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Sant (Saint) Tukarama was among the most prominent saints to have come out of the holy land of Maharashtra. He performed his pastimes between A.D. 1608 and A.D. 1649 and gloriously departed this material world at the young age of 41 years. His departure was glorious because it witnessed thousands of devotees on a Vaikuntha airplane.
He hailed from the small town of Dehu, near Pune in Maharashtra and was born into the Warkari community who are devotees of Lord Vitthala (or Panduranga). Srila Prabhupada occasionally referred to this great saint. For example, “In Maharashtra, a saint of the name Saint Tukarama was also a follower of Lord Chaitanya and has over flooded Western India with sankirtana movement. (SPL to Mandali Bhadra, 3rd February, 1970)”