Question

Write about personalities and their work in your own word.

Sant Namdeo

Answer 1

1. He was a great Sant of the Varkari movement. Many Sants and common people were influenced by his teachings.
2. He was a skilled organiser and performed excellent keertans.
3. He used these Keertans to awaken a sense of equality amongst men and women of all castes.
4. His abhanga compositions are well known.
5. He spread the message of Bhagwat religion everywhere.
6. He went up to Punjab to propagate his thoughts. Some of his compositions are included in the ‘Guru Granth Sahib’ of Sikhs.
7. He built a memorial to Sant Chokhamela at Pandharpur.