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Question
With reference to the given pictures, answer the following:
Name the Bhakti Saints given in the pictures. Where were they born?
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Solution
Mirabai was the Rajasthani princess of Mewar who lived during the time of Mughal ruler Akbar. Mirabai the only daughter of a Rajput noble was married to Bhoja Raj, the heir apparent of Rana Sanga of Mewar. She renounced the world and became a devotee of Lord Krishna.
Sant Jnaneswar: Jnaneswar or Dnyaneshwar was a 13th-century saint, poet and philosopher from Maharashtra. He was the second of the four children of Vithalpant and Rukmabhai.
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