Sikhism is generally held to derive from the teaching of the first Guru, Nanak (1469-1539) who taught a doctrine of salvation through Divine Name. His oral versical messages in Punjabi attracted a larger section of people in India because simple Bhakti does not need any external arrangements for God worship. He proved that God is present everywhere, immanent in all creation, both within and without everyman. On the way of Bhakti, Kabir, actually, showed the way of internal peace which is very important for building up an automatic atmosphere of peace processing in a society. During thirteenth to seventeenth century, an emotional and passionate ‘bhakti’ replaced the old approaches of sacrificial rites and monastic meditation. Their pure devotional songs often acted as social reformation and maintaining peace and brotherhood among the human beings and also had the message og serving the human is serving the God. We can take names of Jnaneswara (1271-96), Tukaram(1598-1650), Ramdas(1608-81), Joydeva, Sree Chaityanya, Ramananda, Kabir, Tulsidas, Mira Bai, Surdas and others.
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One of these villagers was Mano Mazra” (2;ch.1). It is the peaceful character of the village that is emphasised by the writer and it is because perhaps, that he chose the name of the village as the title of the text for its first publication. The tiny village has peaceful co-existence of different religions like Hindu, Sikh, Muslims, Harijans having no religion and Christians. Such natural was their co-existence that they all take participation in each other’s festivals and rituals. They believe in each other’s gods for escaping from danger and diseases. The author writes, “It is the local deity, the deo to which all the villagers- Hindu, Sikh, Muslim or pseudo Christians- repair secretly whenever they are in a special need of blessing” (3;ch.
One of these villagers was Mano Mazra” (2;ch.1). It is the peaceful character of the village that is emphasised by the writer and it is because perhaps, that he chose the name of the village as the title of the text for its first publication. The tiny village has peaceful co-existence of different religions like Hindu, Sikh, Muslims, Harijans having no religion and Christians. Such natural was their co-existence that they all take participation in each other’s festivals and rituals. They believe in each other’s gods for escaping from danger and diseases. The author writes, “It is the local deity, the deo to which all the villagers- Hindu, Sikh, Muslim or pseudo Christians- repair secretly whenever they are in a special need of blessing” (3;ch.