Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Teachers | Areas of the subcontinent | ||
| (A) | Chokhamela | (I) | Assam |
| (B) | Shankardeva | (II) | Tamil Nadu |
| (C) | Andal | (III) | Gwalior |
| (D) | Abdullah Shattari | (IV) | Maharashtra |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
The Bhakti saints and the Sufi masters of medieval India each worked in one region and in its own language, so each name ties to a part of the subcontinent.
(A) Chokhamela — this matches (IV) Maharashtra. Chokhamela was a 14th-century saint of the Varkari tradition of Pandharpur, devoted to Vitthala; he came from the Mahar caste and wrote abhangas in Marathi.
(B) Shankardeva — this matches (I) Assam. Shankardeva (15th-16th century) spread devotion to Vishnu in Assam through Ekasarana Dharma, the namghars (prayer halls) and the sattras (monasteries).
(C) Andal — this matches (II) Tamil Nadu. Andal was the only woman among the twelve Alvars, the Tamil saints devoted to Vishnu; her Tiruppavai is still sung in the month of Margazhi.
(D) Abdullah Shattari — this matches (III) Gwalior. Shah Abdullah Shattari brought the Shattari Sufi order to India in the 15th century, and the order's best-known centre grew at Gwalior, where its later master Muhammad Ghaus is buried.