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Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, who left her home in Britain to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement. She devoted her life to human development and the advancement of Gandhi's principles. She was the daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade.
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Meera, also known as Meera Bai or Mirabai[2] (1498–1546/1547) was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.[3][4]
Meera
Meerabai painting.jpg
A painting of Meera Bai
Other names
Mirabai
Meera Bai
Personal
Born
1498[1]
Kurki, district Pali, Rajasthan, Jodhpur State,Rajasthan Marwar
Died
1546 (aged 47–48) or 1547 (aged 48–49) Dwarka[1]
Religion
Hinduism
Known for
Poet Bhakti movement, Vaishnavism (Krishna)
Other names
Mirabai
Meera Bai
Meera was born into a Rajput royal family of Kudki district of Pali, Rajasthan, India. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement culture by about 1600 CE.[5] Most legends about Meera mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to Lord Krishna, her treating Krishna as her husband, and she being persecuted by her in-laws for her religious devotion.[1][5] She has been the subject of numerous folk tales and hagiographic legends, which are inconsistent or widely different in details.[1][6]
Thousands of devotional poems in passionate praise of Lord Krishna are attributed to Meera in the Indian tradition, but just a few hundred are believed to be authentic by scholars, and the earliest written records suggest that except for two poems, most were written down only in the 18th century.[7] Many poems attributed to Meera were likely composed later by others who admired Meera. These poems are commonly known as bhajans, and are popular across India.[8] Hindu temples, such as in Chittorgarh fort, are dedicated to Mira Bai's memory.[1] Legends about Meera's life, of contested authenticity, have been the subject of movies, comic strips and other popular literature in modern times.[9]
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