GK Questions with Answers on Medieval History: Bhakti Movement Set III consists of 10 Multiple Type Questions that attune and equipped the aspirants according to the evolving nature of different ...

Almost all studies of Sufism and Bhakti Movement agree on one point that both of them provided a messianic haven and a relief from the rigidity of belief systems to the depressed sections of Indian ...

Skeletons continue to tumble out of the closet even after the dissolution of the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed School Textbook Revision Committee. In the latest revelations, lessons on State icons of ...

Sufism and Bhakti movements have sustained a colossal loss during the colonial era, said author and professor Karl Ernst at the session, ‘Sufi Martyrs of Love’, on the inaugural day of JLF on Thursday ...

"The Sufi trail began in Turkey and continued through Iran, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Along the way it picked up a lot of influence from Hinduism, Buddhism and local traditions and became bigger ...

The Bhakti movement emerged between the 7th and 17th centuries. Like Sufism was a form of protest against the complexities of orthodox Islam, the Bhakti movement was a protest against the complexities ...

In contemporary times, religion and religious identity is being used as cover for political agenda. Be it terrorist violence or sectarian nationalism in various parts of the world, religion is used to ...

Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, John Stratton Hawley has written/edited 18 books, many of which track the religious tradition of north India. His latest offering, A ...

Shahriar Kabir, a Bangladeshi human rights activist, author and filmmaker, is now producing a documentary film, 'Cry for Amity'. This is on the Sufi movement and Bhakti cult to showcase how humanism ...

CHENNAI: Despite turmoils for centuries in the North India due to foreign invasions and conquests, an important aspect of development during Muslim rule was the revival of bhakti movement. The saint ...

Guru Ravidas Jayanti is an important occasion celebrated across India to honour the birth anniversary of Saint Ravidas Ji, a revered poet-saint and spiritual leader of the Bhakti movement. His ...