by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
One day when Tuka came home Jija was performing Lakshmi Pooja at home. He asked her what she was doing and she replied that she was doing pooja for Rukmani. He then asked her what the occasion today was and why she was suddenly doing this. Jija then told him that some...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
There was a village called Chinchwadi near Pune. (It is now called Chinchwad) People from that village would very often invite Tukaram to perform his sankirtans and he would go there and sing his abhangs. Often his bhajans used to go on till dawn. One day when Tukaram...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
One Ekadasi day, Tuka was performing kirtans and Shivaji was listening to it with love. In the meantime Muslim soldiers heard about the whereabouts of Shivaji and a big troop of 2000 soldiers came to arrest him. They surrounded the house in which bhajans were...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
One day as usual Tukarams shop was looted by miscreants as he had left it open and left with a group of pilgrims to Pandharpur. His wife then gave him some jewels and asked him to mortgage the same to get stocks for his provision stores. He mortgaged the jewels...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
Tuka used to sing abhangs everyday and a lot of Sadhus and baghavathas would come to listen and participate in this. Whoever came for the kirtans went back with heart filled with love and affection towards Vitthobha. There was a person by name Rameshwara Bhatt in...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
Sant Samartha Ramadass and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj were Tukaram’s contemporaries. Sant Ramdass had also herd about him and had asked Shivaji to meet Tukaram if he happens to visit Dehu. As his guru had asked him to meet Tukaram, Shivaji then decided to met...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
Lohagaon (लोहगाव), a small village, is 13 km away from Pune. Lohagaon happened to be Tukoba’s maternal grandfather’s hometown. Therefore, Tukoba used to frequently visit Lohagaon and deliver religious discourses there. A sizable number of residents of Lohagaon were...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
Now Tukoba had come to a firm conclusion that the only way to liberation was ShriHari namasmarana (नामस्मरण, continuously chanting the holy name of ShriHari). His fame had spread far and wide, however, he was neither bothered nor aware of it. A brahmin from a distant...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
Tukoba had a practice to climb Bhandara hill and sit there for meditation. However, after having gone there, he would not come back home. Jijai had made it a practice to offer food to him first before having hers. She used to take his food in a basket, climb the...
by Madhu | svi. 28, 2016 | Stories about Tukaram
There was a beautiful lady in Dehu was attracted towards Tukaram. Tuka would usually be singing abhangs with out looking around who is watching him and would sing till dawn. One day, this lady came to the place where Tuka was singing just before dawn and sat down in...
by Madhu | sij. 26, 2016 | Stories about great devotees, Stories about Tukaram
Once Tukkaramji the great saint was sitting near the bank of Ganges and doing bhajans. There was an envious person who wanted to disturb Tukkaram. To provoke him to fight, he spit on his face. Tukkaram got up, went to the river, took a holy dip and came back to the...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Funny stories, Stories about Tukaram
Once, Sant Tukaram, a great devotee of the Lord, was doing hari katha. The hall was jam packed with the devotees. The katha was going on and with closed eyes, Sant Tukaram, who was a pure devotees of Lord Vitthaldev, was narrating the pastimes of the Lord and singing...
