Sant Gora Kumbhar was one of the notable Kumhar

Kumhar

Kumhar or Kumbhar ; also known as Prajapati, is a caste or community of India, mainly belonging to the Hindu religion. The word "Kumhar" literally means "potter" in Indian languages, pottery being the traditional occupation of the Kumhars....

/prajapati

Prajapati

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 saints in history. He was a Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 based saint.

Sant Gora Kumbhar and other saints also wrote and sung hundreds of Abhangs(Shabads which can not be destroyed). The central ideology of this sect was chanting of Namas-kirtana(Kirtan

Kirtan

Kirtan or Kirtana is call-and-response chanting or "responsory" performed in India's devotional traditions. A person performing kirtan is known as a kirtankar. Kirtan practice involves chanting hymns or mantras to the accompaniment of instruments such as the harmonium, tablas, the two-headed...

) daily. This sampardaya attached least importance to the position/status of person in society. Rendering of Namaskirtana attaches a great importance to “NAMA

NAMA

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” (Naam

Naam

Nāma is the Sanskrit for "name". Spiritually, it is the principal method or tool of meditation, which is meant to unite the soul with the Supreme Soul....

 Japna) and chorus singing (Kirtan)

Life

Though the authentic date of birth of Goroba(nickname of saint) is not known, still he is traditionally known to have lived in a village named Satyapuri alias Ter(Terdhoki).He was always chanting even at work(pottery

Pottery

Pottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...

). He was a follower of god Vithoba or Pandurang.

Movies

There are three movies produced on the life of Sant Gora Kumbhar.

• K. S. Gopalakrishnan
  K. S. Gopalakrishnan
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   directed the movie entitled Chakradhari in 1948. It was starring Chittor V. Nagaiah
  Chittor V. Nagaiah
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   and S. Varalakshmi
  S. Varalakshmi
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• V. Madhusudhan Rao
  V. Madhusudhan Rao
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   directed another movie entitled Chakradhari in 1977. It was starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao
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• Kannada Movie "Bhaktha Kumbhara" Starring Dr RajKumar