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Bhakti-Sufi Traditions
Question
Tell any two reasons for the popularity of sufi (chisti) saints.
Solution
(i) The Chishtis were the most influential sufis in India. They adapted themselves successfully to the local environment. They also adopted many features of Indian devotional traditions. Besides they used local languages which were the languages of the people.
(ii) The Chishtis accepted donations in cash and kind. They used these donations to fulfil their immediate requirements like food, clothes, living quarters and ritual necessities. It enhanced their moral authority and popularity.
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Some More Questions From Bhakti-Sufi Traditions Chapter
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?
Give the meaning of Zimina. Who were Zimmis?
Why was Khwaja Muinuddin’s Dargah very popular? Give two reasons.
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