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    Warkari (redirect from Varkari Movement)
    (/wɑːrkəri/ WAH-kə-ree; Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation: Marathi pronunciation: [ʋaːɾkəɾiː]; Meaning: 'The one who performs the Wari') is a sampradaya (religious...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    (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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • - older brother of Dynaneshwar; Varkari saint and philosopher Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296) - 13th-century Marathi Varkari saint, poet, philosopher and yogi...
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    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...
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    to this new form of worship. Thus was born the Namasankirtana cult and Varkari Sampradaya. All these happened around places like Paithan, Pandharpur,...
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    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...
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  • 15th-century Marathi saint (sant) or bhakta ("devotee"), venerated by the Varkari sect of Hinduism. He was the Kamavisdar (main revenue official) of Mangalvedha...
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    Varkari saint Dnyaneshwar's palkhi (palanquin), Celebrating Dhammachakra Pravartan Din in Aurangabad, Sai baba of Shirdi,BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir temple...
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    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...
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    B. N. Luniya, "Rajendra Suri: A Reformer and Revivalist". Vitthalas (Varkari Panth), PHILTAR, St. Martin's College. "Prarthana Samaj", PHILTAR, St....
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    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 ...
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  • 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...
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    the language was because of two religious sects – the Mahanubhava and Varkari panthans – who adopted Marathi as the medium for preaching their doctrines...
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  • English sources) or Narharidas was a 13th-century Hindu poet-saint of the Varkari sect and goldsmith (sonar) from Maharashtra, India. His hagiography speaks...
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  • 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....
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  • Digambara Terapanth Śvetāmbara Terapanth Taran Panth (Jain) Nath Panth (Hindu) Varkari Panth (Hindu) Sat Panth (Sufi, Shia, Islamic) Ravidas Panth (Independent...
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  • Tukaram was a 17th century Varkari saint from Maharashtra, India. Tukaram may also refer to: Tukaram (film), a 2012 Marathi film Sant Tukaram (film),...
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  • (1533–1599) - a Hindu Vaishnava saint, scholar, and religious poet of the Varkari Sampradaya Samarth Ramdas (1608–1681) - a Hindu Vaishnava saint and devotee...
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    Suryanarayan (father) Rukminibai (mother) Organization Philosophy Advaita, Varkari Religious career Literary works Eknathi Bhagavata, Bhavarth Ramayan, Rukmini...
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  • following 16 sub-castes of the Pancha-Dravidas: Smarta Konkanastha Karhade Varkari Madhyandin Vanas Karnatak Shashtik Nandavamshik Srivaishnav Telang Srivaishnava...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    inspired major Bhakti movement saint-poets such as Eknath and Tukaram of the Varkari (Vithoba) tradition. The Dnyaneshwari interprets the Bhagavad Gita in the...
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