Meera Bai was a 16th century Hindu mystic poet from a royal family in Rajasthan, India who was celebrated for her thousands of devotional poems praising Lord Krishna. As a devotee of Krishna, legends say she disregarded social conventions by treating Krishna as her lover and faced persecution from her in-laws for her religious devotion, yet she remained a widely known and cherished figure who played a prominent role in spreading the Hindu tradition of Bhakti.

2.  Meera, also known as Mira Bai, was a 16th century
Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is
celebrated as a poet and has been definitively
claimed by the North Indian Hindu tradition of
Bhakti saints.

3.  Meera was born in a royal family of
Rajasthan. She is mentioned in
Bhaktamal, confirming that she was
widely known and a cherished figure in
the Indian bhakti movement culture by

5.  ] Most legends about
Meera mention her
fearless disregard for
social and family
conventions, her
devotion to god
Krishna, her treating
Krishna as her lover
and husband, and she
being persecuted by
her in-laws for her
religious devotion.

6.  Thousands of devotional poems in passionate praise of
Lord Krishna are attributed to Meera in the Indian
tradition