Tukdoji Maharaj
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Rashtra Saint Tukdoji Maharaj (1909-11 October 1968) born in Amravati District of Maharashtra state in central India. He was born in poverty ridden family of tailors. Saint Tukdoji was is one of the shining sants of India. He was involved in social reforms for villages. He personally took part in construction of roads and infrastructure. He has attended World Religions and World Peace Conference in Japan where he played his Khanjeri, a traditional musical instrument. Saint Tukdoji skills on Khanjeri instrument were unparalleled and he used sung introductory songs at World Religious Conferences.
He wrote Gramgeeta, a very useful tool for village development.
He had amazing skill sets such as playing variety of musical instruments, ridding a Enfield bullet and composing songs.
He died on 11th October 1968 at 4.58 pm. Many of the development programs started by him are still working efficiently in the state of Maharashtra.
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- Biography
- Gramgeeta.org
- more biography
- [1] World Conference on Religion and Peace