The names of the great women figures of the Bhakti movement can never be omitted. In this context,the given heads are explained as follows:
(a) Lallesvari (1317-1372): She was a Kashmiri Saint, whose life is full of legeds and miraculous deeds. She teaches that the path to God-realisationi lies in renouncement of worldly possessions, intense love of the divine and rising above the distinctions of caste and creed. She said, “I thought my mind to see the Lord in all my fellowmen. Do not discriminate between a Hindu and a Musalman. Let us give up fraud and untruth. ”
(b) Mirabai (1450-1512): She was a Rajput princess married into the ruling family of Mewar (Udaipur). A devotee of Lord Krishna since childhood, she continued to devote her whole time to the Lord’s worship even after her marriage. She incurred her husband’s displeasure and eventually, their marriage broke up. She wandered from place to place singing her beautiful songs. One of her hymns goes thus : “People say Mira has gone mad. I have myself become the eternal maid-servant of my ” Mira reached Dwarka, where she composed many songs in Gujarati. Next to Narsi Mehta, she is regarded as the greatest figure to contribute to devotional literature in Gujarati. She had Raidas as her Guru. Her message was : “there is but one means to experience Lord’s Divine Presence- that is Bhakti. ”
