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Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Marathi pronunciation: [t̪ukaːɾam] ), also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba, was a Hindu, Marathi Saint of Varkari sampradaya " in Dehu village, Maharashtra in the 17th century. [4] [5] He was a bhakt of the god Vithoba of Pandharpur. [3] .
Sant Tukaram Maharaj also referred to as Santshreshta, Jagadguru, Tukoba and Tukobaraya, [4] was a 17th-century Hindu poet and sant of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra, India. [2] [3] He was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition. [5]
Mar 9, 2023 · Tukaram Maharaj was a saint, poet, and philosopher who lived in the 17th century in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He is widely known for his devotional poetry known as “Abhangs,” which are still popular among devotees of Lord Vitthal in Maharashtra.
Tukārām (born 1608, Dehu, near Pune, India—died 1649) was a Marathi poet who is often considered to be the greatest writer in the language. His abhaṅga s, or “unbroken” hymns, are among the most famous Indian poems. The son of a shopkeeper, Tukārām was orphaned in childhood.
One of the most revered poet-saints of India is Tukaram Maharaj, who lived in the state of Maharashtra in the first half of the seventeenth century. During his short life, Tukaram made the experience of God’s presence accessible to multitudes.
Tukaram disappeared at the age of forty-one. Varkaris believe that Vitthal Himself carried Tukaram away to heaven in a "chariot of light". Some people believe that Tukaram just vanished into thin air while singing his poetry in front of an ecstatic audience on the bank of the river Indrayani in Dehu.
Tukaram(1608–1645) was a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet in the Bhakti tradition. His poetry was very popular with ordinary people, expressing the possibility of direct communion with God.
Sant Tukaram (तुकाराम) (c.1608 – c.1650), also Shri Tukaram, and colloquially referred to as "Tuka" (तुका), was a seventeenth century Marathi poet Sant of India, related to the Bhakti movement of Maharashtra.
Oct 9, 2009 · Sant Tukaram, a prominent Maharashtrian saint and religious poet, was born and lived most of his life in Dehu, a town close to Pune in 17th century CE. Tukaram was a devotee of Lord Vittala (or VithobÄ) - an incarnation of Lord Krishna, who in turn, is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
Tukaram was born in 1608 and vanished without a trace in 1650.What little we know of his life is a reconstruction from his own autobiographical poems, the contemporary poetess Bahinabai's memoirs in verse, and the latest biographer of Marathi poet-saints, Mahipati's account.
