Bhagat Bhatt poets

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Bhagat Bhatt poets are a group of devotional bards whose hymns, praising Sikh Gurus and expressing deep spiritual devotion, are included in the Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib.

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Bhagat Bhatt poets canonical 1
Bhatt poets 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf devotional bards ⓘ
group of poets ⓘ
associatedScriptureSection Bhatt Bani ⓘ
associatedWith Sikh Gurus ⓘ
culturalRole preserving early Sikh devotional culture ⓘ
devotionalFocus Guru Nanak ⓘ
subsequent Sikh Gurus ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis devotion to the Guru ⓘ
recognition of the Guru as divine light ⓘ
historicalContext early Sikh community ⓘ
language Braj ⓘ
linked to: Braj region

Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language
literaryForm hymns ⓘ
literarySignificance part of canonical Sikh scripture ⓘ
modeOfExpression metaphorical language ⓘ
poetic praise ⓘ
performanceTradition sung as part of kirtan in gurdwaras ⓘ
primaryActivity composing devotional hymns ⓘ
recognizedAs Bhatt bards in Sikh tradition ⓘ
religiousFunction kirtan (sung devotional praise) ⓘ
religiousGenre devotional poetry ⓘ
religiousTradition Sikhism ⓘ
roleInSikhScripture contributors of hymns ⓘ
roleInSikhTradition praising the spiritual status of Sikh Gurus ⓘ
scripturalFunction testifying to the greatness of the Gurus ⓘ
scripturalStatus their hymns are accorded equal authority with other compositions in Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
scriptureIncludedIn Guru Granth Sahib ⓘ
theme bhakti (devotional worship) ⓘ
praise of Sikh Gurus ⓘ
spiritual devotion ⓘ
veneratedBy Sikhs ⓘ
linked to: Sikh people
worshipContext recited in Sikh congregational worship ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guru Granth Sahib → containsHymnsOf → Bhagat Bhatt poets ⓘ
Bhatt Bani → hasAuthor → Bhatt poets ⓘ
linked to: Bhagat Bhatt poets