In his new book, artist Bhaskar Hande deconstructs the rich visual vocabulary of 17th century-Marathi saint and poet Tukaram Maharaj’s abhangs through silkscreen prints and sculptures Sculptor-painter ...

The houseful audience at the Sringeri Pravachana Mandiram, Chennai, on Saturday last had the rare experience of being transported to a remote Maharashtra village. On the stage was Tukaram Ganapathi ...

Language has never been a barrier for the devout. Thukaram Ganapthi Maharaj, a Tamilian varkari kirtankar from Kanyakumari is a shining example of this. Nagpur: Language has never been a barrier for ...

PUNE: Some of the earliest English translations of celebrated 17thcentury poetsaint Sant T u k a r a m 's Marathi abhangs (verses), done by a Pune scholar nearly a 100 years ago, have recently been ...

First there was the Prabhat film Sant Tukaram. I saw it as a child. For years afterwards Vishnupant Pagnis who played Tukaram was the saint incarnate for me. My favourite song was “Aadhi beej ekale”.

A rain-washed dusk slowly settles over the street as the first strains of the ‘Abhangs’ begin to be heard. Slowly at first. Then the pitch rises to the accompaniment of clanging ‘Jalras’ and temple ...

The first look of actor Subodh Bhave from the upcoming Hindi feature film ‘Sant Tukaram’ has been revealed. The actor will be portraying the revered Marathi saint ‘ Sant Tukaram’ in the film directed ...

A vernacular folk-fusion band in the city seeks to revive and reimagine the tradition of Marathi abhangs to attract millennial listeners (From left to right) Tushar Totre, Ajay Vavhal, Dushyant ...

Hundreds and thousands of film songs in more than a dozen languages, ghazals, patriotic songs and also ‘bhav geet’, the quintessential semi-classical, non-filmi songs in Marathi, Lata Mangeshkar sang ...