01177nam a22001457a 4500999001900000008004100019100002600060245003400086260004300120300005200163520063900215773004300854942000700897952012700904  c533803d533803260625b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSafvi, Rana   961344  aWhere Bhakti and Sufism meet   aIndia International Center Quarterly    a52 (3&4), Winter 2025- Summer 2026: p.112-123    aBhakti 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   aIndia International Center Quarterly    cAR  00102ddc40709408983aIIPAbIIPAd2026-06-25h52 (3&4), Winter 2025- Summer 2026: p.112-123  pAR139265r2026-06-25yAR