2. BHAKTI SAINTS & SUFI SAINTS
• BHAKTI SAINTS:
In South India, there were two major groups of Bhakti saints:
Nayanars (Shiva Devotees) and Alvars (Vishnu Devotees), who
preached devotion to God as a way of salvation while rejecting the
austerities preached by Buddhism and Jainism
• SUFI SAINTS:
Sufi Saints are Muslim saints who entered India in the 12th Century
and gained popularity in the 13th century.
3. BHAKTI SAINTS
Akka Mahadevi
female poets of the Kannada
literature and a prominent Akka
Mahadevi was one of the early
person in the Lingayat Shaiva
sect in the 12th century. Her 430
extant Vachana poems (a form of
spontaneous mystical poems),
and the two short writings called
Mantrogopya and the
Yogangatrividhi are considered
her most notable contribution to
Kanada literature.
4. BHAKTI SAINTS
Meerabai
Meerabai was a Hindu mystic poet and
devotee of Krishna. She was one of the
most significant Sants ("true" or
"saints") of the Vaishnava bhakti
movement. Some 1,300 poems
commonly known as bhajans (sacred
songs) are attributed to her. These are
popular throughout India and have
been translated and published
worldwide. In the bhakti tradition, they
are in passionate praise of Lord Krishna.
In most of her poems, she describes her
unconditional love for her Lord and
promotes Krishna bhakti as the best
way of life because it helps us forget our
desires.
5. SUFI SAINTS
Guru Nanak Sahib
Guru nanak sahib also referred to
as Baba Nanak ('father Nanak'),
was the founder of Sikhism and
is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
His birth is celebrated worldwide
as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on
Katak Pooranmashi ('full-moon
of Kattak'), i.e. October–
November.
