Bhakti
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Bhakti is a concept common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love. In Indian religions, it may refer to loving devotion fo
Nammalvar, one of the Alvars (Tamil poet saints c. 5th to 9th century CE)
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1524) chanting and dancing devotionally (19th century image).
Mirabai (c. 1498-c. 1546), a poet-saint in the Vaishnava bhakti movement.
Bhakti movement
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The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of devotion to achieve salvation. O
Bhakti
…is found in Sikhism, as well as Hinduism. Outside India, emotional devotion is found in some Southeast Asian and East Asian Buddhist traditions. The bhakti movement, pioneered by the Tamil Alvars and Nayanars, developed around the Hindu gods Vishnu (Vaishnavism), Shiva (Shaivism) and Devi (Shaktism) in the second…
The Vaishnavite Saint Nammalvar. He is one of the most prominent of the 12 Alvars of the Vaishnavism Bhakti movement.
A copper alloy sculpture of a Shiva Bhakti practitioner from Tamil Nadu (11th Century or later).
Nammalvar (c. 798 CE), one of the Tamil Alvars and author of the Tiruvaymoli and the Tiruviruttam