With reference to the pictures given alongside, answer the following:

(a) Name the Bhakti Saints given in the pictures. Where were they born?

(b) How did the Sufi and the Bhakti movements foster the growth of Indo-Islamic culture?

(c) Mention any two teachings of each of these two saints.

(a) The Bhakti Saints given in the pictures are Mirabai and Sant Jnaneswar. Mirabai was born in Mewar, Rajasthan and Sant Jnaneswar was born in Apegaon village on the banks of Godavari river near Paithan in Maharashtra.

(b) A number of sufi and bhakti saints emphasised the essential unity of Islam and Hinduism. They laid stress on a religion based on love and devotion rather than one based on rituals. Thus, they created an atmosphere in which liberal sentiments and views could grow and religious narrowness was shunned. In these ways, the Sufi and the Bhakti movements played an important role in fostering growth of Indo-Islamic culture.

(c) Two Teachings of Mirabai are:

1. She taught extreme devotion to God.
2. She showed the people with her personal example how to surrender themselves to Lord Krishna.

Two Teachings of Sant Jnaneshwar are:

1. He regarded bhakti or devotion as only mean of liberation.
2. He taught people to live a simple and virtuous life.