In a bid to keep the 335-years-old palkhi tradition alive, Murlidhar Mohol, city mayor and Shekhar Gaikwad, Pune municipal commissioner, along with others performed a puja of ‘Dnyaneshwari’ and ...
He is best known for his devotional poetry called abhanga, which is popular in Maharashtra. Many of his poems [6] deal with social reform. [5] Tukaram was born in the modern-day Maharashtra state of India. His complete name was Tukaram Bolhoba Ambile. [7]
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.
Sant Tukaram Maharaj was one of the greatest saint-poets born in Maharashtra. He wrote many Abhangas (devotional poems) that are still popular in India and abroad. He was the contemporary of Shivaji Maharaj and Ramdas Swami. Many Marathi people credit him as the spiritual teacher of Shivaji Maharaj. He was a steadfast devotee of Vithoba.
Tukaram is best known for his Abhanga poetry, a form of devotional verse that expresses deep love and devotion to God. Abhanga, which means “unbroken,” reflects the continuity of devotion and the eternal bond between the devotee and the divine.
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. Tukaram was a devotee of Vitthal (a form of Lord Krishna), the supreme God in Vaishnavism.
Explore the life, devotion, teachings and miracles of Sant Tukaram, the Varkari saint whose abhangas transformed Indian spirituality.