He spent most of his later years in devotional worship, community kirtans (group prayers with singing) and composing Abhanga poetry.Īccording to RD Ranade, Tukaram's spiritual teacher was Babaji Chaitanya, who himself was fourth generation disciple of the 13th-century scholar Jnanadeva. Tukaram married again, and his second wife was Avalai Jija Bai. The deaths and widespread poverty had a profound effect on Tukaram, who became contemplative, meditating on the hills of Sahyadri range (Western Ghats) and later wrote he "had discussions with my own self". However, both his son and wife starved to death in the famine of 1630–1632. Sant Tukaram's first wife was Rakhama Bai, and they had a son named Santu. Both his parents died when Tukaram was a teenager. His parents were devotees of Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu deity Vishnu (Vaishnavas). Tukaram's family owned a retailing and money-lending business as well as were engaged in agriculture and trade. Sant Tukaram was born to Kanakar and Bolhoba More and scholars consider his family to belong to the Kunbi caste. He was either born in the year 1598 or 1608 in a village named Dehu, near Pune in Maharashtra, India. The year of birth and death of sant Tukaram has been a subject of research and dispute among 20th-century scholars. His complete name was Tukaram Bolhoba Ambiye. Tukaram was born in modern day Maharastra state of India. His poetry was devoted to Vitthala or Vithoba. Sant Tukaram Maharaj is best known for his devotional poetry called Abhanga and community-oriented worship with spiritual songs known as kirtans. He was part of the egalitarian, personalized Varkari devotionalism tradition. Sant Tukaram Maharaj also referred to as Santshreshta, Jagadguru, Tukoba and Tukobaraya, was a 17th-century Hindu poet and sant of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra, India.
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