Put the following religious teachers in chronological order beginning from the earliest to the latest:

(A) Thondaradippodi Azhwar in Tamil Nadu
(B) Nizamuddin Auliya in Delhi
(C) Basavanna in Karnataka
(D) Sri Chaitanya in Bengal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C), (B), (D)

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C), (B), (D)

Let's look at the time periods during which these religious teachers lived:

• (A) Thondaradippodi Azhwar: One of the twelve Alvars of Tamil Nadu, he lived during the 8th or 9th century CE. He was a devotee of Lord Vishnu and is famous for his hymns in the Divya Prabandham.
• (C) Basavanna: The founder of the Lingayatism (Virashaiva) movement in Karnataka, he lived during the 12th century CE (c. 1106–1167).
• (B) Nizamuddin Auliya: A prominent Sufi saint of the Chishti Order based in Delhi, he lived during the late 13th to early 14th century CE (1238–1325).
• (D) Sri Chaitanya: The saint from Bengal who popularized the Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the chanting of "Hare Krishna," he lived during the late 15th to early 16th century CE (1486–1534).