Tukaram

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Tukaram was a 17th-century Marathi saint-poet of the Bhakti movement, renowned for his deeply devotional and socially critical abhangas dedicated to the god Vithoba.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tukaram canonical 14
Sant Tukaram 1
Tukaram Bolhoba Ambile 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhakti movement saint
Hindu saint
Marathi poet
Varkari saint
saint-poet
associatedDeity Vithoba of Pandharpur
associatedWithPlace Pandharpur
associatedWithRiver Indrayani River
birthCentury 17th century
birthCountry India
birthPlace Dehu
birthRegion Maharashtra
commemoratedBy annual pilgrimages to Dehu
kirtans and bhajans in his name
critiqued caste discrimination
ritualism
social hypocrisy
culturalRegion Deccan Plateau
surface form: Deccan
deathPlace Dehu
devotionalFocus Krishna
Vithoba of Pandharpur
surface form: Vithoba

Vitthal
emphasized equality of all devotees
inner devotion
remembrance of God’s name
ethnoLinguisticIdentity Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
fullName Tukaram self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tukaram Bolhoba Ambile
genre devotional literature
honorificName Tukaram self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sant Tukaram
influenced Marathi literature
Varkari tradition
surface form: Varkari sampradaya

later Bhakti poets
knownFor abhangas
devotional poetry
social criticism in poetry
language Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
literaryForm abhanga
movement Bhakti movement
name Tukaram self-link
philosophicalOrientation bhakti
personal devotion to God
religion Hinduism
socialRole moral teacher
reformer
textualLegacy Tukaram’s abhangas
surface form: Gatha of Tukaram
tradition Varkari tradition
worshippedAs saint
writingsAddressedTo Vithoba of Pandharpur
surface form: Vithoba
writingsLanguage vernacular Marathi

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Tukaram’s abhangas author Tukaram
Bhakti movement keyFigure Tukaram
Tukaram name Tukaram self-link
Tukaram fullName Tukaram self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tukaram Bolhoba Ambile
Tukaram honorificName Tukaram self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sant Tukaram
Dehu birthplaceOf Tukaram
Dehu spiritualCenterOf Tukaram
Dehu associatedPerson Tukaram
this entity surface form: Tukaram Maharaj
Tuka refersTo Tukaram
Tuka usedBy Tukaram
Tuka affectionateFormOf Tukaram
Pandharpur associatedWith Tukaram
Marathis notableSaint Tukaram