01038nam a22001337a 4500 533803 533803 260625b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Safvi, Rana 61344 Where Bhakti and Sufism meet India International Center Quarterly 52 (3&4), Winter 2025- Summer 2026: p.112-123 Bhakti means devotion love and worship of the divine. The Bhakti movement beloved that pure devotion to the divine was the most important aspect of religion. It started in South India in the sixth century EE as a reaction to the relations dogma, rigid caste system, fascism and superstition that plagued Hindu society. This informal movement that gained momentum belied in equality and personal devotion to the divine and was spared by the developers of Vishnu the Alvars and the devotees of Shiva the Nayanmars in South India. It begins by following a path of spirituality through the medium of party music and dance. – Reproduced India International Center Quarterly AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408983 IIPA IIPA 2026-06-25 52 (3&4), Winter 2025- Summer 2026: p.112-123 AR139265 2026-06-25 AR