Jog Maharaj
Indian Theologian
Vishnu Narsimha Jog (14 September 1867 – 5 February 1920) popularly known as Jog Maharaj, was a Marathi Kirtankar and preacher, he established India's first Warkari Shikshan Sanstha in Alandi in 1917.
He initiated social awareness campaigns by adopting the thoughts of Sant Tukaram. To the ignorant and illiterate, he explained the philosophy of Warkari Sampradaya worldview in plain, understandable words. With the intention of bringing Warkari Sampradaya to the masses in Maharashtra, Jog Maharaj founded Warkari Shikshan Sanstha in Alandi. He generated hundreds of preachers and kirtankars through this institution. As of now, hundreds of kirtankars are evangelizing villages across the world consequently of his vision.
Jog Maharaj was a propagator of Warkari Sampradaya. He studied many books of Marathi saints. He was the first to interpret the Abhanga's of Tukaram Maharaj and create Sarth Gatha. Sarth Amritanubhav, classified saga of Niloba Maharaja and Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, Sarth Haripath and Changdev Pasashti, six books of Eknathi Bhagavata, Vedantavichara, Veche (Sarth) of Mahipatized Dnyaneshwari etc.
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