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Liberation appears to be an unconvincing task in the life of marginalized communities. Literature can produce a substantial change in a society when it is construed as an artifact of realities. This study intends to analyze the significance of the Bhakti ideals embraced by the women saints of India. They played crucial role in opposing irrational ideologies. Their preaching focused on the intersection of religion, female subalternity, literature and social resistance. Their rejection of traditional women's role resonates in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy and The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. Many writers focus on the historical and religious aspects of women saints, but an in-depth study of their subalternity is missing. The aim of this study is to compare the historical defiance of women saints of the Bhakti movement with the rebelliousness of modern subaltern women in the novels. This paper tries to pour light on the gap, especially in evaluating how spiritual and cultural legacies reflect in social resistance.