INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kabir (1398–1518) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, and Kabir Sagar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kabir Das tried to coordinate the religions by giving a universal path which could be followed by all human beings. According to him, every life has a relationship with two spiritual principles (Jivatma and Paramatma). His view about the moksha is that it is the process of uniting these two divine principles.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are also known as Monotheistic Bhakti saints. Tulsidas, Chaitanya, Surdas and Meera were the main proponents of Saguna. Nanak and Kabir were the main proponents of Nirguna. The Saguna poets were in favour of the dominance of Brahmins and supported the caste system.

Detailed explanation-4: -The prominent Bhakti saints that contributed to the Bhakti movement were Ramananda, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Chaitanya, Purandara Das, and Vallabhacharya. The important Bhakti Saints of Maharashtra Dharma were Jnanadeva, Namadeva, Eknath, Tukaram, and Ramdas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The thirteen Hindu bhagats whose hymns were entered into the text, were poet saints of the Bhakti movement, and included Namdev, Pipa, Ravidas, Beni, Bhikhan, Dhanna, Jayadeva, Parmanand, Sadhana, Sain, Surdas, Trilochan, while the two Muslim bhagats were Kabir and Sufi saint Farid.