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Do you think that the Indian saints have brought about social reform and awareness in Indian society? Explain.

  • UPSC 2019
  • Religion and Society in India

The bhakti and sant traditions were India's longest-running religious argument against ritual hierarchy, carried in vernacular verse by weavers, tanners and peasants, not priests. My answer is a qualified yes: the saints transformed consciousness, creating the vocabulary in which caste could be attacked from inside Indian tradition, but altered social structure only at the margins.

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