Ramananda

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ramananda (1400-1476), also referred to as Sant Ramanand or Swami Ramanand, was a Vaishnava sant. He is considered to be the reviver of the Ramanandi sect. Ramananda for the most part of his life lived in the holy city of Varanasi, and was a pioneer of the Bhakti movement, as well as a social reformer in Northern India. He was known for communicating in vernacular Hindi, and accepting disciples of all castes. His 12 disciples are very famous-Anantananda, Bhavananda, Dhanna Bhagat, Kabir, Nabha, Naraharyanda, Pipa, Ravidas (also known as Guru Ravidas, Bhagat Sain, Sukhanada, Ranka and Tulsidas (not the author of the Ramcharitmanas).(Also see the topic Ramanandi sect).