Who among the following was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer?

A Sant Kabir
B Surdas
C Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
D Tulsidas

Correct Answer: Sant Kabir

Kabir is widely believed to have become the first disciple of the Bhakti poet-saint Swami Ramananda in Varanasi, known for devotional Vaishnavism with a strong bent to monist Advaita philosophy teaching that God was inside every person, everything. Sant Kabir was known as a Nirguna saint and reformer.
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