Varsha Nair
Akkamahadevi, the 12th century saint poet, was part of the Shaiva bhakti sharana movement that marked a significant shift both in terms of the literary transformations it unfolded as well as the socio-political upheavals it caused within the Kannada region. Vachanas, a genre of free verse poems or…
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Saumya Mani Tripathi
लोक संस्कृति ही किसी भी देश, समाज या व्यक्ति की आत्मा होती है.भारतीय समाज की बात करें तो यहाँ का लोकजीवन भी मौखिक एवं आडंबररहित साहित्यों की विरासत वाला है। यह वह लोक है जिसे किसी प्रकाशन की ज़रूरत नहीं पड़ी, जिसे सबकुछ संघर्ष से मिला, जो अपनी संस्कृति, सभ्यता को एक पीढ़ी से दूसरी पीढ़ी को आगे…
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Saumya Mani Tripathi
The term nirgun or nirguna is a Hindi word deriving directly from the Sanskrit nirgun, and meaning 'without form'. It refers to the Bhakti concept with which nirgun songs are associated; the nirgun deity has no form or attributes. Nirgun is a form of aniconic worship of the formless as opposed to…
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Ghulam Nabi Khayal
Paper presented at a workshop on 'Bhakti Traditions in India', convened by Sahapedia in collaboration with the Sahitya Akademi, Guwahati, May 26–27, 2016.
Lalleshwari, or Lalla Arifa or Lal Ded (Mother Lal) in Kashmiri, was an embodiment of spiritual bliss and an icon of emancipation of a…
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