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Sant Kabir Das

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GS PAPER I: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

Context: The Prime Minister paid tribute to Sant Kabir Das ji on his Jayanti.

About Sant Kabir Das ji:

  • He was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib.
  • He was strongly influenced by his teacher, the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda.
  • Kabir is known for being critical of both organized religion and religions.
  • He questioned meaningless and unethical practices of all religions primarily the wrong practices in Hindu and Muslim religion.
  • Kabir's legacy survives and continues through the Kabir panth ("Path of Kabir"), a religious community that recognises him as its founder and is one of the Sant Mat sects. Its members are known as Kabir panthis.

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