Muktabai

Muktai Vitthalpant Kulkarni
2003 Indian Stamp depicting Muktabai
Personal life
Born1279
Alandi
Died1297
Muktainagar
HonorsSant in Marathi, meaning "Saint"
Religious life
ReligionHinduism
OrderVarkari tradition
PhilosophyVaishnavism
Religious career
GuruDnyaneshwar
Disciples
  • Changdev

Muktabai or Mukta was a saint in the Varkari Movement. She was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the younger sister of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint. She wrote forty-one abhangs throughout her life.

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