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Kabir

Kabir

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Banaras, Jaunpur Sultanate (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)

LEGACY & ORIGINS

Born 1398: 13–14 
Banaras, Jaunpur Sultanate (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died Maghar, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Movement Kabir panth

Kabir (fl. 15th century): 14–15  was a well-known Indian devotional mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, and Kabir Sagar of Dharamdas. Today, Kabir is an important figure in Hinduism, Sikhism and in Sufism. He was a disciple of Ramananda, the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya.

Born in the city of Varanasi in what is now Uttar Pradesh, he is known for being critical of organised religions. He questioned what he regarded to be the meaningless and unethical practices of all religions, primarily what he considered to be the wrong practices in Hinduism and Islam. During his lifetime, he was threatened by both Hindus and Muslims for his views. When he died, several Hindus and the Muslims he had inspired claimed him as theirs.

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Born 1398: 13–14 
Banaras, Jaunpur Sultanate (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died Maghar, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Movement Kabir panth

Kabir (fl. 15th century): 14–15  was a well-known Indian devotional mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, and Kabir Sagar of Dharamdas. Today, Kabir is an important figure in Hinduism, Sikhism and in Sufism. He was a disciple of Ramananda, the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya.

Born in the city of Varanasi in what is now Uttar Pradesh, he is known for being critical of organised religions. He questioned what he regarded to be the meaningless and unethical practices of all religions, primarily what he considered to be the wrong practices in Hinduism and Islam. During his lifetime, he was threatened by both Hindus and Muslims for his views. When he died, several Hindus and the Muslims he had inspired claimed him as theirs.

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