Indian art and culture / Religion and philosophy
Bhakti in the north and the rise of Sikhism
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Nirguna sants: Kabir (Bijak, Kabir Granthavali; Ramananda's disciple by tradition), Ravidas, Dadu Dayal (Dadu Panth, Akbar's contemporary), Sundardas
- Guru Nanak (1469 to 1539) preaching at Kartarpur when Babur arrived; Guru Angad, Amar Das, Arjan (Adi Granth 1604, Harmandir), Tegh Bahadur, Gobind Singh (Khalsa 1699), Guru Granth Sahib
- Ramananda and Rama bhakti (Tulsidas); Krishna bhakti of Vallabhacharya's Pushtimarg (Shuddhadvaita, Surdas, Ashtachhap), Nimbarka's Dvaitadvaita (thirteenth century), Mirabai, Chaitanya's Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Sankardeva's Ekasarana in Assam
- Varkari tradition of Pandharpur (Vitthal): Jnaneshwar, Namdev, Eknath, Tukaram; Wari pilgrimage; Ramdas and Shivaji
- Women saints: Mirabai, Andal, Akka Mahadevi, Lal Ded, Janabai, Bahinabai, Karaikkal Ammaiyar
- Bhakti and social order: vernacular preaching, critique of caste and ritual, sant literature, dialogue with Sufism