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Question
How did the Bhakti reformers contribute to the growth of vernacular literature?
Solution
Most of the Bhakti reformers preached to the people in their mother-tongue and it provided an impetus for the development of regional languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Maithili, Gujarati etc.
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