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Bhakti


In Hinduism, a tradition of worship that emphasizes devotion to a personal god as the sole necessary means for achieving salvation. It developed in southern India in the 6th–8th centuries and in northern India from the 14th century.

In northern India, bhakti was in part a social protest movement. The poet Kabir synthesized Hinduism and Islam to produce a new mystic philosophy. Nanak, influenced by Kabir, founded the Sikh religion. In Bengal, Caitanya led a popular bhakti movement that later gave rise to the Hare Krishna sect.

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