Write a short note on the saints of Maharashtra?
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I am describing u about one of the most famous saints of Maharashtra..
••• Saint Tukarama..
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◆◆He lived during the seventeenth century, and over the last three hundred years his devotional influence has been deeply felt by the local people. His poems, the 4,500 verses known as the Abhangas, have become part of the public memory of Maharashtra. They are sung in every village and every home.
His language was so simple and down to earth that even the most simple villagers understood it completely. He is the main force behind the continuous kirtanas and bhajanas performed at the many festivals in Pandharpur....
Saint Tukarama sometimes had to suffer humiliation and opposition from envious people, but he always stayed more humble than a blade of grass, thus changing the hearts of his enemies. The saint left for the spiritual world in his selfsame body while engaged in nama sankirtana, chanting of the holy names of the Lord, with the residents of his home village. The villagers attested they saw a spiritual airplane descend and saw Tukarama board the plane and leave for the spiritual sky.
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Jnaneswar or Jnanadeva:
One of the earliest Bhakti Saints of Maharashtra Jnaneswar flourished in the 13th century. He wrote the Marathi commentary on the Gita known as Jnaneswari, which deserves to be reckoned among the world's best mystical compositions. His other works are Amratanubhava and Changadeva- Prasasti.
Namadeva:
Namadeva was born in a tailor's family. We are told that as a child he was very wild and in his youth he took to, vagabond life, but certain sudden incidents moved him to the path of spirituality, transforming him to a great saint and a gifted poet.
Ekanatha:
He was born at Paithan (Aurangabad). His life was an object-lesson in the reconciliation of practical and spiritual life. He observed no distinction of caste and creed, and once gave to the pariahs the food prepared as an offering to his forefathers.
Tukaram:
Tukarama was born in the family of a farmer. He had some cattle and landed property, but lost them all in a great famine, together with his parents, one of his two wives, and a son. He became a bankrupt and got disgusted with his life. His other wife was a shrew, who abused his companion-devotees.
Ramdasa:
He was born in 1608. He wandered throughout India for twelve years and finally settled at Chaphal on the banks of the Krishna where he built a temple. He was the spiritual guide of Shivaji. Ramdasa was born in a period of political upheaval, and could not but be partly affected by it.
The Mahanubhava Panth:
Another religious cult founded in Maharashtra around this time was Mahanubhava Panth. The cult fell into disrepute and incurred unpopularity among the Maharashtrians perhaps because of its alleged disbelief in the caste syste, disregard of the teachings of the Vedas, and I non-adherence to the asrama system.