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  2. Religious thinkers of India - Wikipedia

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    Amir Khusro – Sufi poet, and disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, he is credited with being the founder of both Hindustani classical music and Qawwali (the devotional music of the Sufis). Ahmad Sirhindi – a prominent propagator of the Naqshbandi Sufi order in India. Syed Ahmed Khan; Mirza Ghulam Ahmad; Muhammad Iqbal

  3. Mahavira - Wikipedia

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    Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), was the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha . [ 12 ]

  4. Vaishnava Padavali - Wikipedia

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    Vaishnava music was extremely influential in the evolution of Indian musical tradition. In the 14th century, Amir Khusro, who spent some time in the court at Bengal, was exposed to the Vaishnavite tradition. [3] With the rise of Vrindavana 14th century onwards, there was an admixture of the strains of devotional music from different regions of ...

  5. Raghuvira Gadyam - Wikipedia

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    The Raghuvira Gadyam (Sanskrit: रघुवीरगद्यम्, romanized: Raghuvīragadyam), also rendered the Mahavira Vaibhavam, is a Sanskrit hymn written ...

  6. Mahavir Janma Kalyanak - Wikipedia

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    Murti of Mahavira at his birthplace, Kshatriyakund (Shvetambara tradition), in Bihar. According to Jain texts, Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the moon in the month of Chaitra in the year 599 BCE (Chaitra Sud 13). [2] [3] According to Shvetambara tradition, he was born in Kshatriyakund of Bihar. Some modern ...

  7. Bhajan - Wikipedia

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    A Bhajan in Hindu traditions is an informal, loosely structured devotional song with music in a regional language. [19] They are found all over India and Nepal, but are particularly popular among the Vaishnav traditions such as those driven by devotion to avatars of Vishnu such as Krishna , Rama , Vitthal and Narayana (often with their consorts).

  8. Devotional song - Wikipedia

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    A devotional is a part of the prayer service proper and is not, in these contexts, ornamentation. Within the Reformed tradition, church music in general was hotly debated; some Puritans objected to all ornament and sought to abolish choirs, hymns, and, inasmuch as liturgy itself was rejected, devotionals.

  9. History of Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Mahavira (c. 549 –477 BCE ... Rural and devotional movements arose, along with Shaivism, ... During this time, another great composer of early carnatic music, ...