Meerabai biography wikipedia

Indian weightlifter (born )

In this Meitei name, the family name is Saikhom and the given name is Mirabai. "Chanu" is a name suffix.

Mirabai Chanu (born 9 August ) is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the Women's 49 kg event. She has won gold medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games. She was awarded the Padma Shri and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna by the Government of India in

Chanu won the silver medal in the women's 48 kg weight class at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow; she went on to break the games record en route to the gold medal at the edition of the event held in Gold Coast. Prior to the Summer Olympics, her biggest achievement came in , when she won the gold medal at World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, California. She is a former world record holder in Clean & Jerk in the 49&#;kg category. In , she joined I-League club NEROCA as its brand ambassador.

Early life and background

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was born on 8 August in Nongpok Kakching about 30&#;km away from Imphal city, Manipur to a Meitei family, a warrior clan of that region. Chanu identified herself as a follower of Sanamahism and she also stated that she is follower of Hinduism as well. Her family identified her strength when she was just She could easily carry a huge bundle of firewood home when her elder brother found it hard to even pick it up.

Mirabai trained at the Sports Academy in Manipur. She hitched rides with truck drivers carrying sand. After winning the Olympic medal, she in

Indian film

Meerabai Not Out is a HindiBollywood film that stars Mahesh Manjrekar, Mandira Bedi, Eijaz Khan, and Anupam Kher. It is directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni and produced by Pritish Nandy Communications.

Mandira Bedi plays the role of a cricket-crazy fan. Anil Kumble is also seen in a cameo in the film. The film was released in India on 5 December

Plot

Meera Achrekar lives a middle-class lifestyle in a Shivaji Park Chawl, along with her widowed mother, brother Manoj, his wife, Neelima, and their son, Mayank. After the passing of their father, Anant, Manoj, who was just 18 at the time, took over the financial reins of this family, while she, herself, got employed as a math teacher with Vishwa-Prem Vidyalaya and heads the 'Meera XI' cricket team in the colony. Her mother and Manoj are on the lookout for a suitable groom, but her obsession with cricket along with the 'bahenji' bespectacled looks turn to her disadvantage. Things start to look up after she dramatically meets with heart specialist Dr. Arjun Awasthi, who lives in a mansion with his widower dentist father. The two families meet and decide to get the couple married. On the day of the formal engagement, however, things spiral out of control when Meera does not show up.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sandesh Shandilya and Sukhwinder Singh. The lyrics were written by Irfan Siddique, R. N. Dubey and Soumik Sen

Release

The film was supposed to release in , coinciding with the Cricket World Cup but was released an year later on 5 December

Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film out of 5, writing "Mandira acts her part well. She impresses more towards the finale. Eijaz is confident and if given an opportunity, can only go further. Mahesh Manjrekar doesn't really get scope, except towards the finale. Anupam Kher is efficient. Pratiksha Lonkar is wasted. The actress enacting the role of Manjrekar a

Meera, also known as Meera Bai or Mirabai () was a Hindumystic poet and disciple of Sri Guru Ravidass, a lower caste shoe maker. She clearly mentioned Ravidas Ji as her Guru and called god with different names like Satguru, Prabhu Ji, Girdhar Nagar, Krishna. She even called him the husband of her soul. Because she followed a lower cast Guru and this did not like her family so they opposed her for following a lower cast Guru as she belonged to a Royal Family of Mewarh and was a princess of Mewarh. But she had too much love for her god and sacrificed everything even her family for god. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.

Meera Bai was born into a Rajput royal Rathore family of Merta, Rajasthan, India. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement culture by about CE. Most legends about Meera mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to god Krishna, her treating Krishna as her husband, and she being persecuted by her in-laws for her religious devotion. She has been the subject of numerous folk tales and hagiographic legends, which are inconsistent or widely different in details. She is royal Thousands of devotional poems in passionate praise of Lord Krishna Her guru was Ravidas Ji,a lower caste saint and her family opposed her for following a lower caste attributed to Meera in the Indian tradition, but just a few hundred are believed to be authentic by scholars, and the earliest written records suggest that except for two poems, most were written down only in the 18th century. Many poems attributed to Meera were likely composed later by others who admired Meera. These poems are commonly known as bhajans, and are popular across India. Hindu temples, such as in Chittorgarh

16th-century Hindu mystic poet, saint and devotee of the god Krishna

For the Indian weightlifter, see Saikhom Mirabai Chanu.

"Meera" redirects here. For other uses, see Meera (disambiguation).

Meera, better known as Mirabai, and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindumystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Bhakti movement by about In her poems, she had madhurya bhava towards Krishna.

Most legends about Mirabai mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to Krishna, and her persecution by her in-laws for her religious devotion. Her in-laws never liked her passion for music, through which she expressed her devotion, and they considered it an insult of the upper caste people. It is said that amongst her in-laws, her husband was the only one to love and support her in her Bhakti, while some believed him to have opposed it. She has been the subject of numerous folk tales and hagiographic legends, which are inconsistent or widely different in details. According to a legend, when her in-laws attempted to murder her with poison, Mirabai tied a thread on Krishna's idol, trusting in his divine protection, through which she was saved by Krishna through divine intervention. This legend is sometimes cited as the origin of the ritual of tying rakhi to God's idol.

Millions of devotional hymns in passionate praise of Krishna are attributed to Mirabai in the Indian tradition, but just a few hundred are believed to be authentic by scholars, and the earliest written records suggest that except for two hymns, most were first written down in the 18th century. Many poems attributed to Meera