Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharashtra?
(A) Ramdas
(B) Tukararn
(C) Narndeva
(D) Eknath
Correct Answer : Narndeva
Question Asked : SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise) Exam 2005, SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre.) Exam 2002
Explanation : Saint Tukaram (1608-1645) was a prominent Varkari Sant (Saint) and spiritual poet during a Bhakti movement in India. Dilip Purushottam Chitre, a well known Marathi Scholar, Identifies Tukaram as the first modem poet of Marathi. Chitre believes that Tukararn was the second saint after Sant Dnyaneshwar who denied caste hierarchy in Hindu religion and attacked rituals present in Hindu Dharma.
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