Who is Mira Bai? What was her contribution to the Bhakthi movement?

1.	Who is Mira Bai? What was her contribution to the Bhakthi movement?
Answer» 1. Mira Bai was woman saint of the medieval times. 2. Mira became a devotee of Krishna right from her childhood. 3. Mira Bai’s contribution to the Bhakti movement was primarily in her music. 4. She wrote hundreds of songs and initiated a mode of singing the songs a raga. 5. About 200 400 songs are accepted by scholars as being written by Mirabai. 6. Mirabai wrote her songs in Rajasthani and Braj Bhasha languages, and they were translated into Hindi and Gujarathi. 7. Mirabai’s songs express her love and devotion to Krishna, almost always as Krishna’s wife.

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1. Mira Bai was woman saint of the medieval times.

2. Mira became a devotee of Krishna right from her childhood.

3. Mira Bai’s contribution to the Bhakti movement was primarily in her music.

4. She wrote hundreds of songs and initiated a mode of singing the songs a raga.

5. About 200 400 songs are accepted by scholars as being written by Mirabai.

6. Mirabai wrote her songs in Rajasthani and Braj Bhasha languages, and they were translated into Hindi and Gujarathi.

7. Mirabai’s songs express her love and devotion to Krishna, almost always as Krishna’s wife.

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