why did the preachers of bhakti movement try to introduce social reforms along with their religious precepts
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The general rule of the Bhakti Movement was to improve life and society, along with belief in God and thereby achieve religious contentment. Hence most of the teachings and efforts of the Bhakti movement were aimed at social reforms and attaining religious knowledge.
The Bhakti movement is supposed to have originated in the 15th century in southern India. It spread the teachings and greatness of Hindu Gods like Shiva, Vishnu and Goddess Shakti, in the local language so that everyone could understand. The important scripture of the movement was the Bhagavad Gita and Vishnu Purana.
The Bhakti movement not only attempted to improve the existing faith or religions but it also tried to make some social reforms to solve the problems created by growing caste-ism. The Bhakti saints made the worship easier for the lower section of Indian society. It strongly condemned the domination of supreme authority such as Brahmans. They allowed all the sections of the society whether rich or poor, women or servants to follow them; to reach every section of the society they began preaching in the vernacular languages and denounced the futile and expensive rituals. The main reason behind their social reforms was that in the eye of god everyone is equal thus we humans should not discriminate others on the basis of caste and class.