why did kabir have such a wide mass appeals
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Kabir has a presence all around this country. I found Kabirchauras (street) in distant Saurashtra and while working at Madras in 1969-73 I came across similar worship places dedicated to Kabir in cities and towns of Tamil Nadu. The Ramcharitamanas of Goswami Tulasidas may have been more popular in North India than Kabir’s baani but the latter had equal, if not greater, mass appeal than the former because of its rootedness in Vedantic philosophy, monotheism, rationalism and egalitarianism. It appealed to masses of all faiths including Islam and Sikhism, which incorporated plenty of Kabir baani in its scriptures, most notably the Guru Granth Sahib.
Kabir was a revolutionary saint who moved the people of his age. He had a great following of common people. His birth and origin are uncertain. There is no authentic evidence available regarding his birth and family. Some say he was born a Muslim and some still believe he was born of a high class Brahmin girl who was brought up by a Muslim weaver of low rank. It stands undisputed that he was by profession a weaver. The story current after Kabir's death makes his life legendary. It is said that after his death, both the Hindu and Muslim disciples had arguments over the form of funeral –cremation or burial. When they uncovered the cloth covering his dead body, they discovered only some flowers as leftover. Half of the flowers were cremated and half-buried.