According to tradition, the spiritual teacher (guru) of Mirabai was:

According to tradition, Mirabai, the famous woman saint-poet of Rajasthan, regarded Sant Raidas (Ravidas) as her guru (spiritual teacher).

About Mirabai:

• She lived in the late 15th and early 16th century (about 1498-1547).
• She was a Rajput princess of Merta (Marwar), and was married into the Sisodia royal family of Mewar.
• She was devoted to Krishna from childhood, and regarded him as her lord and husband.
• After her husband's death, she defied the customs of the royal family, refused to commit sati, and spent her time singing and dancing in devotion to Krishna, in the company of saints.
• Her in-laws, according to tradition, tried to harm her, including by sending her poison, which turned into nectar.
• She left Mewar and lived at Vrindavan and later at Dwarka, where she is believed to have died.

NCERT on Mirabai:

• NCERT notes that Mirabai is perhaps the best-known woman poet within the bhakti tradition.
• According to tradition, she was a disciple of Raidas, a saint from a caste considered "untouchable".
• NCERT notes that this is significant, as she defied the norms of her caste and family.
• Her songs (bhajans) are in Rajasthani, Braj and Gujarati, and continue to be sung widely.

About Sant Raidas (Ravidas):

• He was a 15th-16th century saint of the Nirguna Bhakti tradition, from Varanasi.
• He was a leather-worker (chamar) by birth.
• He preached the equality of all human beings, devotion to the formless God, and opposed caste distinctions.
• Some of his hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
• His followers form the Ravidassia community.
• He is traditionally regarded as a disciple of Ramananda.
• His dream of a society without sorrow, "Begampura", is described in one of his hymns.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Kabir and Tulsidas were other saints.
• ✗Vallabhacharya was a Vaishnava teacher of the Krishna tradition.