With reference to the sources of composite culture in India, state the significance of the following:

(a) Bijak

(b) Guru Granth Sahib

(c) Ajmer Sharief

(a) Bijak — Bijak is the compilation of verses of Kabir. Kabir was an oral poet, whose works were written by others. The Bijak is preserved by Kabirpanthis (the followers of Kabir) in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh. Bijak comprises three main sections called Sakhi, Ramaini and Shabda and a fourth section containing miscellaneous folk song forms. According to Bijak, Kabir taught that there is only one God who is worshipped under many names. Kabir denounced idol worship, empty rituals, meaningless ceremonies and pilgrimage. Bijak presents Kabir's compositions in a simple style and exhorts his listeners to shed their delusions, pretensions and orthodox views in favour of direct experience of truth.

(b) Guru Granth Sahib — It is the only scripture of its kind which contains the songs, hymns and utterances of a wide variety of saints, sages and bards. This shows that Guru Arjan Dev wanted to affirm the fundamental unity of all religions and the unitary character of all mystic experience. It is indeed, a magnificent compendium of religions, mystic and metaphysical poetry written or uttered between the 12th and the 17th century in different parts of India. It is also at the same time, a mirror of the sociological, economical and political conditions of those days.

(c) Ajmer Sharief — Ajmer Sharief is the holy shrine of the sufi saint, Khwajah Moinuddin Chishti, located at Ajmer in Rajasthan. The Dargah of Khwajah Moinuddin Chishti is one of the most revered sites in India not only for the Muslims but also for the people of other faiths, who hold the saint in high esteem. Every year thousands of people visit Ajmer Sharief to pay reverence at the sanctified dargah. A yearly carnival, known as Urs is held for six days in the honour of the beloved saint.