Question

with reference to Sufism and the Bhakti movement discuss the
(a) Their origin​

Answer 1

Answer:

The two movements brought a new form of religious expression amongst Muslims and Hindus. The Sufis were mystics who called for liberalism in Islam. They emphasised on an egalitarian society based on universal love. The Bhakti saints transformed Hinduism by introducing devotion or bhakti as the means to attain God.

a)The Sufi movement came to India two centuries before the Bhakti movement and spread among the Muslims. The Chishtiya Sufi order was established in India by Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in the 12th century. ... He is regarded as the “father of qawwali” (the devotional music of the Indian Sufis).