the bhakti movement and indian literatute

Dear Student,

Bhakti Movement had been an energizing phenomenon that provide a concrete shape and an identifiable face to the abstractions of Sanskrit Scriptures. As counterculture, it embraced into its fold all sections of people breaking the barriers of caste, class, communities and gender. It added an inclusive dimension to the hitherto privileged, exclusivist, upanishadic tradition. A primal instinct for unmitigated attachment, total surrender and craving for freedom are at the root of the bhakti tradition. From within, it performed a subversive, reformatory function that changed the dynamics of worship at religious level and challenged the hierarchies at social level. Bhakti literature was marked by spontaneity and ecstasy and hence it produced a rich body of verse born of the heart.

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