INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Meera, also known as Meera Bai or Mirabai (1498-1546) was a Hindu mystic poet of the Bhakti Movement. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mirabai’s contribution to the Bhakti movement was primarily in her music: she wrote hundreds of songs and initiated a mode of singing the songs, a raga. About 200-400 songs are accepted by scholars as being written by Mirabai; another 800-1000 have been attributed to her.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vallabhacharya was another prominent Vaishnava saint from the South. He hailed from a Telugu Brahman family, and gained great popularity for his talents, scholarship and deep knowledge of philosophy. He had intense love for the divine incarnation of God-Shri Krishna.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ramananda was a Bhakti saint who used the Hindi language for the propagation of his principles and sentiments.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Bhakti Saints. Bhakti initially flourished in South India through the great Vaishnava saints known as the twelve Alvars (6th–9th centuries). Kabir (1440–1518) Surdas (1479–1584) Vallabha (1481–1533) Chaitanya (1486–1534) Tulsidas (1511–1637) Mirabhai (1547–1614) Tukarama (1608–1649)