Given the limited scope of an encyclopaedia entry, this article will focus on some north Indian expressions of bhakti. With the help of this overview as well as its bibliography, the reader will …

to a personally conceived Supreme God for attaining salvation. The origin of this doctrine has been traced to both the Brahmanical and Buddhist traditions of an.

Perhaps the most important aspect of the movement was its emphasis on the route of ‘Bhakthi’ rather than superficial rituals as the mode to realize god and salvation.

The Bhakti movement, emerging between the 6th and 9th centuries CE in South India, marked a profound cultural and spiritual renaissance in Indian society. It revolutionized religious …

In 1927 my Gurudeva, out of his infinite affection, asked me to unfold the esoteric supra-mundane love-sports of the transcendental damsels of the all-conscious spiritual realm of braja in their …

This paper focuses on the Bhakti philosophy rising to the extent of taking the shape of a Social Movement in South India and the consequences thereupon. Keywords: Bhakti movement; …

Bhakti as a religious concept means devotional surrender to a personally conceived supreme God for attaining salvation. The origin of this doctrine has been traced to both the Brahmanical and …