Sant Tukaram

Also known as Tukaram Maharaj, Tukoba, Jagadguru Tukaram, Tukaram

A 17th-century Marathi poet-saint (1608-1650) who brought the Warkari Bhakti movement to its spiritual pinnacle (Kalas). His 4,500+ abhangas in the Tukaram Gatha remain the heartbeat of devotional life in Maharashtra.

Pandharpur

Vitthal-Rukmini Mandir

Pandharpur Wari

The 800-Year Warkari Pilgrimage

The Bhakti Movement

India's Devotional Renaissance

Warkari Philosophy

Advaita Bhakti

Bhajans

Vrukshavalli Amha Soyare: Tukaram's Abhanga on Solitude

Sant Tukaram's Marathi abhanga on the joy of solitude among trees and birds, with Hari-katha as the only feast.

6 verses

Abhangas

Aamhi Jato Aamchya Gava — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's farewell abhanga, sung as tradition holds he departed for Vaikuntha: a last Ram-Ram and the bonds of life released.

4 verses

Abhangas

Aata Kothe Dhave Man — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's hymn of rest in surrender: having seen Vitthal's feet, the restless mind has nowhere left to run.

4 verses

Abhangas

Anandache Dohi Anand Tarang — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's hymn of non-dual bliss: in a lake of joy every wave is joy, and words fall silent before the experience.

4 verses

Abhangas

Bheti Lagi Jiva Lagalise Aas — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's hymn of longing for God: like the chakor for the moon and a child for its mother, his soul waits for Vitthal.

5 verses

Abhangas

Hechi Daan Dega Deva — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's short prayer to Vitthal: the one boon he asks is never to forget God, with the company of saints preferred to liberation or wealth.

4 verses

Abhangas

Je Ka Ranjale Ganjale — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's abhanga defining a true saint as one who embraces the distressed as his own, declaring that God is found in such a person.

3 verses

Abhangas

Khel Mandiyala Valwanti Ghai — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's joyful picture of Vaishnavas dancing on the sands of the Chandrabhaga, bowing to one another and leaving pride behind.

5 verses

Abhangas

Lahanpan Dega Deva — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram prays for smallness: the ant tastes sugar while the great elephant bears the goad, so humility is the happier gift.

4 verses

Abhangas

Sundar Te Dhyan Ubhe Vitewari — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's invocation of Lord Vitthal standing on the brick at Pandharpur, hands on hips, in a Tulsi garland and yellow silk.

4 verses

Abhangas

Vitthal Geeti Gava Vitthal Chitti Dhyava — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Sant Tukaram's call to sing Vitthal, meditate on him and behold him on the brick; his Name sweetens the mouth and breaks death's noose.

5 verses

Abhangas

Vrukshavalli Amha Soyare — Sant Tukaram Abhanga

Tukaram Gatha abhanga no. 2481 — Sant Tukaram celebrates the oneness of all creation, with trees, creepers, and birds as kin leading the soul to meditation on Vitthal.

1 verse