Saint Tukaram (contemporary of the dynamic Saint Ramdas) would be considered the most recent saints (about 400 years ago) when compared to Saint Namdeo (800 years ago).
Saint Tukaram left his mark on TIME itself and swayed masses with his mellifluous renderings in praise of Lord Vithal of Pandharpur (Maharashtra, India).
[Perhaps Moses had a similar impact on the masses.]The bhajans, abhangs, kirtans
The bhajans, abhangs, kirtans are forms of devotional songs, through which stories of the Lord are sung, rendered with dance and music in enchanting rhythm that is endearing and is remembered even now. These folk tunes powerfully inspire human beings to tread on the path that leads to the Lord. The devotional songs praise the Lord whom the saint himself has actualized in the bosom and experienced first hand as being present everywhere in every being, in every thing as the timeless Universal Divinity.
The valiant miliatary tactician King Shivaji, the ruler then, humbly and reverently approached Saint Tukaram and offered valuables as Guru dakshina, an offering a disciple is obliged to give voluntarily in token of the learning he gets from Guru, the Spiritual Master. Despite being in dire poverty Saint Tukaram declined to take the riches from the King. When asked, he indicated to King Shivaji, that Saint Ramdas was the perfect Guru for him and not himself.
The story of Saint Ramdas and Shivaji is amongst the repertoire of inspiring historical facts that surpass any bestseller fiction written to date.
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