Gora Kumbhar

Sant Gora Kumbhar
Personal
Bornc. 1267
Diedc. 1317
ReligionHinduism
SectVarkari
Organization
PhilosophyBhakti movement

Sant Gora Kumbhar (also known as Goroba) was a Hindu sant associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari sect of Maharashtra, India. He was a potter by trade and devotee of Vithal.[1] Gora Kumbhar, along with other saints, wrote and sung hundreds of Abhangs.

Gora Kumbhar is traditionally believed to have lived in the village of Satyapuri, presently known as Goraba Ter in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra State. He is believed to have been a contemporary of Namdev. He is thought to have lived between c. 1267 and c. 1317 CE.[2][3] A small temple named after him was built in the village and is visited by devotees.[3]

He died on Chaitra Krishna Triodashi, Shake 1239 (April 20, 1317).[citation needed]

Other temples are located in Ainpur (District - Rahu (District - Pune)), Daulatabad (District - Aurangabad), Bajajnagar [(District - Aurangabad)], Turkabad Kharadi [(District - Aurangabad)], Kate Pimpalgaon (District - Aurangabad), Kokisare (District - Aurangabad). Satara), Kumbharli (District - Ratnagiri), Selu (District - Parbhani), Karjat (District - Raigad) are other Sant Goroba Kaka temples.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Vanina, Eugenia (2012). Medieval Indian Mindscapes: Space, Time, Society, Man. Primus Books. p. 188. ISBN 9789380607191.
  2. ^ Novetzke, Christian Lee (2008). Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-231-14184-0.
  3. ^ a b "Osmanabad District". osmanabad.nic.in Official website of Dist. Admin. Osmanabad District Administration. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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