Historical Period15c CE
ca. 1440–1518 CE
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Deities
Kabīr of Lahartara
Sant Kabīr Dās — the 15th c. weaver-poet-saint
Sant Kabīr Dās — the 15th c. weaver-poet-saint
Sant Kabīr Dās (1440–1518?) — the weaver (julāha) of Varanasi whose poems rejected both Hindu idolatry and Islamic orthodoxy. His verses form a section of the Ādi Granth (Sikh scripture) and are memorised by Bhakti/Sant traditions across North India. He is claimed by Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs — at his death, tradition holds, his body disappeared, leaving only flowers; the Hindus took half and cremated them at Varanasi, the Muslims took half and buried them at Maghar. His birthplace at Lahartara has a shrine; the Kabīr-Panth community numbers ~10 million today, with multiple sub-panthas.
Sāhib bandāgī / Satya Kabīr
Every tradition in India — textual, oral, tribal, regional, syncretic — deserves first-person recognition. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.
