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The early Marathi literature was mostly religious and philosophical in nature, [9] and was composed by the saint-poets belonging to Mahanubhava and Warkari sects. During the reign of the last three Yadava kings, a great deal of literature in verse and prose, on astrology, medicine, Puranas , Vedanta , kings and courtiers were created.
Eknath. Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi pronunciation: [eknath]) (1533–1599), [1] was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet. He was a devotee of the Hindu deity Vitthal and is a major figure of the Warkari movement. Eknath is often viewed as a spiritual successor to the prominent Marathi saints Dnyaneshwar and Namdev.
Janabai. Sant Janābāi was a Marāthi religious poet in the Hindu tradition in India, who was born likely in the seventh or the eighth decade of the 13th century. She died in 1350. [1] Janabai was born in Gangākhed 1258-1350, Mahārāshtra [2] to a couple with first names Damā and Karund. Under the caste system the couple belonged to the matang.
Tukaram. Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Marathi pronunciation: [t̪ukaːɾam]), also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba, was a Hindu, Marathi Saint of Varkari sampradaya " in Dehu village, Maharashtra in the 17th century. [4][5] He was a bhakt of the god Vithoba of Pandharpur. [3] He is best known for his devotional poetry called Abhanga, which are ...
Narayan Gangaram Surve (15 October 1926 – 16 August 2010 [ 1]) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India. Through his poetry, he celebrated labor and challenged the conventional norms of Marathi literature, which was primarily focused on entertainment at the time. He aimed to convey the hardships of poverty and inspire the underprivileged to ...
Bakhar is a form of historical narrative written in Marathi prose. Bakhars are one of the earliest genres of medieval Marathi literature. [1] More than 200 bakhars were written in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, the most important of them chronicling the deeds of the Maratha ruler Shivaji. [citation needed]
Khanolkar was known in the Marathi literary circles even before his arrival in the city due to his poems. He managed to get a job in Mumbai Akashwani (State Radio) with the help of a fellow poet Mangesh Padgaonkar, but he had to give up his job in 1961 because of his eccentric behaviour. This made his initial years in Mumbai full of financial ...
Kusumagraj. Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (27 February 1912 – 10 March 1999), popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj, was a Marathi poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived. [1]