Bhagat Ramanand
1366
– 1467
A prominent medieval Punjabi poet, saint, and devotee. He was among the pioneers of the Bhakti movement that emerged in India. As a liberal-minded saint, he always kept his doors open to new ideas and progressive thought. One of his hymns, composed by him, is included in the Guru Granth Sahib under Raag Basant.
Bhagat Ramanand Ji was a great saint of the Vaishnav tradition and founder of Ramanand Sampardaye in medieval Punjabi literature, whose 1 hymns are included in Basant raga in the Guru Granth Sahib.