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Who was the greatest Bhakti poet of Maharasthra?

A. Ramdas
B. Tukaram
C. Namdeva
D. Eknath
Answer» B. Tukaram
Explanation: Saint Tukaram (1608-1645) was a prominent Varkari Sant (Saint) and spiritual poet during a Bhakti movement in India. Dilip Purushottam Chitre, a well known Marathi Scholar, identifies Tukaram as the first modern poet of Marathi. Chitre believes that Tukaram was the second saint after Sant Dnyaneshwar who denied caste hierarchy in Hindu religion and attacked rituals present in Hindu Dharma.
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