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  2. File:Kangra painting of Mirabai, the female Bhakti saint.jpg

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    English: Kangra painting of Mirabai (alt. spelt as 'Meera Bai', 'Meerabai', or 'Mira Bai') playing the veena. A painting of the poet-saint Mīrābai (1498–1546 ...

  3. Mirabai - Wikipedia

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    The Mira Bai of the popular imagination, then, is an intensely anachronistic figure by virtue of that anticipatory radical democracy which propels Meera out of the historicity that remains nonetheless ascribed to her. She goes beyond the shadowy realms of the past to inhabit the very core of a future which is embodied within the suffering of a ...

  4. Ravidas - Wikipedia

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    There is a small chhatri (pavilion) in front of Meera's temple in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan which bears Ravidas' engraved foot print. [49] [50] [51] Legends link him as the guru of Mirabai, another major Bhakti movement poet. [27] [52] Queen Mira Bai composed a song dedicated to Guru Ravidas where she mentioned him as her Guru.

  5. Chittor Fort - Wikipedia

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    Close to Vijay Sthamba is the Meera Temple, or the Meerabai Temple. Rana Khumba built it in an ornate Indo-Aryan architectural style. It is associated with the mystic saint-poet Mirabai who was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna and dedicated her entire life to His worship. She composed and sang lyrical bhajans called Meera Bhajans. The popular ...

  6. Jagat Shiromani Temple, Amer - Wikipedia

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    Also known as the Meera Bai temple Jagat Shiromani is a Hindu temple situated in Amer, India, near the Amer fort [1] This temple is dedicated to the Hindu gods Meera bai, Krishna and Vishnu. It was constructed between 1599 and 1608 AD by Queen Kanakwati, [ 2 ] who was the wife of King Man Singh I The temple was built in the memory of their son ...

  7. Bhoj Raj - Wikipedia

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    He features primarily in many biopics of Meera Bai, including Meera (1945), a Tamil language film starring M. S. Subbulakshmi, and Meera (1979), a Hindi film by Gulzar with Hema Malini in lead role and Vinod Khanna playing the role of Bhoj Raj.

  8. Mahadevi Varma - Wikipedia

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    Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1907 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi-language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [1] She has also been addressed as the modern Meera. [2]

  9. Merta City - Wikipedia

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    Meera Smarak Meera Bai Ji. After Rao Duda, Rao Veeramdeo ruled in Merta. Veeramdeo's niece was the famous poet and devotee of Krishna, Mira Bai. Veeramdeo also took part in Battle of Khanwa. Charbhuja Nath Ji Photo Meera Bai Temple. When Maldev Rathore became the King of Marwar, he expanded his territory and annexed Merta from Viramdeo Mertiya. [4]