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Sant Namdev was born in the village of Naras-Vamani, located now in the Satara District of Maharashtra , India , to a tailor named Damashetti and his wife Gonabi (Gunabai). He was married before the age of eleven to Rajabai, daughter of Govindashetti Sadavarte. They had four sons and one daughter. Namdev was led to the path of Bhakti under the direct tutelage saint Jnaneshwara , to whom he was much devoted. In the company of Jnaneshwara and other saints, Namdev roamed about the country reciting his poems and compositions. Later in life, he went to the Punjab; he is said to have lived for more than twenty years at the village of Ghuman in Gurdaspur district, where a memorial commemorates his sojourn. Namdev's ''abhangas'' or devotional lyrics became very popular and have been collected in ''Namdevachi Gatha'', which also includes the long autobiographical poem ''Tirathavah''. The fact that he occasionally wrote in a form of early Hindi, combined with his extended visits to the Punjab , carried Namdev's fame far beyond the borders of Maharashtra. As many as sixty-one of his hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib . Namdev did not initatiate any religious institution or movement; he exemplifies the archetypical Bhakti saint, a solitary soul in search for God. SEE ALSO SOURCES
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