TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raghavan Srinivasan
TI  - REBELLION IN VERSE: : Resistance and Devotion in the Tamil Bhakti Movement
SN  - 9780143474005
U1  - 294.5 
PY  - 2026///
CY  - Haryana
PB  - Penguin Random House India
KW  - Bhakti movement — India — Tamil Nadu
KW  - Tamil devotional poetry — History and criticism
KW  - Hinduism — Devotional literature
KW  - Religion and literature — India
KW  - Tamil literature — Religious aspects
KW  - Saint-poets, Tamil — History
KW  - Hinduism — Social aspects
N1  - Rebellion in Verse by Raghavan Srinivasan is a scholarly work that examines the Tamil Bhakti movement through its devotional poetry. The book explores how saint-poets used verse as a form of spiritual devotion and social resistance, challenging rigid caste structures, ritual dominance, and religious orthodoxy. By blending faith with protest, Bhakti poetry became a powerful voice for equality, personal devotion, and social change. The work highlights the deep connection between religion, literature, and society in medieval South India and shows how poetry shaped religious and cultural transformation
ER  -