What was the status of Bhakti movement in Rajasthan? Explain in brief.
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the Rajput rulers built in number of statues in Rajasthan to promote Bhakti movement in Rajasthan
Since from the childhood itself, Meera was a devotee of Krishna. She used to carry a small image of Lord Krishna in his kid form, Girdhar Gopal, always with her. She continued her devotion even after the marriage and became a popular mystic poet and singer.
Priests from various religions visited Chittor to listen to her singing in euphoria and consumed in divine apprehension. Her husband, King Bhoj Raj died in 1521 because of the battle wounds he suffered during the Hindu-Muslim wars of the Delhi Sultanate in 1518. Few years after the death of her husband, her father and father in law were killed during a war with the army of the founding member of Mughal Empire in India, Babur.
The now widowed Meera, continued her devotion to the Lord which was not liked by her in laws. It is believed that her in laws tried to execute her many a times. Few of the noted instances are sending her a glass of poison and telling her that it was nectar or forcing her to drown herself but she floated on water or sending her a basket with snakes instead of flowers. But she was not harmed in any of the case.
Hence, Meera Bai left for Vrindavan and started doing public kirtan there. She took her last breath in 1546 in Vrindavan only.