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Later translators of the Bible include Bapuji Appaji, B. N. Athavle and Ratnakar Hari Kelkar. In collaboration with Church centric bible translation, Free Bibles India has published a Marathi translation online. In 2016, the New Testament of New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released by Jehovah's Witnesses in Marathi. [11]
Gudi Padwa is a spring festival marking the start of the lunisolar new year for Marathi and Konkani Hindus. [1] It is celebrated in and around Maharashtra , Goa & Damaon at the start of Chaitra , the first month of the lunisolar Hindu calendar .
Marathi television got its first round-the-clock news channel in the form of Saam TV in the year 2008 leading Marathi language News channel in the state. Nilesh Khare is the Channel Head and Editor of the channel since 2018. Zee 24 Taas was launched in 2007.
Hume Memorial church Ahmadnagar, the church built by American Marathi mission in 1902 [4] Around the turn of the 18th century, British Baptist missionary William Carey was instrumental in translating the Bible into the Marathi language. [5] Most of the converts were lower-caste Hindus with some upper-caste Hindus and Muslims. [6]
Narayan Wamanrao Tilak (1861–1919) – Marathi poet born in Maharashtra as a Brahmin. He converted to Christianity, and later wrote many Christian songs and bhajans in Marathi. He edited the American Marathi mission magazine Dnyanodaya for many years. He was the husband of Lakshmibai Tilak. Harish Salve, renowned jurist.
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In 1958 Alliance Bible Seminary issued its first ever Bachelor's degree. [5] In 1975 the Christian and Missionary Alliance Mission elected to transfer governorship of Alliance Bible Seminary to local Chinese Christians, under the auspices of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church Union of Hong Kong. Under this new leadership structure, Dr ...
By 1930, most local branches of the Alliance functioned as churches, but still did not view themselves as such. By 1965, the churches adopted a denominational function and established a formal statement of faith. [10] In 1975, the Alliance World Fellowship (AWF) was officially organized. [11] In 2010, it was present in 50 countries. [12]