Bhakti saints won the affection of peasants so the kings tried to win their support too. In Karnataka, Basavanna, who was a minister in the King’s court, started a movement whose followers were ...

The Bhakti tradition made modern India what it is. It is another thing that some contemporary schools of political ideology ...

One critical aspect of the Carnatic framework is the lyrics. Carnatic music being a child of the bhakti movement, there is an emphasis on bhakti poems that praise Hindu Gods.” That explains why ...