Kabir :
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Kabir was an ardent discipleof Ramananda.
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It is said that he was the
son of a Brahmin widow who had left him near
a
tank at Varanasi.
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A Muslim couple Niruand
his wife who were weavers brought up
the
child. Later he became a weaver but he was attracted by the teachings of
Swami
Ramananda. He wanted unity between the Hindus and the Muslims. He
preached
that both the Hindus and the Muslims are the children of a single God.
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He had no faith in idol
worship, religious rituals and ceremonies. He aught that Allah and Eswar,
Ram and Rahim are one and the same. They are present everywhere.
The devotees of Kabir were known as Kabir Panthis.
Namdeva
: Namdeva was a waterman by birth. He hailed
from Maharashtra.
He composed beautiful hymns in Marathi. They are full of intense
devotion to God. He worshipped Vishnu in the form of Lord Vithoba.
Some of his verses are included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy
book of the Sikhs. A large number of people from different castes became his followers.
