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Namdev (Pronunciation: [naːmdeʋ]), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, c.26 October 1270 – c. 3 July 1350[ 1 ]) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. He was as a devotee of the deity Vithoba of Pandharpur.
When Namdev was about twenty years of age, he met the great saint Jnanadev at Pandharpur. Jnanadev was naturally attracted to Namdev as a great devotee of Vithoba. That he might benefit from the company of Namdev, he persuaded Namdev to go with him to all the holy places on pilgrimage.
Namdev was a leading poet-saint of the Indian medieval period, who wrote in the Marathi language. Namdev was the son of a tailor and thus of low caste. According both to his somewhat hagiographical biography (composed some three centuries after his death) and to information gleaned from his.
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- Marriage
- Sainthood
- Finding A Guru
- Death
- Janabai
Namdev was married before the age of eleven to Rajabai, daughter of Govindashetti Sadavarte. They had four sons and one daughter. The Relekar family, his descendants, still reside near the Shri Vithoba temple, in Pandarpur. Radha Bai was a worldly and materialistic woman, but there was extreme poverty in Namdev’s house because he neglected his worl...
Another version of Namdev’s biography, relates that as a youth he was a reputed spendthrift and a sluggard, who fell in with a gang of thieves and killed and robbed people until he came under the influence of a saint (perhaps Jnaneswar) who turned him from his evil life and the idolatry of his ancestral faith, to the devotion of Vithoba of Pandarpu...
All of his life, Namdev had worshiped the deity "Vithoba" of Pandharpur and he would not recognize any other Deity as the symbol of God. During the five years of their pilgrimage, Jnanadev advised Namdev to adopt a Guru so that he might be in a position to realize completely the manifestation of the all-pervading God. Namdev hesitated because he th...
After Namdev and Jnanadev returned from the long pilgrimage, Jnanadev expressed his desire to take Samadhi (departure from physical life) at Alandi. Namdev could not part with Jnanadev and accompanied the party to Alandi, remaining with Jnanadev to the last moment. He then accompanied the party until Jnanadev’s brothers, Nivritti and Sopan, and the...
No account of the life of Namdev is complete without a mention of Janabai, a maid-servant in the household of Namdev. In several poems on devotion which she has left behind, she describes herself as "Nam’s maid-servant" or "Namdev’s Jani." She was one of the closest followers of Namdev and had no ambition other than to serve him and sing the praise...
Namdev. He was a tailor by profession. He emphasized on cultural unity of the Marathas by introducing a tradition called Mahapurusha Sampradaya. He believed in equality of all men and women. He advocated the practice of devotion to realize god. Some of his devotional songs are found in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Nov 25, 2020 · The banis of Bhagat Namdev were collected by Guru Nanak Dev Ji from his place of birth during his second Udassi (Long Journey) in the south and it was passed down to Guru Arjan Dev Ji. This year marks the 750th birth anniversary of Bhagat Namdev Ji; in his honor let us explore his life and legacy.
Namdev was a prominent saint and poet in the Bhakti movement, known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Vithoba, a form of Krishna worshiped primarily in Maharashtra, India.
