Bhakti Movement

Meera Bai — The Saint of Divine Love

Meera Bai was born around 1498 CE in Kudki, a small village near Merta in Rajasthan. From childhood, she was…

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Punjabi and Sant Literature – The Voice of Oneness and Compassion

Among the many rivers of India’s Bhakti heritage, one flows with a unique clarity — the Sant tradition of North…

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Tamil Bhakti Literature – The Alwars: Voices of Divine Love

When the history of Indian spirituality is told, few chapters shine with such beauty as the Bhakti movement of Tamil…

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Bengal and Orissa Bhakti – Jayadeva, Chaitanya, and the Dance of Divine Love

In the sacred rhythm of India’s Bhakti tradition, the final crescendo rose in the east — in the lands of…

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The Nayanmars – The Shaiva Saints of Tamil Bhakti

When the ancient fire of Vedic ritualism had begun to cool, when devotion had grown distant behind the walls of…

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Hindi Bhakti Poets – The Saints of the Heartland

If Tamil Nadu sang of devotion through the Alwars and Nayanmars, and Karnataka echoed with the vachanas and keerthanas of…

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Kannada Vachanas and Keerthanas – The Voice of the People’s Bhakti

When devotion became the language of the people, poetry ceased to belong only to the learned. It was no longer…

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