Question

What were the major beliefs and practices of the bhakti saints ?

Answer 1

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Major beliefs and practices of the bhakti saints were:

• They preached salvation comes with love and devotion to the almighty and supreme God.
• They preached and worked for the removal of the social barriers created by caste, class and differences in the religion and also challenged orthodoxy.
• They were against the dependence on outward symbols and absurd rituals.

Some of the principles taught by the Bhakti saints were:
(i) Everyone is equal before God.
(ii) It taught the devotion towards God by discarding rituals.
(iii) They laid emphasis on Hindu-Muslim unity etc.


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