Life and Teachings Of Tukarama

Sant (Saint) Tukarama was among the most prominent saints to have come out the holy land of Maharashtra. He performed his pastimes between A.D. 1608 and A.D. 1649, and gloriously departed this material world at the young age of 41 years. His departure was glorious because it was on a Vaikuntha airplane, witnessed thousands of devotees.

He hailed from the small town of Dehu, near Pune in Maharashtra and was born into the Warkari community who are devotees of Lord Vitthala (or Panduranga). Srila Prabhupada occassionally referred to this great saint. For example, “In Maharashtra a saint of the name Saint Tukarama was also follower of Lord Chaitanya and he has over flooded the whole Western India with sankirtana movement. (SPL to Mandali Bhadra, 3rd February, 1970)”