(/wɑːrkəri/ WAH-kə-ree; Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation: Marathi pronunciation: [ʋaːɾkəɾiː]; Meaning: 'The one who performs the Wari') is a sampradaya (religious...

around Vithoba's role as a saviour to the poet-saints of the Varkari faith. The Varkari poet-saints are known for their unique genre of devotional lyric...

main shrine stands today. Pundalik is also the historical founder of the Varkari sect, which is centered on the worship of Vithoba. Pundalik was one of...

13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored Dnyaneshwari (a commentary...

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...

(or Kanhupatra) was a 15th-century Marathi saint-poet, venerated by the Varkari sect of Hinduism. Little is known about Kanhopatra. According to most traditional...

also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba, was a Hindu, Marathi Saint of Varkari sampradaya" in Dehu village, Maharashtra in the 17th century. He was a...

as Goroba) was a Hindu sant associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari sect of Maharashtra, India. He was a potter by trade and devotee of Vithal...

saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. She wrote...

- older brother of Dynaneshwar; Varkari saint and philosopher Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296) - 13th-century Marathi Varkari saint, poet, philosopher and yogi...

lives of Namdev, Visoba Khechara and Dnyaneshwar, the sants revered by the Varkari sect of Hinduism. Namdev met his guru, Visoba Khechara, at Aundha Nagnath...

to this new form of worship. Thus was born the Namasankirtana cult and Varkari Sampradaya. All these happened around places like Paithan, Pandharpur,...

Sant Sopandeo was a sant of the Varkari and also the younger brother of Dnyaneshwar. Sopan(19 November 1277 A.D- 29 December 1296 A.D), attained samadhi...

15th-century Marathi saint (sant) or bhakta ("devotee"), venerated by the Varkari sect of Hinduism. He was the Kamavisdar (main revenue official) of Mangalvedha...

Varkari saint Dnyaneshwar's palkhi (palanquin), Celebrating Dhammachakra Pravartan Din in Aurangabad, Sai baba of Shirdi,BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir temple...

known as Saint Sena, and Sena, is a Hindu saint-poet (sant-kavi) of the Varkari sect dedicated to the god Vithoba. Sena the barber (nhavi), a "caste" (see...

B. N. Luniya, "Rajendra Suri: A Reformer and Revivalist". Vitthalas (Varkari Panth), PHILTAR, St. Martin's College. "Prarthana Samaj", PHILTAR, St....

Shiva, Parvati, and Ganesha, are popular with Hindus of Maharashtra. The Varkari tradition holds a strong grip on the local Hindus of Maharashtra.: 140–170 ...

AD) or Bahina or Bahini is a Varkari female-saint from Maharashtra, India. She is considered as a disciple of another Varkari poet-saint Tukaram. Having...

the language was because of two religious sects – the Mahanubhava and Varkari panthans – who adopted Marathi as the medium for preaching their doctrines...

English sources) or Narharidas was a 13th-century Hindu poet-saint of the Varkari sect and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra, India. His hagiography speaks...

was the yogi-guru of the Varkari poet-saint Namdev (c.1270-1350) of Maharashtra, India. Visoba was a disciple of the Varkari poet-saint Jñāneśvar (c....

Digambara Terapanth Śvetāmbara Terapanth Taran Panth (Jain) Nath Panth (Hindu) Varkari Panth (Hindu) Sat Panth (Sufi, Shia, Islamic) Ravidas Panth (Independent...

Tukaram was a 17th century Varkari saint from Maharashtra, India. Tukaram may also refer to: Tukaram (film), a 2012 Marathi film Sant Tukaram (film),...

(1533–1599) - a Hindu Vaishnava saint, scholar, and religious poet of the Varkari Sampradaya Samarth Ramdas (1608–1681) - a Hindu Vaishnava saint and devotee...

Suryanarayan (father) Rukminibai (mother) Organization Philosophy Advaita, Varkari Religious career Literary works Eknathi Bhagavata, Bhavarth Ramayan, Rukmini...

following 16 sub-castes of the Pancha-Dravidas: Smarta Konkanastha Karhade Varkari Madhyandin Vanas Karnatak Shashtik Nandavamshik Srivaishnav Telang Srivaishnava...

women's ovee pre-date the literary ovee. While literary ovee is used by the Varkari saints in bhakti (devotional) literature, women's ovee is passed via the...

Pune district has two of the most important pilgrimage centres of the Varkari sect of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra, namely Alandi where the samadhi...

inspired major Bhakti movement saint-poets such as Eknath and Tukaram of the Varkari (Vithoba) tradition. The Dnyaneshwari interprets the Bhagavad Gita in the...