Friday 4 March 2022

Samarth Ramdas

Several politicians from Maharashtra expressed their disapproval of remarks by state Governor B S Koshyari, that Samarth Ramdas was the guru of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

  • Samarth Ramdas was also known as Sant (saint) Ramdas or Ramdas Swami.
  • He was an Indian Marathi Hindu saint, poet, philosopher, writer and spiritual master.
  • He was a devotee of Hindu deities Rama and Hanuman. He was previously famous as Narayan.
  • He was born at Jamb, which is a village in present-day Jalna district of Maharashtra.
  • His literary works include Karunashtakas, Dasbodh, Yuddhakand, Sunderkand, Poorvarambh, Antarbhav, Chaturthman, Aatmaaram, Panchman, Panchsamasi, Manpanchak, Janaswabhawgosavi, etc.
  • Ramdas served an inspiration for several Indian thinkers, historians and social reformers from 19th and 20th-century, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Rajwade, Keshav Hedgewar, and Ramchandra Ranade.

 

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