000 01038nam a22001337a 4500
999 _c533803
_d533803
008 260625b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100 _aSafvi, Rana
_961344
245 _aWhere Bhakti and Sufism meet
260 _aIndia International Center Quarterly
300 _a52 (3&4), Winter 2025- Summer 2026: p.112-123
520 _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
773 _aIndia International Center Quarterly
942 _cAR