Meerabai

A unique love story that attached Atma and Parmatma….

1. MeerabaiMeerabai
A unique love story that A unique love story that
attached Atma and attached Atma and
Parmatma….Parmatma….

2. Meerabai

3. BirthBirth 
•Meerabai was born as a Rajputana
princess in Rajasthan, 1498.
•Her father was Ratan Singh.

4. Her mother was Veer
Kumari, died during
childbirth when Meera was
just 8 yrs old.
She was grand daughter of
Rao Duda, ruler of Merta.

5. •After the death of
mother, meera was sent
to her grandfather.
•Meera studied at Merta
where she lived with her
grandfather and her
father’s older brother
Rao Viram Dev.

6. Lord Krishna

7. •Meera was devoted towards Lord Krishna.
•She never worship their family
deity, Tulaja Bhawani, and her
family didn’t approved it.

8. •She was married to Bhoj Raj, ruler of
Chittor. 
•She never had children with her
marriage.

9. •She believed herself to be married with
Lord Krishna.
•Meera's husband died in a battle.

10. •Her father-in-law, Rana Sanga, respected
and protected Meera Bai.
• He died a few years later and Meera was
then persecuted by the rest of her in-laws.

11. •She found Krishna to be her only support.
•Her In-Laws was against her religious
practices towards Krishna.

12.   
• Her grief turned into a passionate
spiritual devotion towards Krishna.
•Her countless poems drenched with
separation and longing.

13. • 
•Meera’s love for krishna was private.
•Sometimes she overflowed her love that led
to sing her and dance in public.
•She quietly left Chittor Fort at night and
join Satsangs.

14. •She violated all the rules which was
related to a widow Rajput Princess.
•Vikramaditya, Meera’s brother-in-law
was strictly against Meera’s devotion.

15. •Vikramaditya made several attempts
to kill Meera.
•Her sister-in-law, Uda bai, tried to
kill her by locking her in a room for
several days without food.

16. There are a number of popular
beliefs asserting that Meera's
brother-in-law Vikramaditya,
who later became king of Chittor,
after Bhojraj's death, tried to
harm Meera ………

17. •He mixed poison in the
prasadam or charna-
amritam of Krishna and
made her drink it. But
by God's grace, Krishna
changed it to Amrit.

18. •He put a snake in a flower basket
and told her that it was a gift
from him to her Lord Krishna, but
when she opened it she found a
garland or an image of Krishna.
This episode is referred to in her
poems.

19. •He pinned iron nails in Meera's
bed, but, again by God's grace
they turned into rose petals. As
she explains in one of her
couplets.

20. •Meera Bai considered herself to be a
reborn gopi, Lalita, mad with love for
Krishna.
•She pilgrimage and "danced from one
village
to another village.
• She is thought to have spent her last
years
as a pilgrim in Dwarka, Gujarat.

21. •In 1546, Udai Singh, who had succeeded
Vikram Singh as rana, sent a delegation of 
Brahmans 
to bring her back to Mewar.
•Reluctant, she asked permission to spend
the
night at a temple of Krishna.

22. •Next morning she was found to have
disappeared.
•According to popular belief, she
miraculously
merged with the image of Krishna.

23. PoetryPoetry
•Meera's songs are in a simple form called a
chand.
•  A term used for a small spiritual song.
•Usually composed in simple rhythms with a
repeating refrain.

24. •The extant versions are in
a Rajasthani and 
Braj.
• A dialect of Hindi spoken in and around 
Vrindavan.
•Sometimes mixed with Rajasthani.

25. •Meera is often classed with the northern
Sant
bhakt is who spoke of a formless divinity.
•She presents Krishna as the historical
master of the Bhagavad Gita

26. •Meera says that Krishna is a
perfect Avatar of
the eternal.
•She speaks of a personal relationship with
Krishna as her lover, lord and master.

27. •The characteristic of her poetry is complete
surrender.
•Her longing for union with Krishna is
predominant in her poetry: she wants to be
"coloured with the colour of dusk"

28. •Her style of literature is mainly Rajasthani mixed with
Brij language.
•But one can also see a hint of Gujarati as well as
Punjabi in
her writings.
•Her noted songs include, Hari Tuma Haro, also sung
by M S Subbulakshmi and Sanson ki Mala Pe sang as
a qawwali 
by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

29. ISKCON Temple

30. ISKCON Temple Delhi
•Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir
•Generally known as the ISKCON Delhi temple
•Well known Vaishnav temple of Lord Krishna and
Radharani in the form of Radha Parthasarathi.

31. Temple Complex
•Temple complex for the followers of Srila
Prabhupada
•One of the largest temple complexes in India.
•Comprises numerous rooms for priests and for
service renders

32. Worship of Lord
•As Vaishnavism, ISKCON has very high standard
of worship, daily routine of temple is:-
•Twenty four brahmanically trained pujaris
worship the Deities according to strict spiritual
regulations
•It also includes complete purity and
auspiciousness of pujaris, mentioned by Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada.

33. Six aratis are offered to the Deities
everyday, which are as:-
•Mangala Aarti
•Tulsi Aarti
•Dhoop Aarti
•Raj-Bhoga Aarti
•Pushpa Aarti
•Sandhya Aarti
•Six bhoga offerings, corresponding to these six
aratis, are made to the Deities.
•The outfits of the Deities are changed twice every
day, morning and evening.

34. S
ri C
haitanya…
..

35. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
•Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was a Hindu monk and
social reformer from 16th century India.
•A native of Nabadwip in Bengal, he promoted the
worship of God, in his tradition known by the
name Krishna.[2] He is venerated by followers of
Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

36. •
Chaitanya was a notable proponent for the
Vaishnava school of Bhakti yoga
•He worshipped the forms of Krishna, popularised
the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra[5] and
composed the Siksastakam in Sanskrit.
•Chaitanya is also sometimes referred to by the
names Gaura
•Chief works are, Sri Chaitanya Charitamritam
Mahakavyam by Kavi Karnapura and Sri Krishna
Chaitanya Charitamritam by Murari Gupta.

37. A dedicated work A dedicated work
By :- Aditi Kapoor , By :- Aditi Kapoor ,
Paridhi Gupta and Paridhi Gupta and
Arshdeep Kaur Arshdeep Kaur