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1. Sant Tukaram Abhang In Marathi Songs
2. Sant Tukaram Abhang In Marathi
3. Tukaram Abhang In Marathi Lyrics

Nagpur: Language has never been a barrier for the devout. Tukaram Ganapathi Maharaj, a varkari kirtankar from Kanyakumari is a shining example of this.

Sant Tukaram Abhang In Marathi Songs

Sant Tukaram Abhang In Marathi

Ask him why he sings in Marathi, which he can neither speak nor understand, and he retorts, “Can anybody ask me why I like Jalebi and not laddus?” Tukaram is in the city to participate in Varkari Sampradaya Hari Keerthan organized by Bhagavad Pada Sabha. A visit to Pandharpur during the month of Ashad introduced Tukaram to varkari kirtankars. “I heard a cassette of sung by Baba Maharaj Satarkar, a renowned kirtankar. All the songs in the cassette titled ‘Krupalu Udar Maza Dnyaneshwar’ mesmerized.” Describing it as the turning point in his life, Tukaram returned next year and purchased over 100 cassettes of Satarkar. Though he has no formal training in music, he learnt to sing those abhangs. “A man in my village knew Marathi and he explained the meaning to me,” he says.

Tukaram Abhang In Marathi Lyrics

Two years later, Tukaram could meet Satarkar in Pandharpur. “I told him I was like Eklavya, but he said he was not Dronacharya and would not demand any guru dakshina from me.” Satarkar accepted him as a disciple ten years later and taught him some styles. “He told me that I was the representative of varkaris in South India.” Explaining his liking for this style, Tukaram says, “The varkaris offer worship only through kirtan. They have no greed and no barriers of caste or creed.

The style which was started 750 years back by Saint Dnyaneshwar is still practised with such honesty.” He sings the abhang first in Marathi and then translates its crux in Tamil. “We all enjoy it very much. The style and manner is new and refreshing,” says K Muthuraman, president of Bhagavad Pada Sabha.

Tukaram has set up Vishwa Varkari Sansthan in Chennai where he trains Tamil youth the style and forms of Varkari Sampradaya. He is invited to perform by Tamils living across the world. “I even take classes on for students in Gulf countries and.”.