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Question
No survey of the Bhakti movement can omit the names of great woman figure who left the impression of their preaching upon future generations. In this context, explain briefly the preaching.
Lallesvari.
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Solution
The names of the great women figure of the Bhakti movement can never be omitted.
In this context, the given head is explained as follows:
Lallesvari (1317-1372): She was a Kashmiri Saint, whose life is full of legends and miraculous deeds. She teaches that the path to God-realisation lies in the renouncement of worldly possessions, intense love of the divine, and rising above the distinctions of caste and creed. She said, “I thought my mind to see the Lord in all my fellowmen. Do not discriminate between a Hindu and a Musalman. Let us give up fraud and untruth. ”
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