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BHAKTI AND SUFI TRADITIONS

The term ‘Bhakti’, meaning ‘devotion’, denotes a movement emphasizing intense emotional attachment and love between a devotee and a personal deity, originating in South India between the 7th and 10th centuries CE. This movement found expression in the poems of Alvars and Nayanars, addressed to Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva, respectively. Bhakti spread to North …

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