What is the name of Bahinabai father?

Ukhaji Mahajan
Bahinabai was born in a Mahajan family at Asode in Khandesh region of the present-day Jalgaon district on the 24 August 1880, on the day of Naga Panchami. Her mother’s name was Bhimai, and her father’s name was Ukhaji Mahajan. She had three brothers – Ghama, Gana, and Ghana, and three sisters – Ahilya, Sita and Tulsa.

Who is teacher of sant Bahinabai?

Thereafter, Bahinabai pronounced Tukaram as her guru. In her visions, Tukaram initiated her into the path of bhakti (devotion) and instructed her to recite the name of Vithoba.

Which of the following is the famous poem of Bahinabai Chaudhari?

The university will be now called the Kaviyatri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University. Another renowned poem is ‘Man Vadhay Vadhay, Ubhya Pikatla Dhor/ Kiti Hakal Hakal, Phiri Yete Pikavar’ ( The mind is like a calf wandering in the crop/ you may choose to shoo it away and yet it comes back.)

Who was the woman Sant of Maharashtra?

Muktabai. Muktabai or Mukta was a saint in the Varkari tradition. She was born in the late 13th century to a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Sant Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. Forty-one abhangs are ascribed to her.

Who is the First Lady saint of India?

Sister Alphonsa
Sister Alphonsa will become India’s first woman saint when she is canonized by Pope Benedict at a special ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday.

Which female saint is revered in North India?

Meerabai. Meerabai was a sixteenth-century mystic poet and devotee of Krishna who has been claimed by the North Indian Hindu tradition of Bhakti saints.

Who is the second saint of India?

Alphonsa
Alphonsa will be India’s second saint after Gonsalo Garcia, of Portuguese parentage, who was canonized in 1862.

Who strengthened the Bhakti movement in North India?

One of the major leaders in the bhakti movement is Guru Nanak Saheb, the reformers of the society and founder of Sikhism. The leader of the bhakti movement focuses on Ramananda-He is believed to have lived in the first half of the 15th century.

What did Bahinabai write about in her abhanga?

Bahinabai’s abhanga compositions, written in Marathi, focus on her troubled marital life and the regret being born a woman. Bahinabai was always torn between her duties to her husband and her devotion to Vithoba.

What kind of poetry does Bahinabai write in Marathi?

Bahinabai’s abhanga compositions, written in Marathi, focus on her troubled marital life and the regret being born a woman. Bahinabai was always torn between her duties to her husband and her devotion to Vithoba. Her poetry mirrors her compromise between her devotion to her husband and God.

What kind of family did Bahinabai come from?

Having been born in a Brahmin family, Bahinabai was married to a widower at a young age and spent most of her childhood wandering around Maharashtra along with her family. She describes, in her autobiography Atmamanivedana, her spiritual experiences with a calf and visions of the Varkari’s patron deity Vithoba and Tukaram.

What was the story of Bahinabai in Kolhapur?

In Kolhapur, Bahinabai was exposed to Hari- Kirtana songs and tales from the scripture Bhagavata Purana. Here, Bahinabai’s husband was gifted a cow, who soon gave birth to a calf. Bahinabai reports a spiritual encounter with the calf.