Question

How did the bhakti movements influence India’s different social and cultural communities?

Answer 1

The most important social impact of the Bhakti movement was that the followers of the Bhakti movement rejected the caste distinction.

Answer 2

Early Tamil-Siva bhakti poets influenced Hindu texts that came to be revered all over India. ... In turn it influenced devotional practices in Islam such as Sufism, and other religions in India from 15th century onwards, such as Sikhism, Christianity, and Jainism.