तुकाराम गाथा | Tukaram Gatha

तुकाराम गाथा - तुकाराम Tukaram Gatha by Saint Tukaram Tukaram, also referred to as Sant Tukaram, Bhakta Tukaram, Tukaram Maharaj, Tukoba and Tukobaraya, was a 17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.He was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition. Tukaram is best known for his Abhanga devotional poetry and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as kirtans. His poetry was devoted to Vitthala or Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu. Biography The year of birth and death of Saint Tukaram has been a subject of research and dispute among 20th-century scholars. He was either born in the year 1598 or 1608 in a village named Dehu, near Pune in Mahārāshtra, India. Sant Tukaram was born to Kanakar and Bolhoba More, and scholars consider his family to belong to the Kunbi caste. Despite being from a caste traditionally believed to be the laborers and tilling service providers, Tukaram's family owned a retailing and money-lending business as well as were engaged in agriculture and trade. His parents were devotees of Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu (Vaishnavas). Both his parents died when Tukaram was a teenager. Sant Tukaram's first wife was Rakhama Bai, and they had a son named Santu. However, both his son and wife starved to death in the famine of 1630–1632. The deaths and widespread poverty had a profound effect on Tukaram, who became contemplative, meditating on the hills of Sahyadri range (Western Ghats) in Maharashtra, and later wrote he "had discussions with my own self". Tukaram married again, and his second wife was Avalai Jija Bai. He spent most of his later years in devotional worship, community kirtans (group prayers with singing) and composing Abhanga poetry. According to Ranade, Tukaram's spiritual teacher was Babaji Chaitanya, who himself was fourth generation disciple of the 13th-century scholar Jnanadeva. In his work of Abhangas, Tukarama repeatedly refers to four other persons who had a primary influence on his spiritual development, namely the earlier Bhakti sants Namdev, Jnanadeva, Kabir and Eknath. According to some scholars, Tukaram met Shivaji – a leader who challenged the Mughal Empire and who founded the Maratha kingdom; Tukaram introduced Shivaji to Ramdas for his spiritual education. Their continued interaction is the subject of legends. Eleanor Zelliot states Bhakti movement poets including Tukaram were influential in Shivaji's rise to power. Tukaram died in 1649 or 1650. tukaram sant tukaram tukaram gatha sant tukaram abhang sant tukaram information in marathi tukaram maharaj sant tukaram information tukaramache abhang tuka ram sant tukaram information in marathi language sant tukaram maharaj sant tukaram in marathi tukaram gatha book tukaram books sant tukaram story in marathi sant tukaram abhang in marathi tukaram maharaj information in marathi sant tukaram maharaj information in marathi sant tukaram marathi books tukaram gatha in marathi sant tukaram gatha संत तुकाराम तुकाराम महाराज संत तुकारामांचे अभंग तुकाराम गाथा अभंग व अर्थ संत तुकाराम महाराज संत तुकाराम गाथा अभंग तुकारामाचे सन्त तुकाराम संत संत तुकाराम अभंग मराठी