| Of the many saints who lived and taught in Varanasi, | | | | the 15 Sikh Bhagats. The 'Kabir Panthi's" is a religious |
| the name of Kabir Das towers above the rest for his | | | | community that considers Kabir Das as its founding |
| revolutionary thoughts and preaching's as early as the | | | | father and proudly carry forward his legacy even |
| 1440 AD. Legend has it that a Muslim weaver couple | | | | today. Kabir's teachings are mainly in the form of |
| of Varanasi found an infant beside a lake in | | | | two-line verses called 'Dohas'. |
| Kashi(Varanasi) and named him Kabir. Though some | | | | The basic religious principles he espoused are simple. |
| people believed him to be the son of high caste | | | | According to Kabir, all life is interplay of two spiritual |
| Brahmin who had cast him away. There is no | | | | principles. One is the personal soul (Jivatma) and the |
| concrete evidence on the exact place of birth of Kabir | | | | other is God (Paramatma). It is Kabir's view that |
| or who were the original parent's? Nevertheless, Kabir | | | | salvation is the process of bringing into union these two |
| Das was revered equally by the contemporary Hindus | | | | divine principles. Kabir Daspreached the oneness of all |
| and Muslims. | | | | religions and was not supportive of the meaningless |
| Saint Kabir Das was a mystic poet whose work had | | | | rituals of Hinduism or the mindless repetition of Islam. |
| a marked influence on the Bhakti Movement. His work | | | | His writings were mainly based on the concept of |
| is also included in the Guru Granth Sahib - the holy | | | | reincarnation and karma. |
| book of Sikhism and Kabir Das is considered one of | | | | |