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Abhang

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Abhang or abhanga is a form of devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Vitthala, also known as Vithoba. [1]

33 relations: Alandi, Aruna Sairam, Bhajan, Bhakti, Bhimsen Joshi, Carnatic music, Caste, Dehu, Dnyaneshwar, Eknath, Hindu devotional movements, Hinduism, Jitendra Abhisheki, Marathi language, Namdev, Ovi (poetry), Paithan, Pandharpur, Poetry, Pune, Ranjani-Gayatri, Samarth Ramdas, Sampradaya, Sanskrit, Shivaji, South India, Suresh Wadkar, Thanjavur, The Hindu, Tukaram, Varkari, Vithoba, Vitthal Temple, Pandharpur.

Alandi

Alandi is a town and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Aruna Sairam

Aruna Sairam (also spelled Sayeeram) is an Indian classical vocalist.

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Bhajan

A bhajan literally means "sharing".

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Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".

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Bhimsen Joshi

Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011) was an Indian singer from Karnataka in the Hindustani classical tradition.

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Carnatic music

Carnatic music, Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam is a system of music commonly associated with southern India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as Sri Lanka.

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Caste

Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.

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Dehu

Dehu is a holy place and a census town in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Dnyaneshwar

Dnyaneshwar (IAST: Jñāneśvar), also known as Dnyandev or Mauli (1275–1296) was a 13th-century Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath tradition whose Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita) and Amrutanubhav are considered to be milestones in Marathi literature.

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Eknath

Eknath(1533-1599) was a prominent Marathi sant, scholar, and religious poet of the Varkari sampradaya.

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Hindu devotional movements

Devotional movements refers to various forms of Hinduism in India that co-exist with differing doctrines and practices.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Jitendra Abhisheki

Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki (21 September 1929 – 7 November 1998) was an Indian vocalist, composer and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra, India.

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Namdev

Namdev, also transliterated as Namdeo and Namadeva, (traditionally) was a poet-saint from Maharashtra, India who is significant to the Varkari sect of Hinduism.

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Ovi (poetry)

Ovee (literally "strung together"), also spelled as owi or owee, is a poetic metre used in Marathi poems for "rhythmic prose", generally used in narrative poems.

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Paithan

Paithan (Paiṭhaṇ), formerly Pratiṣṭhāna, is a town with municipal council in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.

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Pandharpur

Pandharpur is a well known pilgrimage town on the banks of Bhimā river in Solāpur district, Maharashtra, India.

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Poetry

Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

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Pune

Pune, formerly spelled Poona (1857–1978), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra, after Mumbai.

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Ranjani-Gayatri

Ranjani and Gayatri, sisters are world renowned Carnatic vocalists and violinists.

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Samarth Ramdas

Shree Samarth Ramdas (Marathi language: Rāmdās) was a noted 17th-century saint and spiritual poet of Maharashtra.

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Sampradaya

In Hinduism, a sampradaya (Sanskrit: सम्प्रदाय IAST) can be translated as ‘tradition’, 'spiritual lineage' or a ‘religious system’.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Shivaji

Shivaji Bhonsle (c. 1627/1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan.

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South India

South India is the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, occupying 19% of India's area.

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Suresh Wadkar

Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer.

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Thanjavur

Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore,Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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Tukaram

Tukaram, also referred to as Sant Tukaram, Bhakta Tukaram, Tukaram Maharaj, Tukoba and Tukobaraya, was a 17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.

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Varkari

Varkari (meaning "a pilgrim") is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Vithoba

Vithoba, also known as Vi(t)thal(a) and Panduranga, is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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Vitthal Temple, Pandharpur

Vitthal temple (Marathi श्री विठ्ठल-रूक्मिणी मंदिर) is the main centre of worship for Vitthal, believed to be a form of Bhagawan Krishna or Vishnu and his consort Rakhumai.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhang

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