Saint Tukaram’s Philosophy, Naturist View And Social Reforms And Their Relevance For All Times

Abstract

ABSTRACT Since the thirteenth century AD, Maharashtra has got the tradition of many great saints like Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Eknath, Tukaram, Bahinabai. Along with devotional worship and social reformation through Abhanga, these saints have also convinced us of the importance of nature, while giving worldly sermons, Sant Tukaram Maharaj has presented various forms of nature through his Abhanga. Maharashtra is known as the land of saints many saints were born in this soil, the leading name of Varkari sect in Maharashtra is Sant Tukaram. Saint Tukaram’s position in the series of saints is unique, he has spread the good thoughts and virtues through his abhanga by convincing the glory of simple devotion and brought about improvement in the society by sowing new thoughts in the society through devotional path.Through his Abhanga he was successful in awakening the Bahujan Community and convincing people of the views regarding superstition, he tried to destroy superstitions and naive beliefs of the contemporary people about mythical worship. Sant Tukaram Maharaj was a realistic, fearless and rationalist saint who attacked the undesirable traditions of the society time to time. Don’t rely on God but be a striver and also criticized those who misled the society in strong words, It was his life’s work to bring people out of the slavery of various superstition in the society. Although Saint Tukaram used harsh words, he never ran away from his responsibility. Tukaram Maharaj says that there are many hypocrites in this society who philosophize for their own selfishness. He says innocent people should stay away from those who only preach to others. Keywords : Tradition, worship, society, Saint Tukaram, superstition, improvement.