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Recently, the Prime Minister has paid tribute to Sant Kabir Das ji on his Jayanti on 24th June.
About
- Kabirdas Jayanti also known as Kabir Prakat Diwas is celebrated once a year on the full moon day in the Hindu month Jyeshtha.
- On his birth anniversary, Sant Kabirdas’ followers remember him by reciting his poems and teachings.
About Sant Kabirdas
- He was a 15th-century Indian mystic, social reformer, poet and saint who had a significant role among the people in India.
- He was one of the most influential saints.
- He was brought up in a family of Muslim julahas orweavers settled in or near the city of Benares (Varanasi).
- Recently, the UP Tourism department has initiated to promote Maghar as a tourist destination where Hindus have built a temple in memory of Kabir, while Muslims have constructed a mausoleum in his memory.
- He was best known for his two-line couplets, known as ‘Kabir Ke Dohe’.
- He is a widely revered poet whose works had a tremendous influence on the Bhakti movement.
- Kabir’s legacy is still going on through a sect known as Panth of Kabir, a religious community that considers him as the founder.
His Teaching:
- Kabir’s teachings were based on a complete, indeed vehement, rejection of the major religious traditions.
- His teachings openly ridiculed all forms of external worship of both Brahmanical Hinduism and Islam,the pre-eminence of the priestly classes and the caste system.
- Kabir believed in a formless Supreme God and preached that the only path to salvation was through bhakti or devotion. Kabir drew his followers from among both Hindus and Muslims
- The language of his poetry was a form of spoken Hindi widely understood by ordinary people.
- According to him every life has a relationship with two spiritual principles (Jivatma and Paramatma). His view about the moksha is that it is the process of uniting these two divine principles.
- He also sometimes used cryptic language, which is difficult to follow.
- His popular verses and dohas continue to inspire generations even in the 21st century.
Writings/Works:
- Kabir Das’ writings had a great influence on the Bhakti movement and includes titles like Kabir Granthawali, Anurag Sagar, Bijak, and Sakhi Granth,Panch Vani
- The major part of his work was collected by the fifth Sikh guru–Guru Arjan Dev.
- He fought against social evils and taught the lesson of humanity and love to the world.
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