There is a concerted De-Hinduization attempt in academic circles and popular writings to misrepresent some great Hindu saints and Bhakti poets of the medieval era by calling them as “Sufi” mystics without any basis. This talk takes up two such saints Lalleshwari or Kashmir Shaiva tradition and Raskhan of North Indian Krishna Bhakti tradition who have been subjected to such distortion and examines these claims based on their life history, writings and spiritual philosophy.
