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What were the earliest Bhakti moments in India and led by who?
The Sanskrit term ‘Bhakti” comes from the root word “bhaj” which meaning partaking in devotion and love for God. The Bhakti movement led to the development of regional religious developments. The earliest Bhakti movements flourished in India during 7th – 12th century CE had two groups, Alvars and NaRead more
The Sanskrit term ‘Bhakti” comes from the root word “bhaj” which meaning partaking in devotion and love for God. The Bhakti movement led to the development of regional religious developments.
The earliest Bhakti movements flourished in India during 7th – 12th century CE had two groups, Alvars and Nayanars.
The Alvars
They were the followers of Vishnu. The Alvar saints propagated Vishnu bhakti and sang hymns in praise of the Lord. The Alvars were also conversant with the ‘agamas’ which provide with the concrete worship of the icons. This development is best reflected through various stages in Alvar poetry dominated by emotional Krishna Bhakti. The hymns of the 12 Alvars were collected in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Nathamuni during the 10th century.
The Nayanars
The term Nayanar means ‘leader’. There are a total of 63 saints who follows the path of Shiva but a special status is attached to a group of three saints referred as Mavur or ‘The Revered Ones’ —Appar, Sundarar, and Sambandar. The Nayanars were drawn from various social strata that is from Brahmins and lower classes. They directly challenge the caste but those who collected hymns and composed hagiographies belong to Brahmins and Upper strata of Society.
See lessWhat were the earliest Bhakti moments in India and led by who?
The Sanskrit term ‘Bhakti” comes from the root word “bhaj” which meaning partaking in devotion and love for God. The Bhakti movement led to the development of regional religious developments. The earliest Bhakti movements flourished in India during 7th – 12th century CE had two groups, Alvars and NaRead more
The Sanskrit term ‘Bhakti” comes from the root word “bhaj” which meaning partaking in devotion and love for God. The Bhakti movement led to the development of regional religious developments.
The earliest Bhakti movements flourished in India during 7th – 12th century CE had two groups, Alvars and Nayanars.
The Alvars
They were the followers of Vishnu. The Alvar saints propagated Vishnu bhakti and sang hymns in praise of the Lord. The Alvars were also conversant with the ‘agamas’ which provide with the concrete worship of the icons. This development is best reflected through various stages in Alvar poetry dominated by emotional Krishna Bhakti. The hymns of the 12 Alvars were collected in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Nathamuni during the 10th century.
The Nayanars
The term Nayanar means ‘leader’. There are a total of 63 saints who follows the path of Shiva but a special status is attached to a group of three saints referred as Mavur or ‘The Revered Ones’ —Appar, Sundarar, and Sambandar. The Nayanars were drawn from various social strata that is from Brahmins and lower classes. They directly challenge the caste but those who collected hymns and composed hagiographies belong to Brahmins and Upper strata of Society.
See lessWhat were the earliest Bhakti moments in India and led by who?
The Sanskrit term ‘Bhakti” comes from the root word “bhaj” which meaning partaking in devotion and love for God. The Bhakti movement led to the development of regional religious developments. The earliest Bhakti movements flourished in India during 7th – 12th century CE had two groups, Alvars and NaRead more
The Sanskrit term ‘Bhakti” comes from the root word “bhaj” which meaning partaking in devotion and love for God. The Bhakti movement led to the development of regional religious developments.
The earliest Bhakti movements flourished in India during 7th – 12th century CE had two groups, Alvars and Nayanars.
The Alvars
They were the followers of Vishnu. The Alvar saints propagated Vishnu bhakti and sang hymns in praise of the Lord. The Alvars were also conversant with the ‘agamas’ which provide with the concrete worship of the icons. This development is best reflected through various stages in Alvar poetry dominated by emotional Krishna Bhakti. The hymns of the 12 Alvars were collected in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham by Nathamuni during the 10th century.
The Nayanars
The term Nayanar means ‘leader’. There are a total of 63 saints who follows the path of Shiva but a special status is attached to a group of three saints referred as Mavur or ‘The Revered Ones’ —Appar, Sundarar, and Sambandar. The Nayanars were drawn from various social strata that is from Brahmins and lower classes. They directly challenge the caste but those who collected hymns and composed hagiographies belong to Brahmins and Upper strata of Society.
See lessExplain why Sufism, a liberal reform movement in Islam could deepen its roots in the Indian sub – continent, despite Islam being a foreign religion?
Sufism or tasawwuf is the name for various mystical tendencies and movements in Islam. It aims to establish direct communion between God and man through personal experience. The Sufis, while accepting the Shariat, did not confine their religious practice to formal adherence and stressed cultivationRead more
Sufism or tasawwuf is the name for various mystical tendencies and movements in Islam. It aims to establish direct communion between God and man through personal experience. The Sufis, while accepting the Shariat, did not confine their religious practice to formal adherence and stressed cultivation of religious experience, aimed that direct perception of God. India became a pathway for the propagation of Sufism and also became a home for the mystic saints during the early 13th century.
The famous Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti settled in Ajmer and won the respect of both Muslims and non-Muslims. Nathpanthi yogis visited Baba Farid’s khanqah and discussed with him the nature of mysticism. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya made Delhi the most famous center of the Chishti Order.
Many practices of early Chishti’s bore close resemblance to the attributes of some of the early existing, non-conformist religious orders in India, such as asceticism, bowing before the master, shaving the head of a new member into the order and organizing musical evenings within the khanqah. The egalitarian atmosphere of the khanqahs attracted large number of people from the lower section of Indian society. Caste distinctions of the Brahmanical social order were meaningless in the Chishti khanqahs. Therefore, it was these practices which led to the rise of Sufism and its acceptance into the Indian subcontinent.
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