beautiful ghat behind this temple along the Indrayani river Sant Tukaram Maharaj Gatha Mandir, Dehu – modern structure; massive building housing a big statue of Tukaram; In the Gatha temple, about 4,000 abhangs (verses) created by Tukaram maharaj were carved on the walls. Movies and popular culture A number of Indian films have been made about the saint in different languages. These include: Tukaram (1921) silent film by Shinde. Sant Tukaram (1921) silent film by Kalanidhi Pictures. Sant Tukaram (1936) – this movie on Tukaram was screened open-air for a year, to packed audiences in Mumbai, and numerous rural people would walk very long distances to see it. Thukkaram (1938) in Tamil by B. N. Rao. Santha Thukaram (1963) in Kannada Sant Tukaram (1965) in Hindi Bhakta Tukaram (1973) in Telugu Tukaram (2012) in Marathi Tukaram's life was the subject of 68th issue of Amar Chitra Katha, India's largest comic book series. The government of India issued 100 rupees Silver commemorative coin in 2002. See also Bhakti movement Pandharpur Wari – the largest annual pilgrimage in Maharashtra that includes a ceremonial Palkhi of Tukaram Vitthal Temple, Pandharpur Sant Dnyaneshwar References Works cited General references "Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar Nivadak Lekhsangrah" by T S Shejwalkar (collection- H V Mote, Introduction- G D Khanolkar) Further reading John Hoyland (1932), An Indian Peasant Mystic: Translations from Tukaram, London: Allenson, Wilbur Deming (1932), Selections from Tukaram, Christian Literature Society, Prabhakar Machwe (1977), Tukaram's Poems, United Writer, Dilip Chitre (1970), The Bhakta as a Poet: Six Examples from Tukaram's Poetry, Delos: A Journal on and of Translation, Vol. 4, pages 132-136 Fraser and Marathe (1915), The Poems of Tukaram, 3 vols, Christian Literature Society , Reprinted in 1981 by Motilal Banarsidass, External links Collected works of Tukaram in Devnagari Sant Tukaram Gatha at Internet Archive Images, Biography: Tukaram Ram Bapat (2002), Tukaram Online, 14 Indian and 8 foreign languages What I Want to Say, Tukaram, Mona van Duyn (1965), Poetry, Vol. 107, No. 2, pages 102-104 Twenty five poems, Tukaram Prabhakar Machwe (1968), Mahfil, Vol. 5, No. 1/2, pages 61–69 Translations from Tukaram and other saint-poets, Awad Kolatkar (1982), Journal of South Asian Literature, Vol. 17, No. 1, pages 111-114 1577 births 1650 deaths Warkari Sant Mat gurus Marathi-language writers Marathi-language poets Sant Mat 17th-century Hindu religious leaders Vaishnava saints Scholars from Maharashtra Poets from Maharashtra Marathi Hindu saints