The Rajput princess-turned-saint whose devotional songs to Krishna, sung in defiance of her royal family's objections, remain among the most beloved Krishna bhakti poetry in India.
१६वीं शताब्दी · 16th century CE
Born into Rajasthani royalty in the early 16th century and married into the Mewar royal family, Mira is held by tradition to have considered herself already wedded to Krishna, resisting the constraints of court life to pursue open devotional singing and pilgrimage.
Her bhajans, composed in Rajasthani and Braj Bhasha, remain widely performed across classical and folk music traditions alike, and her life story, a royal woman renouncing status for devotion, has made her one of the most widely told bhakti narratives.