title: Shri GuruCharitra (Marathi Edition)
author: Sri Saraswati Gangadhar
description: Saraswati Gangadhar (16th century?) wrote Shri GuruCharitra, a book on the life of Narasimha Saraswati who is considered to be the second avatar of Dattatreya. Nothing much is known Gangadhar's life other than through the Shri GuruCharitra. Guru-Charitra means "Guru's Life Story" or "Guru's Biography".
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  THE FOURTH PESHWA
  
  
  
  
  
  Ranjit Desai
  
  
  (1928–1992) was one of the most prolific writers in Marathi. He wrote iconic
  novels like Shriman Yogi
  
  
  , Radheya
  
  
  , Raja Ravi Varma
  
  
  , Pavankhind
  
  
  and Swami
  
  
  , among others, and also published twenty collections of short stories and
  close to twenty plays. He had received many awards including the Maharashtra
  Rajya Award, the Hari Narayan Apte Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the
  Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar. The Government of India gave him the Padma Shri
  in 1973.
  
  
  
  
  
  Reshma Kulkarni-Pathare
  
  
  is a media professional and an award-winning translator. She has written for
  several national and international publications including The Times of India,
  Bombay Times, The Hindu, Femina, Cosmopolitan, Hello!, DNA India, Maharashtra
  Times
  
  
  , among others. She has been syndicated by Celebritext UK, who have published
  her writing in UAE and Australia. She is a recipient of the Maharashtra
  Sahitya Parishad Award 20