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Item Relevance of Kabir's Poetries of social criticism to Modern Indian society(International conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches-2015,Organized by Faculty of Graduate studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, 2015) Fernando, W.C.M.; Senevirathna, L.Kabirdas was the well-known poet of Bhalai Period which means the medieval period of Hindi Literature. His vision of life is centered on the elimination of social discrimination resulting from caste and religious discrepancies and setting up of an ideal society where individuals entertain equal rights and privileges. The initial setup of the accomplishment of his vision was to bring about changes in personal attitudes of individual_for a moral development. He used the poem as the primary medium for social enhancement through individual development. His poetry was directed towards this adviser vole and attempted at a social revolution, According to him, all human beings are created by the same root of blood and therefore everyone in the society should entertain equal rights. Thus the objective of this study was to identify the relevance of Kabir's Poetries of social criticism to the modern Indian society. Primary data collective method was used for the study and data were taken from the relevant classical Indian books, magazines and other supportive books which are related to Kabir's Poetries. Overall finding reveals that his guidance enabled many people towards to realize good and correct attitudes and to give up certain faiths and myths they followed blindly. Further, Kabir's religious philosophy, humanism and his language are mostly relevant to the present society. According to the analyzed results it can be concluded that Kabir's advices and his social philosophy is highly relevant and they have made a great impact on the modern Indian societyItem The Relevance of Kabir's Revealing Poetry of the Caste System to Modern Indian Society(The SASA 10th Anniversary Conference 2016, Organized by South Asian Studies Association, TERI University New Delhi, 2016) Fernando, C.; Senevirathna, L.Kabirclas. the greatest poet in theNirgunaBhakthi, of the rnedieval eraof Hind Literature showed strong protest against division of social strata based on the caste svstem in the Indian society.'l-he people belongirrg to lorv cast had been deprived of human rights and entirely depend on prcstigious social clan" Kabirdas criticizes disparities of the Indian society where orivileged social class errtertains social prestige despite alI human beings have been created by the same root of blood.The stLrdl'u,as primarily concerned with the analysis of the relevance of Kabir's poetry revealing caste sl,stent to present Indian society. A number of related classical Indian texts, magazines and other literar'), r-naterials were reviewed for critical analysis of his poems. The major findings slrgsest the significant contributory role of Kabir in revolutionizing the modern Indian thoLrght. The stLrclv also reveals the relevance of Kabir's sociologicaI ideologies, humanism and literary devices to contemporary Indian society.On the rvhole. it can be concluded that l(abir's sociological beliefs and philosophical thoughts have had drastic in"rpact on shaping modern Indiarr value systern towards a harmonies society free of caste discrimination.