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Varkari Keertan was pioneered by Sant Namdev around 900 years back in Maharashtra. It is usually based on poetry of 7 famous saints of Maharashtra namely, Saint Nivruttinath, Sant Dnyaneshwar, Sopandev, Muktabai, saint Eknath, Saint Namdev, and Saint Tukaram maharaj. Sometimes other sayings of saints are chosen.
Warkari (/ w ɑːr k ər i / WAR-kə-ree; Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation: Marathi pronunciation: [ʋaːɾkəɾiː]; Meaning: 'The one who performs the Wari') is a sampradaya (religious movement) within the bhakti spiritual tradition of Hinduism, geographically associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
There are three main styles of Marathi kirtan, Varkari, Naradiya and Jugalbandi. Varkari Kirtan was pioneered by Sant Namdev (1270–1350) in Maharashtra. [13] It is usually based on the works of seven famous Maharashtri saints: Saint Nivruttinath, Sant Dnyaneshwar, Sopandev, Muktabai, saint Eknath, Saint Namdev, and Saint Tukaram.
Tukaram encouraged kirtan as a music imbued, community-oriented group singing and dancing form of bhakti. [5] He considered kirtan not just a means to learn about Bhakti, but Bhakti itself. [5] The greatest merit in kirtan, according to Tukaram, is it being not only a spiritual path for the devotee, it helps create a spiritual path for others. [23]
Namdev (Pronunciation: ), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally, c. 26 October 1270 – c. 3 July 1350 [1]) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism.
Kirtan at front of the Jor Mandir Temple in Bishnupur. A characteristic part of spiritual practice, in almost all traditions of Krishnaism, is a kirtan, a collective musical performance with chanting of the glories of God. The Marathi Varkari saint Namdev used the kirtan form of singing to praise the glory of Vithoba (Krishna).
Sant Tukaram. Sant Tukaram (Sant Tukārām), also known as Saint Tukaram, is a 1936 Marathi film, produced by Prabhat Film Company and based on the life of Tukaram (1608–50), a prominent Varkari saint and spiritual poet of the Bhakti movement in India.
Vishnu Narsimha Jog (14 September 1867 – 5 February 1920) [1] [2] popularly known as Jog Maharaj, [3] was a Marathi Kirtankar and preacher, he established India's first Warkari Shikshan Sanstha in Alandi in 1917.