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Bhakti movement has been seen as a secular movement. Even in terms of literature, the shift from the hegemonic Sanskrit literature to the secular Bhakti is believed to have occurred towards the end of the first millennium. A. K. Ramanujan observes: “A great many-sided shift occurred in the Hindu culture and sensibility between the sixth and ninth century… Bhakti is one name for that shift…” (103) the characteristic feature of Bhakti literature is that it is devotional and religious in nature but, important factor is that it broke away from the traditional canonical literature and ritualism. Though it is religious in outlook, it is far more complex and many faceted.