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Spectrum Chart - 738 : Saints of Maharashtra
1. Sant Dnyaneshwar – Sant
Dnyaneshwar was a 13th-century Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and
yogi of the Nath tradition whose Dnyaneshvari & Amrutanubhav are
considered to be milestones in Marathi literature.
2. Sant Tukaram – Sant Tukaram
was a 17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.
Tukaram is known for his Abhanga devotional poetry and spiritual
songs known as kirtans. His poetry was devoted to Vitthala or
Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu.
3. Sant Namdev – Sant Namdev
was a poet-saint from Maharashtra, who is significant to the Varkari
sect of Hinduism. He is also venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu
warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani
Sampraday.
4. Sant Pundalik – Sant
Pundalik is a central figure in the legends of the Hindu God Vithoba,
generally considered a Vaishnava deity identified with the deities
Vishnu and Krishna. He is credited to have brought Vithoba to
Pandharpur, where Vithoba's central shrine stands today. Sant
Pundalik is also perceived to be the historical founder of the
Varkari sect.
5. Samarth Ramdas – Samarth
Ramdas was a noted 17th-century saint and spiritual poet of
Maharashtra. He is most remembered for his Advaita Vendatist text,
the Dasbodh. Ramdas was a devotee of Hanuman and Rama.
6. Sant Narhri Sonar - Narahari
Sonar is a 13th-century Hindu poet-saint of the Varkari sect and
goldsmith from Maharashtra. His hagiography speaks about his
transition from a staunch Shaiva (devotee of the god Shiva) to a
Vithoba-worshipping Varkari after a miracle that makes him realize
that Vithoba and Shiva are one and the same. Narahari Sonar composed
Marathi devotional poetry called abhanga.
7. Sant Chokhamela –
Chokhamela was a saint in Maharashtra in the 14th century. He
belonged to the Mahar caste considered "untouchable" in
India in that era. He wrote many Abhangas. He was one of the first
Dalit poets in India.
8. Sant Mukta Bai – Muktabai
was a saint in the Varkari tradition. She was born in a Deshastha
Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first
Varkari saint. Muktabai wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life
span.
9. Sant Damaji Pant – Sant
Damaji Pant was a 15th-century Marathi saint or bhakta venerated by
the Varkari sect of Hinduism. He was the Kamavisdar of Mangalvedha
under the Bahamani king of Bidar. He is described as a devotee of the
god Vithoba - the patron deity of the Varkari sect. He distributed
grain from the royal granaries to the people in famine. The famine of
1460 is known as Damaji Pant's famine in the Deccan region in honour
of Damaji's generosity in the famine.
10. Sant Janabai – Sant
Janabai was a Marathi religious poet. Janabai worked as a maidservant
in the household of Damasheti, who lived in Pandharpur and who was
the father of the prominent Marathi religious poet Namdev. Janabai
composed over 340 devotional songs, abhangas, they survived by being
included in collections of Namdev's own works.
11. Savata Mali - Savata Mali
(born in the 13th century) was a Hindu saint. He was a contemporary
of Namdev, and a devotee of Vithoba.
12. Sant Eknath - Sant Eknath
was a prominent Marathi sant, scholar, and religious poet of the
Varkari sampradaya. In the development of Marathi literature, Ekanath
is seen as a bridge between his predecessors—Dnyaneshwar and
Namdev—and the later Tukaram and Ramdas.
13. Sant Gora Kumbhar – Sant
Gora Kumbhar was a Hindu sant associated with the Bhakti movement and
the Varkari sect of Maharashtra. He was a potter by trade and devotee
of Vithal.
14. Sant Sopan – Sant Sopan
was a sant of the Varkari and also the younger brother of
Dnyaneshwar. He wrote a book, the Sopandevi based on the Marathi
translation of the Bhagavad Gita along with 50 or so abhangs. Sant
Sopan, attained samadhi at Saswad near Pune.
15. Gajanan Maharaj - Gajanan
Maharaj from Shegaon, Maharashtra was a Saint from India. He is
considered as incarnation of God Shiv. He took Samadhi on 8 September
1910 and the date is marked as Samadhi-din by his disciples.
16. Swami Samarth - Swami
Samarth of Akkalkot, was an Indian Guru of the Dattatreya tradition,
widely respected in Indian state of Maharashtra. Sri Swami Samarth
traveled all over the country and eventually set his abode at
Akkalkot village in Maharashtra. The Mantra of Sri Swami Samarth is
“Om Abhayadata Shree Swamisamarthaya Namaha” while his biography
is the “Sri Guruleelamrut”, authored by Sant Vamanbhau Maharaj.
17. Sant Gadge Maharaj - Sant
Gadge Maharaj was a saint and a social reformer. Widely regarded as
one of the greatest social reformers of Maharashtra, he has done many
reforms for the development of villages and his vision still inspire
many charity organizations, rulers and politicians across the
country. He conducted his discourses in the form of "Kirtans"
in which he would emphasize values like service to humanity and
compassion. During his Kirtans, he would educate people against blind
faiths and rituals.
18. Sant Tukdoji Maharaj -
Tukadoji Maharaj was a spiritual person from Maharashtra. Tukdoji
Maharaj was involved in social reforms in the rural regions of
Maharashtra. He wrote Gramgeeta which describes means for village
development. Many of the development programs started by him have
continued to work efficiently after his death.
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