Tag: bhakti movement

Kanakadasa is considered an important person in Kannada literature. Mohan Tarangini is his first work. In this work, there are different stories from the Krishna Leela of Bhagvad Purana and Mahabharata which Kanakadasa writes as a narration to his wife. He highlights devotion to Krishna in simple language. 

Ramananda was a Vaishnava saint of the Bhakti movement. He played an important role in popularizing worship of Ram and Sita in the Bhakti movement. According to maximum sources, it is considered that Ramananda was born in the city of Allahabad (Prayag) and later spent maximum of his life time in Varanasi. 

Sant Dnyaneshwar was agreat Sant in the Varkari Movement. He wrote the 'Bhavartha-deepika' or 'Dnyaneshwari' which elucidated the meaning of the Sanskrit 'Bhagvad Geeta'.

The Mughals had entered Khandesh. Their main objectives was to expand their power in the South. There were settlements of Siddi people, who had come from Africa, along the coastline of Konkan.

Surds was an ardent devotee of krishna. His compositions compiled in the sarasagara, surasaravali and sahitya lahari, which express his devotions.Tulsiramdas and Shankaradeva also composed their poems and devoted to Rama and Vishnu respectively.

Baba Guru Nanak(1469-1539) born at Talwandi. The sacred place created by him is known as dharmsal.Its now known as Gurdwara. Before his death he appointed one of his follower as his successor.His name was Lehna but came to be known as Guru Angad.

Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, the celebrated Sufi saint who settled in Ajmer in the twelfth century, attracted devotees from all creeds, Near Ajmer is a lake, Pushkar, which has attracted pilgrims from ancient times.

Kabirdas was a famous saint of Bhakthi cult and was a disciple of Ramananda. He tried to bring harmony between Hindu and Muslim religions. He was an adopted son of weaving Muslim couple Neeru and Neema of Varanasi. He condemned caste system, luxurious life, and discrimination based on religion. Allah and Rama are the two names of one God, he said. He described Hindu Muslims as pots of same clay.

The twelve Alwars were devotees of Lord Vishnu. They were from South India. The were amongst the first to start the Bhakti cult in South India.

Aandal is was among the twleve Alwars, the Vishnu Devotees, of Tamilnadu. She was an adopted daughter of Vishnuchitha. Vishnuchitha was an alwar, they were also called Periyalwar.