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In the Middle Ages every Social - Political movement had taken a theological form and the Bhakti movement in India of the medieval times was an idealistic manifestation of the socio- cultural realties of the time.The development of social system consists of a process of structural adaptations generated by cultural coherence and innovations from indigenous or extraneous sources.Interests of society's cultural complexes compete for institutions within a social system ,till the tensions are resolved either through integration by consonance or dissonance .The Bhakti movement performed this task by performing at different levels. Its vernacular poetry/ songs provide the country with a sense of shared richness and its literature puts forth a spirit of tolerance for everyone and a tendency to encompass rather than exclude. Bhakti tradition perceived India's democratic vision without distinction of language, religion, cast and community. This Paper intends to touch upon inclusion of hymns/poetry of Saints and Bhaktas from medieval times, as "Bhagat Bani" in the Adi Granth. An attempt has also been made to analyse and explore, how despite different vernacular expressions of regions and periods, inclusion of Bhakti Poetry as "Bhagat Bani" is entirely unaffected from linguistic, social, and cultural boundaries. The research paper concludes with the submission that, since medieval times, Bhagat Bani, is a successful unique example in the dissemination of sense of equality, cultural unity through amalgamation of Vernacular languages and egalitarian components leading humankind towards Peace and Harmony.