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Question
With reference to the given pictures, answer the following:
Name the Bhakti Saints given in the pictures. Where were they born?
Solution
Mirabai was the Rajasthani princess of Mewar who lived during the time of Mughal ruler Akbar. Mirabai the only daughter of a Rajput noble was married to Bhoja Raj, the heir apparent of Rana Sanga of Mewar. She renounced the world and became a devotee of Lord Krishna.
Sant Jnaneswar: Jnaneswar or Dnyaneshwar was a 13th-century saint, poet and philosopher from Maharashtra. He was the second of the four children of Vithalpant and Rukmabhai.
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