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History GK · Q24

Bhakti Movement

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 24

Q24

The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of

A.
Sant Tukaram
Answer
B.
Sant Jnanesvar
C.
Samarth Guru Ramdas
D.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Sant Tukaram(c.1608 – c.1650), also Shri Tukaram, and colloquially referred to as "Tuka", was a seventeenth century Marathi poet Sant of India, related to the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra. Tukaram was a devotee of Vitthal (a form of Lord Krishna), the supreme God in Vaishnavism.