Medieval history of India Bharti Movement

 Medieval history of India Bharti Movement

An essential break in the cultural history of medieval India was the Silent Revolution brought into the society by a stream of socio-religious reformers, a revolution known as the Bhakti Abhiyan. This expedition was responsible for the customs associated with the worship of God in the Indian subcontinent by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. For example, kirtans in Hindu temples, qawwali (by Muslims) in the dargah and singing of Gurbani in gurudwaras all originated from the Indian Bhakti movement in medieval history (800 - 1700). This Hindu revolutionary campaign leader was Shankaracharya, a great thinker and a well-known philosopher. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Namdev, Tukaram, Jayadeva gave more vigour to this campaign. The significant achievement of this campaign was the abolition of idol worship.

Ramanand, the leader of the Bhakti movement, focused on Rama as God. Very little is known about him, but he is believed to have lived in the first half of the 15th century. He taught that Lord Rama is the supreme God and that salvation is attained only through love and dedication to him and repeatedly reciting his holy name.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a pious Hindu monk and social reformer in Bengal during the sixteenth century. Chaitanya, a proponent of devotion to God, promoter of Bhakti Yoga, worshipped God as Shri Krishna.

Shri Ramanuja Acharya was an Indian philosopher and has been recognized as the most critical Vaishnava saint. Ramanuja did what Ramanuja did in North India in South India. He raised his voice against the increasing formalism of orthodox Kuvichar and established a new initiator of the Vaishnava ideology based on love and dedication. His most extraordinary contribution is the elimination of caste discrimination among his followers.

Followers of the Bhakti movement in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries include Bhagat Namdev and Sant Kabir Das, who emphasized devotional songs of praise to God through their creations.

The first Sikh Guru, and the originator of Sikhism, Guru Nanak was also a nirguna bhakti saint and a social reformer. He opposed all forms of caste discrimination and religious hostility, and customs. He considered a form of God and criticized the formalities and traditions of Hindu and Muslim religion. Guru Nanak's doctrine was for all people. He supported equality in every way.

Many religious reformers also rose in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The followers of Rama of the Vaishnava sect and the followers of Krishna were divided into many small classes and creeds. The prominent saint-poet among the followers of Rama was Tulsidas. He was a great scholar and made a deep study of Indian philosophy and literature. His magnum opus 'Ram Charit Manas', popularly known as Tulsikrit Ramayana, is very popular among Hindu devotees. He created the image of Shri Rama among the people as universal, omnipotent, the lord of the world and the realization of Parbrahm.

Krishna's followers followed her in 1585 A.D. In D. founded the Radha Ballabhi cult under Harivansh. Sur Das composed " Sur Saragar" in Braj language, which is full of stories of Shri Krishna's seductive form and his beloved Radha. (Read more)