New Religious Developments in North India


 
 
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New Religious Developments in North India

New Religious Developments in North India: During the thirteenth century, a new wave of the Bhakti movement began in north India. This was an age when Islam, Brahmanical Hinduism, Sufism, various strands of Bhakti, and the Nathpanths, Siddhas, and Yogis influenced one another. Ordinary people such as craftspersons, peasants, traders, etc.

  • During the thirteenth century a new wave of the Bhakti movement began in North India . This was an age when Islam ,Brahmanical Hinduism,sufism,various strands of Bhakti ,and the Nathpanthas,Siddhas and yogis influenced one another.New towns and kingdoms were emerging, and people were taking up new professions and finding new roles for themselves. Such people, especially craftspersons, peasant’s traders and labourers, thronged to listen to these new saints and spread their ideas.
  • Some of them like Kabir and Baba Guru Nanak rejected all orthodox religious. Others like Tulsidas and Surdas accepted existing beliefs and practices but wanted to make these accessible to all. Tulsidas conceived of God in the form of Rama. Tulsidas’s composition, the Ramcharitmanas, written in Awadhi.
  • Surdas was an ardent devotee of Krishna .His compositions ,compiled in the sursagara,surasaravali and sahitya Lahari , express his devotion.
  • This tradition also included saints like Dadu Dayal, Ravidas and Mirabai. Mirabai was Rajput princess married into the royal family of Mewar in the sixteenth century. Mirabai became a disciple of Ravidas, a saint from a caste considered untouchable. She was devoted to Krishna and composed innumerable bhajans expressing her intense devotion. Her songs also openly challenged the norms of the “upper” castes and became popular with the masses in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
  • A unique feature of most of the saints is that their works were composed in regional languages and could be sung. They became immensely popular and were handed down orally from generation to generation.
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    Question : 1

    Who rejected all orthodox religions ?

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    The religious developments that took place in India was/were _____________________________

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    _______ accepted God in the form of Rama and composed the Ramcharitramanas in Awadhi.

    Right Option : D
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