Bonus stories · read on any evening

The Saints

The saints and holy people who shaped Shivaji's Maharashtra — each with a story of their own, in English and Marathi, with history, tradition and legend kept honest. Tap a saint to read.

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Arranged in time order — from the saints who lived centuries before Shivaji, to those of his own day.

ज्ञा The Road to Pandharpur वारकरी संत History 13th–16th c. Dnyaneshwar, Namdev and Eknath — the saints before Shivaji, and the singing road to Pandharpur. Read the story → तु Sant Tukaram संत तुकाराम History & tradition c. 1608–1650 The shopkeeper-poet of Dehu, and the gifts he sent back to a young king. Read the story → रा Samarth Ramdas & Sajjangad समर्थ रामदास · सज्जनगड Guru debated 1608–c. 1682 The wedding he ran from, the fort of good people — and the guru question, told fairly. Read the story → मौ Mauni Baba of Patgaon पाटगावचे मौनी बाबा History 17th c. The silent saint Shivaji visited before his longest campaign. Read the story → सू Shared Faith सूफी संत Tradition + history 16th–17th c. Two Sufi traditions, the saint of Shrigonda, and what an enemy historian recorded. Read the story →

How these fit the thirty nights

These are extra stories, outside the thirty-night journey. They pair naturally with Day 26 · The Just King and Day 27 · The Saints, and you can read them on any evening. Where people disagree — most of all over whether Samarth Ramdas was Shivaji's guru — each story says so plainly, and gives both views.