When was mira bai born

In , Meera unwillingly married to Bhoj Raj, who was the crown prince of Mewar. She had no interest in her spouse as she believed herself to be married to Lord Krishna.

Her husband died in due to battle wounds. Both her father and father-in-law Rana Sanga died after their defeat in the battle of Khanwa against the first Mughal emperor Babur. Meera was several times challenged and persecuted for her religious devotion but all the attempts were failed. As per popular Stories, her in-laws tried many times to assassinate Mirabai. They sent Meera a glass of poison, a basket with snakes instead of flowers, asked her to drown but she was not harmed in either case.

Meera as one of the most significant poet-saint of the Bhakti movement period, is widely acknowledged. She dedicated her life to Lord Krishna. She composed about devotional poems in passionate praise of Lord Krishna. Mirabai left the kingdom of Mewar and went on pilgrimage to Vrindavan. In her last years she lived in Dwarka. As per popular belief, she miraculously merged with the image of Krishna in circa , when she was only 49 years of age.

Some Hindu temples are dedicated to Mirabai s memory, one of the example is Chittorgarh fort. In addition to poems and legends, two temples, one in Vrindavan and the other in Chittore remind about the life of Mira Bai. Mira Bai wrote in Braji, Rajasthan and Gujurati languages. The main theme of the creative work by Mira was the description of her devoted love for Krishna.

The everyday routine had no power over her love-filled heart. Mira Bai was the author of lyric-religious hymns to Krishna, in which the poetess herself was reincarnated into one of shepherdesses, beloved of Krishna. The poems and songs of Mira are still fancied in India and are performed both as sacred anthems in temples and just as gentle and poetic love lyrics. I am true to my Lord 2. John Stratton Hawley cautions, "When one speaks of the poetry of Mirabai, then, there is always an element of enigma.

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TV Show Host. Mirabai was a great Bhakti saint, Hindu mystic poet and a devotee of the Lord Krishna. Born in the late fifteenth century into a royal family of Rajasthan, Mira, from her childhood was a great devotee of Lord Krishna and wrote many beautiful poems in praise of her Lord.

However, her life is equally inspiring from another point of view. One may draw parallel between her life and the struggle many modern women have to undergo in order to lead a life of their choice. Married off to Prince Bhoj Raj of Chittor at a tender age she was expected to lead the life of a princess and was pressured into devoting her time to her domestic duties. Yet, young as she was, she stood firm and devoted her life in the service of her Lord.

Neither riches nor danger to her life could deter her from her path.