Nivruttinath

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The siblings Muktabai, Sopan, Dnyaneshwar and Nivruttinath seated on the flying wall greet Changdev seated on a tiger. In the centre, Changdev bows to Dnyaneshwar.

Nivruttinath (Marathi: निवृत्तिनाथ) was a saint in the Varkari tradition. He was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family and was the elder brother and the guru of Dnyaneshwar, the first Varkari saint.

Nivrutti Nath took Samadhi at Trimbakeshwar. The place in Trimbakeshwar, Near Nashik, India where he took Samadhi is still preserved as a shrine. He was initiated into the Natha sampadraya by Gahininath at the age of 10.

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