Brahma Chaitanya

Brahma Chaitanya

= श्री ब्रम्हचैतन्य गोंदवलेकर महाराज ಶ್ರೀ ಬ್ರಮ್ಹಚೈತನ್ಯ ಗೋಂದವಲೇಕರ ಮಹಾರಾಜ =

Shri Brahma Chaitanya (Gondavalekar Maharaj) was a Hindu saint who resided in the taluka of Maan at Gondavale Budruk in Satara District of Maharashtra. His pre-sainthood name was Ganapati. Brahma Chaitanya was a devotee of the Hindu god Rama and signed his name as Brahma Chaitanya Ramdasi.

He was born on Maagha Shuddha Dwadashi (Refer to Hindu Calendar for details of Shuddha and Dwadashi) of shake 1766 (Refer to Shalivahana calendar for details of shake) (Year 1845 A.D.) in Gondavale (also spelled as Gondawale) Budruk, Taluka Maan, District Satara. Its distance is approximately 40 miles (or 64 kilometers) from Satara on the Satara - Pandharpur Road. His father was a Kulkarni by profession.

He left his home in search of a spiritual guru when he was just 9 years old. After knowing his whereabouts, his father brought him back from Kolhapur. He got married when he was 11 years old, and again left home in search of a guru. He went to Yehalegaon in Nanded district and became desciple of Shri Tukamai. Shri Tukamai gave him the nickname of Brahmachaitanya.

After the death of his first wife, he married a girl who was blind since birth. He helped the poor, those suffering from drought. He taught gorakshan, annadan, nama japa, bhajan, teertha yatras.

He showed path of devotion of Lord Rama to thousands of divotees in Maharashtra, Karnataka and parts of North India. Most of the divotees were from the middle class income group. He discouraged people from bad habbits, bad behaviour, etc. He made extensive use of Pravachans, Bhajans, Vaidik Anushthans etc. for encouraging people to follow the path of devotion. He taught people to achieve perfect balance between prapancha and paramartha by doing extensive nama japa.

He passed away on Margashirsh Vadya Dashmi of shake 1835 (22 December 1913) in Gondavale.

The life of Brahma Chaitanya is described in detail in the book "The Saint of Gondawale" by KV Belsare.

References

The saint of Gondawale, book by KV Belsare

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