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Warkari (Marathi: वारकरी; Pronunciation:; 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.[1]

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  1. 43 relations: Abhang, Alcohol (drug), Arti (Hinduism), Ashadha, Bhajan, Bhakti, Bhakti movement, Caste system in India, Celibacy, Chokhamela, Dnyaneshwar, Ekadashi, Eknath, Gregorian calendar, Guru, Hagiography, Haripath, Hindu texts, Hinduism, House of Scindia, Kārtika (month), Kirtan, Krishna, Lacto vegetarianism, Lunar calendar, Maharashtra, Mahipati, Marathi language, Namdev, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Pandharpur, Pandharpur Wari, Prayer beads, Samadhi, Sampradaya, Sant (religion), Sattvic diet, Student, Tobacco, Tukaram, Tulsi (disambiguation), Vishnu, Vithoba.

  2. 13th-century establishments in India
  3. Anti-caste movements
  4. Bhakti-era Hindu sects
  5. Hinduism in Maharashtra
  6. Krishnaite Vaishnava denominations
  7. Sant Mat
  8. Sects that require vegetarianism
  9. Vaishnava sects

Abhang

Abhanga is a form of devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Vitthal, also known as Vithoba.

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Alcohol (drug)

Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is one of the most widely used and abused psychoactive drugs in the world and falls under the depressant category.

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Arti (Hinduism)

Arti or Arati is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.

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Ashadha

Ashadha or Aashaadha or Adi (आसाढ़ Āsāṛh or आषाढ Āṣāḍh; আহাৰ ahar; ଆଷାଢ଼ Āṣāḍh; আষাঢ় Āṣāḍh; असार asār; અષાઢ) is a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to June/July in the Gregorian calendar.

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Bhajan

Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Dharmic religions, in any language.

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Bhakti

Bhakti (भक्ति; Pali: bhatti) is a term common in Indian religions which means attachment, fondness for, devotion to, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, or love.

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Bhakti movement

The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of devotion to achieve salvation. Warkari and Bhakti movement are Anti-caste movements.

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Caste system in India

The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes.

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Celibacy

Celibacy (from Latin caelibatus) is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious reasons.

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Chokhamela

Chokhamela (Marathi:चोखामेळा) was a Hindu saint in Maharashtra, India in the 14th century.

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Dnyaneshwar

Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ɲyaːn̪eʃʋəɾ), also referred to as Dnyaneshwar, Dnyanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition. Warkari and Dnyaneshwar are sant Mat.

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Ekadashi

Ekadashi is the eleventh lunar day (tithi) of the waxing (Shukla Pakṣa) and waning (Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa) lunar cycles in a Vedic calendar month.

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Eknath

Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi pronunciation: eknath) (1533–1599), was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet. Warkari and eknath are sant Mat.

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Gregorian calendar

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world.

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Guru

Guru (गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.

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Hagiography

A hagiography is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions.

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Haripath

The Haripath is a collection of twenty-eight abhangas (poems) revealed to the thirteenth-century Marathi Saint, Dnyaneshwar.

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Hindu texts

Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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House of Scindia

House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) is a Hindu Maratha Royal House that ruled the erstwhile Gwalior State in central India.

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Kārtika (month)

Kārtika (কার্তিক Kartik, Bhojpuri: kātik, Kārtika, Kārttika, Kārtak,, Maithili: कातिक,, कार्त्तिक,,, கார்த்திகை) is the eighth month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in October and November of the Gregorian calendar.

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Kirtan

Indian harmoniums and ''tabla'' drums (a common and popular pairing), in Kenya (1960s) Kirtana (कीर्तन), also rendered as Kirtan or Keertan, is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story, specifically in Indian religions.

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Krishna

Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Lacto vegetarianism

A lacto-vegetarian (sometimes referred to as a lactarian; from the Latin root lact-, milk) diet is a diet that abstains from the consumption of meat as well as eggs, while still consuming dairy products such as milk, cheese (without animal rennet i.e., from microbial sources), yogurt, butter, ghee, cream, and kefir.

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Lunar calendar

A lunar calendar is a calendar based on the monthly cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months, lunations), in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the solar year.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mahipati

Mahipati (1715 - 1790) was an 18th century Marathi language hagiographer who wrote biographies of prominent Hindu Vaishnava sants who had lived between the 13th and the 17th centuries in Maharashtra and other regions of India.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Namdev

Namdev (Pronunciation: naːmdeʋ), also transliterated as Nam Dayv, Namdeo, Namadeva, (traditionally) was a Marathi Vaishnava saint from Narsi, Hingoli, Maharashtra, Medieval India within the Varkari tradition of Hinduism. Warkari and Namdev are sant Mat.

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Ocimum tenuiflorum

Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil or tulsi or tulasi, is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae.

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Pandharpur

Pandharpur (Pronunciation: pəɳɖʱəɾpuːɾ) is a Popular pilgrimage town, on the banks of Chandrabhagā River, near Solapur city in Solapur District, Maharashtra, India. Warkari and Pandharpur are Hinduism in Maharashtra.

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Pandharpur Wari

Pandharpur Wari or Wari is a yatra to Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to honor Vithoba.

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Prayer beads

Prayer beads are a form of beadwork used to count the repetitions of prayers, chants, or mantras by members of various religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Umbanda, Islam, Sikhism, the Baháʼí Faith, and some Christian denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

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Samadhi

Statue of a meditating Shiva, Rishikesh Samādhi (Pali and समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness.

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Sampradaya

Sampradaya (सम्प्रदाय), in Indian origin religions, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, can be translated as 'tradition', 'spiritual lineage', 'sect', or 'religious system'.

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Sant (religion)

A sant (सन्त्; IAST) is a human being revered as a "truth-exemplar" for their abnormal level of "self, truth, reality" in Indic religions, particularly Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism.

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Sattvic diet

Sattvic diet refers to a type of plant-based diet within Ayurveda where food is divided into what is defined as three yogic qualities (guna) known as sattva.

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Student

A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.

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Tukaram

Sant Tukaram Maharaj (Marathi pronunciation: t̪ukaːɾam), also known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba, was a Hindu, Marathi Saint of Varkari sampradaya" in Dehu village, Maharashtra in the 17th century. Warkari and Tukaram are sant Mat.

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Tulsi (disambiguation)

Tulsi or Ocimum tenuiflorum, commonly known as holy basil, is an aromatic perennial plant.

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Vithoba

Vithoba (IAST: Viṭhobā), also known as Vitthala (IAST: Viṭṭhala), and Panduranga (IAST: Pāṇḍuraṅga), is a Hindu deity predominantly worshipped in the Indian state of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

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See also

13th-century establishments in India

Anti-caste movements

Bhakti-era Hindu sects

Hinduism in Maharashtra

Krishnaite Vaishnava denominations

Sant Mat

Sects that require vegetarianism

Vaishnava sects

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warkari

Also known as Varkari, Varkari Movement, Varkaris.