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Also Known As Raidas
Flourished 1401 - 1600 • Varanasi • India

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A Sikh consulting the Adi Granth in the Harimandir, Amritsar, India.
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Indian poet
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Kabir
Indian mystic and poet
Tulsidas
Indian poet
Rūpa Gosvāmī
Indian scholar, poet, and author
Nammazhvar
South Indian poet-saint
Lalla Ded
Hindu poet-saint
Tukārām
Indian poet
Purandaradasa
Indian poet and composer
Antal
Indian poet
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Guru Gobind Singh
Sikh Guru
Kalidasa
Indian author
Nissim Ezekiel
Indian poet and playwright
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Sarojini Naidu
Indian writer and political leader
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
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Sri Aurobindo
Indian philosopher and yogi
Kaifi Azmi
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