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Like many holy or mythical figures, it's tough to know which details of Mirabai's life are true, and which are exaggerated. Since she was so influential in Hinduism and in art, the legend and the reality are sometimes hard to separate. For instance, there are over 1,400 poems and songs attributed to Mirabai - scholars say she only wrote a couple hundred at the most.
No authentic primary sources exist that detail Mirabai's life. The facts that we know about Mirabai today are pieced together from a few different sources, mostly her own poems and the secondhand accounts of people who met her during her lifetime. So, here's what we know.
The Rajput Princess
Mirabai was born around 1498 to aristocratic parents of the Rajput clan in India. When she was very young, a traveling priest gave her family a doll of the god Krishna. Mirabai formed a strong bond with the doll - some stories even say she wouldn't eat unless she had the doll with her.
Mirabai's mother died when she was very young, about 5 years old, and Mirabai devoted herself to Krishna from about the same age. She even performed a wedding ceremony for herself and the doll, which she took very seriously. For the rest of her life, Mirabai believed Krishna to be her husband.
No authentic primary sources exist that detail Mirabai's life. The facts that we know about Mirabai today are pieced together from a few different sources, mostly her own poems and the secondhand accounts of people who met her during her lifetime. So, here's what we know.
The Rajput Princess
Mirabai was born around 1498 to aristocratic parents of the Rajput clan in India. When she was very young, a traveling priest gave her family a doll of the god Krishna. Mirabai formed a strong bond with the doll - some stories even say she wouldn't eat unless she had the doll with her.
Mirabai's mother died when she was very young, about 5 years old, and Mirabai devoted herself to Krishna from about the same age. She even performed a wedding ceremony for herself and the doll, which she took very seriously. For the rest of her life, Mirabai believed Krishna to be her husband.
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