Due to the following reasons, the ordinary people preserved the memory of Mirabai: She was a queen and devote of Krishna. She composed innumerable bhajans expressing here intense devotion to his beloved lord. She left her husband's but she did not die. This popularized her as being saved by Lord. Thus, her authenticity as a true devotes was proved. She even drank poison, sent by her husband, but she did not die. This popularised her as being saved by lord. Thus, her authenticity as a true devote. Her songs openly challenged the nomars of the “upper” castes and become popular with the masses in Rajasthan and Gujarat.