Rebellion in Verse : Resistance and Devotion in the Tamil Bhakti Movement
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0143474006
ISBN-13
9780143474005
Publisher
Penguin Random House India
Imprint
Penguin Viking
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 9th, 2026
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
540 grams
Dimensions
24.30 x 16.30 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Middle Eastern historyMiddle Eastern history
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It would soon ripple through history with the force of a tidal wave.
In the Tamil region in medieval times, a quiet revolution unfolded. It came to be known as the Bhakti movement. Appar’s hymn above exemplifies its spirit of rebellion against Vedic rigidity and ritual. Rebellion in Verse unfolds a journey that goes back to the sixth century CE?a time when many yearned for a reprieve from the constraints of Vedic orthodoxy and caste hierarchies. The Tamil Bhakti movement emerged as their clarion call, a grassroots surge of devotion that redefined spirituality and the social fabric itself. The saints of this movement were poets of the people, composing their hymns in Tamil and their verses, brimming with simplicity and profundity, wrestled divine wisdom from the elite grip of Sanskrit and handed it to the masses. Change had dawned. It would soon ripple through history with the force of a tidal wave.
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