Mirabai Ramananda 16C. the unjust social order and the caste
16th C.
Kabir 15th – 16 C. Chaitanya
Raidas 15th C. 15th – 16th C. BANGLADESH
Vallabhacharya 15th – 16th C. system and tried to promote Hindu-
Tropic of Caner
Tulsidas 16th – 17th C.
Muslim unity.
Narsi Mehta
15th C.
MYANMAR Tulsidas and Surdas were also
Jnaneshwar Tukaram Bhakti saints. Tulsidas composed
13th C.
16th C.
Basavanna
ARABIAN 12th C. BAY Ramcharitmanas written in Awadhi,
OF
SEA Namdev Ramdas
13th – 14th C.
17th C. BENGAL
the language of eastern Uttar
Purandaradasa
Pradesh.
15th – 16th C.
Through this work, he expressed his
Manikkavasagar 9th C.
Ramanuja complete devotion towards Lord
11th – 12th C.
Ram. Surdas, another Bhakti poet,
C : CENTURY
expressed his devotion to Lord
Nammalvar 9th C.
Krishna through his hymns and
SRI
LANKA
poetic compositions.
I N D I A O C E A N
In Kashmir, the Bhakti saints worshipped Shiva. One
of the most important Bhakti saints of Kashmir was a
woman named Lal Ded. In Gujarat, the spirit of Bhakti
was preached by Vallabhacharya and Narshi Mehta.
Namdev was one of the most famous poet saints of the
13th and 14th century. He was the composer of
hundreds of devotional songs. Namdev was a tailor,
who later became a saint. His poems written in Marathi
breath, a spirit of love and devotion to the God.
Chaitanya – A Bhakti Saint of Bengal was devotee of
Tulsidas Surdas
Krishna. His teachings were popular among the low
castes and appealed to both Hindus and Muslims.
One of his important contributions was the composi-
tion of devotional songs called Kirtana. Kirtanas were Rama Nanda was a pioneer of Bhakti movement in
sung by a large group, street singers with, singing and North India. Hindus, Muslims, Dalits – all became his
dancing. These songs were sung in praise of Hari and disciples. Among his disciples were Kabir and Ravidas.
Krishna.

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