Dnyaneshwar

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Bonding with the Divine through Bhakti or Sufi practice would often call for giving up, be it comforts or one's family, past certainties or the ego. Ideas of surrender or sacrifice are evoked in stories of devotion, in hymns and by pilgrims.
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Kartikay Khetarpal
An interview with Babasaheb Arphalkar, a descendant of Haibatrao Baba, a nobleman from Maharashtra's Satara district, who is credited with starting the tradition of the Dnyaneshwar palkhi in the beginning of the 19th century.   Sahapedia is grateful to Bajaj Autos Pvt. Ltd. for the grant that made…
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Kartikay Khetarpal
Pandharpur, a small temple town on the banks of the Chandrabhaga river in Maharashtra, sees lakhs of devotees pour into its precincts on the auspicious day of the Ashadi Ekadashi (eleventh day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu month of Ashadh). Most of them have been walking for several weeks,…
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Satish Kalsekar
It is very sad when someone younger than you dies. I am 71 years old and therefore, it is even more difficult for me to digest the death of 64-year-old Namdeo. His death was such a great shock to me, and the reasons for this are personal. We were friends for more than 40 years. From a young age…
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Sachin Ketkar
Namdeo Dhasal is arguably one of the most significant Indian poets of the late 20th century. His work not only captures what freedom, democracy and modernity meant for the average Indian in the decades after Independence—experiences, no doubt, fraught with contradictions—but it also displays…
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Subuhi Jiwani
An introduction to Dhasal's poetic development and political moves
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