Consider the following pairs:
1. Lal Ded: Vaishanavite
2. Akka Mahadevi: Shaivite
3. Andal: Shaivite
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
1 only
2 only
3 only
None of the above
Women saints played an important role in the Bhakti Movement. Some of the prominent women saints were:
(1) Lal Ded: Born in modern-day Kashmir, 14th-century Kashmiri saint and mystic poet Lal Ded (Mother Lalla), also known as Lalla or Lalleshwari, was married at the age of 12 into a family that was reported to have regularly mistreated her. After becoming a disciple of Sidh Srikanth, she renounced her material life and marriage to become a devotee of the god Shiva. As a mystic, she wandered naked, reciting her proverbs and quatrain-based poems. Lal Ded often used her poetry as a peaceful means of engagement with both Shaivism and Sufism.
(2) Andal: She in the only femal Alvar among the 12 Alvar saints of South India. The Alvar saints are known for their affiliation to the Vaishavite tradition of Hinduism. Andal is accredited great Tamil works, Thiruppavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi, which are still recited by devotees during the winter festival season of Margazhi.
(3) Akka Mahadevi: Akka Mahadevi was one of the early female poets of Kannada language and a prominent personality in the Lingayat Sect of Hinduism. She composed Vachanas and two short writings, called Mantrogopya and the Yoganagatrividhi in Kannada. She is known to have considered the Shiva as her husband.
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