Sant Kabir Jayanti: June 22, celebrates Kabir's birth anniversary.

Observed on full moon in Hindu month Jyeshtha.

Kabir, 15th-century mystic poet and religious figure.

Born 1398, Varanasi; died 1518, Maghar near Gorakhpur.

Known for critical religious poems, devotion to God.

Path of Kabir: Religious community follows his teachings.

Kabir's work preserved in "Kabir Bijak," translated by Tagore.

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