{"product_id":"w20l4s8rtavx","title":"Rebellion In Verse: Resistance And Devotion In The Tamil Bhakti Movement by Raghavan Srinivasan [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy chant the Vedas, follow Vedic karma?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy preach day by day the books of dharma?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy learn the six Vedangas by rote?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne thing alone will come to your rescue―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethinking always of the Lord Supreme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRebellion in Verse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChange had dawned. It would soon ripple through history with the force of a tidal wave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48253923655930,"sku":"W20L4S8RTAVX","price":573.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/9780143474005_1_1.jpg?v=1783687892","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/w20l4s8rtavx","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}