Sant tukdoji maharaj biography definition

Indian freedom fighter (1909–1968)

Tukdoji Maharaj (30 April 1909  – 11 October 1968) was a spiritual saint from India. He was a disciple of Aadkoji Maharaj.^[1] Tukdoji Maharaj was involved in social reforms in the rural regions of Maharashtra, including construction of roads.^{[citation needed]} Tukdoji Maharaj wrote Gramgeeta which means village development. Many of the development programs started by him worked efficiently even after his death.

Biography

Saint Tukdoji Maharaj was born in Yawali, Amravati district, Maharashtra. He received spiritual initiation from Samarth Adkoji Maharaj of Warkhed gram. Early in childhood, Saint Tukdoji Maharaj performed rigorous penance and spiritual exercises in self-realisation. He was an orator and a musician who composed more than 3000 bhajans (spiritual poems) in Hindi and Marathi, having performed for the spiritual teacher Meher Baba in 1937^[2] and 1944.^[