RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD (FACTS) | Indian history [short notes for UPSC]

  • RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT STARTED IN 7th CENTURY AD IN SOUTH INDIA.
  • NAYNAR’S WERE THE DEVOTEES OF SHIVA.
  • ALVAR’S WERE THE DEVOTEES OF VISHNU.
  • THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NAYNAR SAINTS WAS 63.
  • THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ALVAR SAINTS WAS 12.
  • SHANKARACHARYA WAS BORN IN 788 AD.
  • SHANKARACHARYA WAS KNOWN AS THE EQUINOX OF THE HINDU RELIGION.
  • THE TEMPLES OF SRINGERI (KARNATAKA), DWARKA (GUJRAT), PURI (ORISSA), AND BADRINATH (UTTRAKHAND) WERE ESTABLISHED AFTER THE DEATH OF SHANKARACHARYA.
  • RAMANUJA WAS BORN IN 1071 AD IN PERAMBUDUR.
  • VISHISHTHADVAITA THEORY AND SRIVAISHNAV CULT WERE ESTABLISHED BY RAMANUJA.
  • RAMANUJA WROTE BHASYA ON VEDANT SUTRA AND GITA BHASYA.
  • SHIVADVAITA CULT WAS FOUNDED BY SRIKANTACHARYA.
  • THE FOUNDER OF DWAITVAD WAS MADHVACHARYA.
  • SANAK CULT WAS FOUNDED BY NIMBAKACHARYA.
  • VEDPARIJAT WAS COMPOSED BY NIMBAKACHARYA.
  • BALLBHACHARYA WAS BORN IN VARANASI AND FOUNDED RUDRA CULT.
  • THE FATHER OF KARNATAKA MUSIC WAS PURANDAR DAS.
  • LINGAYAT CULT WAS ESTABLISHED BY BASAVA.
  • ALLANA PRABHU AND AKKAHMMA DEVI WAS THE FOLLOWER OF THE LINGAYAT CULT.
  • THE FOUNDER OF PASHUPAT CULT WAS LAKULISH.
  • THE CENTRE OF RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN MAHARASHTRA WAS PANDHARPUR AND FOCUSED ON BITHOBA.
  • BHAGWAT PURANA WAS THE MAIN RELIGIOUS TEXT OF THE VAISHNAVA CULT.
  • BHAVARTHA DIPIKA AND GYANESHWARI WERE COMPOSED BY SAINT GAYANESHWAR.
  • NAMDEV WAS THE FOLLOWER OF VISHOBA KHECHAR.
  • ‘GYANESHWARI’ WAS KNOWN AS MARATHI GITA.
  • DASBODH WAS WRITTEN BY RAMDAS.
  • GURU RAMDAS WAS THE MENTOR OF SHIVAJI.
  • GEETGOVIND WAS COMPOSED BY JAYDEVA.
  • JAYADEVA RESIDES IN THE COURT OF LAXMANA SENA.
  • CHANDIDAS WAS KNOWN AS THE FIRST BENGALI POET.
  • RAMANANDA WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN NORTH INDIA.
  • THE REAL NAME OF CHAITANYA WAS VISHAMBAR MISHRA.
  • RAIDASA, KABIRA, DHANNA, SENA, AND PIPA WERE THE FOLLOWERS OF RAMANANDA.
  • KABIR WAS BORN IN VARANASI.
  • DHARAMDASI CULT WAS FOUNDED BY DHARAMDASA IN CHATTISGARH AND HE WAS A FOLLOWER OF KABIR.
  • KABIRA’S WIFE WAS LOI AND HIS SON WAS KAMAL.
  • BRAHMA CULT AND NIPAKH MOVEMENT WERE STARTED BY DADUDAYAL.
  • THE FOUNDER OF THE SATNAMI CULT WAS JAGJIVANDAS.
  • RAMCHIRATAMANAS, VINAY PATRIKA AND KAVITAWALI WAS COMPOSED BY TULSIDAS.
  • SURDAS WAS A FOLLOWER OF BALLBHACHARYA.
  • MIRABAI WAS THE WIDOW OF BHOJRAJA THE KING OF CHITTOOR.

SIKH RELIGION

  • THE SIKH RELIGION WAS FOUNDED BY GURU NANAK.
  • GURU NANAK WAS BORN IN TALWANDI IN 1469 AD.
  • GURU ANGAD WAS THE SECOND GURU OF SIKHS AND HE DEVELOPS GURUMUKHI SCRIPT.
  • THE THIRD GURU OF SIKHS WAS AMARDAS. HE OPPOSED THE SYSTEM OF PARDA AND SATI.
  • RAMDAS WAS THE FOURTH GURU OF SIKHS AND HE ESTABLISHED AMRITSAR.
  • THE FIFTH GURU OF SIKHS WAS GURU ARJUNDEV. HE CONSTRUCTED HARMANDIR SAHIB AND COMPILED ALL TEACHING OF PREVIOUS GURUS AND SAINTS IN ADI GRANTH.
  • GURU ARJUNDEV WAS HANGED BY MUGAL RULAR JAHANGIR.
  • THE SIXTH GURU OF SIKHS WAS GURU HARGOVIND.
  • THE NINTH GURU OF SIKHS WAS GURU TEG BAHADUR. HE WAS HANGED BY MUGAL RULER AURANGZEB.
  • THE TENTH GURU OF SIKHS WAS GURU GOBIND SINGH. PANJ KAKKE, PANJ PYARE, AND KHALSA PANTH WERE STARTED BY HIM.
  • GURU GOBIND SINGH WAS BORN IN PATNA.

SUFI MOVEMENT–

  • VAHDAT-UL-WAJUD’S (UNITY OF GOD) THEORY WAS DEVELOPED BY IBNUL ARBI.
  • FANA FISSEIKH, FANA FIRRUSUL, AND FAN FIALLAH WERE THE STEPS IN SUFISM.
  • ABUL FAZL’S AIN-I-AKBARI MENTIONS 14 SUFI SILSILAS.
  • CHISTI SILSILA WAS FOUNDED BY KHWAJA MUINUDDIN CHISTI OF AJMER.
  • SHEIKH SALIM CHISTI WAS THE TOP-RANKED SUFI IN CHISTI SILSILA.
  • NIZAMUDDIN AULIA WAS A FOLLOWER OF BABA FARID.
  • NIZAMUDDIN AULIA IS ALSO KNOWN AS MEHBOOB-I-ILAHI.
  • AMIR KHUSROO WAS A FOLLOWER OF NIZAMUDDIN AULIA.
  • THE TOMB (DARGAH) OF NIZAMUDDIN AULIA HAS SITUATED IN GYASPUR DELHI NEAR NIZAMUDDIN RAILWAY STATION.
  • SUHRAVARDI SILSILA WAS FOUNDED BY BAHAUDDIN JAKARIA.
  • KADIRI SILSILA WAS FOUNDED BY SHEIKH ABDUL KADIR.
  • DARA SIKOH WAS BELONGED TO KADIRI SILSILA.
  • ON THE ORDER OF DARA SIKOH ALL UPNISHAD’S WERE TRANSLATED INTO PERSIAN.
  • SATTARIYA SILSILA WAS FOUNDED BY SHEIKH ABDUL SATTAR.
  • KALANDARIYA SILSILA WAS FOUNDED BY ABDUL AZIZ MAKKI.
  • MADARIYA SILSILA WAS FOUNDED BY SHEIKH BADIUDDIN SHAHAMDAR.