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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. Krishnaism - Wikipedia

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    Krishnaism is a term used in scholarly circles to describe large group of independent Hindu traditions—sampradayas related to Vaishnavism—that center on the devotion to Krishna as Svayam Bhagavan, Ishvara, Para Brahman, who is the source of all reality, not simply an avatar of Vishnu.

  6. Bhakti movement - Wikipedia

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    The Bhakti movement in Hinduism refers to ideas and engagement that emerged in the medieval era on love and devotion to religious concepts built around one or more gods and goddesses. The Bhakti movement preached against the caste system and used local languages and so the message reached the masses. One who practices bhakti is called a bhakta ...

  7. 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]

  8. Meera (1945 film) - Wikipedia

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    Meera is a 1945 Indian Tamil-language historical musical film directed by Ellis R. Dungan, produced by T. Sadasivam and written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.Based on the life of the 16th century mystic and poet Mirabai, the film stars M. S. Subbulakshmi as the eponymous character, a zealous devotee of Krishna, who considers him to be her husband.

  9. Chittorgarh - Wikipedia

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    Meera Bai (1498–1547) was a devout follower of Lord Krishna, one of the foremost exponents of the Prema Bhakti (Divine Love) and an inspired poet. She was a Rajput princess born in about 1498 in Medta, Rajasthan.