Sant eknath biography in english

Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, and poet (1533–1599)

This article is about the 16th century CE spiritual figure. For the 20th century CE spiritual teacher, see Eknath Easwaran.

Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi pronunciation: [eknath]) (1533–1599),^[1]pronunciation^ⓘwas an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet.

He was a devotee of the Hindu deity Vitthal and is a major figure of the Warkari movement. Eknath is often viewed as a spiritual successor to the prominent Marathi saints Dnyaneshwar and Namdev.

Sant eknath biography in english

Biography

Precise details of his life remain obscure. It is generally believed that Eknath lived during the latter three-quarters of the 16th-century. He was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishwamitra gotra to Suryanarayan and Rukmini Bai at Paithan, present-day Maharashtra and was a follower of the Ashvalayana Sutra.

His father probably held the title of Kulkarni and kept financial accounts. Their family deity is Ekvira Devi (or Renuka