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May 13, 2025 at 01:29 PM
🔆 Chapter 6 - Devotional Paths to the Divine
📍 Bhakti Movement of South India
✅ Nayanars (63): Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar, Manickavasagar.
• Compilation: Tevaram and Tiruvacakam
✅ Alvars (12): Andel, Tondaradippodi, Nammalvar.
• Compilation: Divya Prabandha
📍 Key Philosophical Figures
✅ Shankaracharya: Advaita Philosophy
✅ Ramanujacharya: Vishisht Advaita
✅ Basavannas: Virashaiva Movement of Karnataka
📍 Maharashtra Bhakti Movement
✅ Pandharpur Bhakti Movement
• Focused on God Vitthala
📍 Kashmir
✅ Rishi Silsilah of Sufism flourished.
• Key figures: Muindin Chisti of Ajmer & Qutubdin Bakhtiyar Kaki of Delhi, Baba Farid of Delhi, Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.
📍 Tulsidas’ Composition
✅ Ramcharitmanas
• Written in Awadhi
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