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Bhakti-Sufi Traditions
Question
Who led a new religious movement in Karnataka? What were his followers known as?
Solution
The name of person who led a new religious movement in Karnataka was Basavanna (1106 - 68). His followers was known as Virashaivas (heroes of Shiva) or Lingayats (wearers of the linga). They worship Shiva in his mani festation as a linga and men usually wear a small linga in a silver case on a loop strong over the left shoulders.
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Some More Questions From Bhakti-Sufi Traditions Chapter
Discuss the major beliefs and practices that characterised Sufism.
Examine how and why rulers tried to establish connections with the traditions of the Nayanars and the Sufis.
Analyse, with illustrations, why Bhaktland Sufi thinkers adopted a variety of languages in which to express their opinions.
Read any five of the sources included in this chapter and discuss the social and religious ideas that are expressed in them.
On an outline map of India, plot three major sufi shrines, and three places associated with temples (one each of a form of Vishnu, Shiva and the goddess).
Choose any two of the religious teachers/thinkers/saints mentioned in this chapter, and find out more about their lives and teachings. Prepare a report
about the area and the times in which they lived their major ideas, how we know about them, and why you think they are important.
Find out more about practices of pilgrimage associated with the shrines mentioned in this chapter. Are these pilgrimages still undertaken? When are these shrines visited? Who visits these shrines? Why do they do so? What are the activities associated with these pilgrimages?
Mention the two earliest Bhakti Movements of Tamil Nadu, giving the main difference between them.
Mention two features of the protest movement started by Nayanars and Alvars.
Who led a new religious movement in Karnataka? What were his followers known as?
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