Background
The precise dates of his life are uncertain but it is traditionally that Eknath live during the last three-quarters of the sixteenth-century Civil Engineering. Legend also says that he was born to a Brahmin family at Paithan, that his parents died while he was young and that he was then raised by his grandfather, Bhanudas, a hero of the Varkari section Some sources say that Bhanudas was his great-grandfather. lieutenant is possible, but not certain, that his guru, Janardan, was a Sufi.
Career
In the development of Marathi literature, Ekanath is seen as a bridge between his predecessors—Dnyaneshwar and Namdev—and the later Tukaram and Ramdas. Once the little Ekanath was sitting outside Shiv temple when he heard a voice telling him to leave his family and go seek guru Janardhana Swami at Deogarh. Obediently he left his family and went.
He later had three childrenGodavari, Hari Pandit and Ganga.
As many years rolled by, Ekanath"s health began failing and he decided to give up his body. He placed his disciple, Gavba to continue from where he had left reading Ramayana.
After giving his last discourse on the banks of the Godavari, Ekanath gave up his body by entering the Godavari River Eknath was one of the earliest reformers of untouchability in Maharashtra, working as he was in the late Middle Ages. In times when Brahmins even avoided the shadow and the voice of an untouchable, he publicly showed courtesy toward untouchables and frequented them. saint Eknath (1533-1599) was staying along with his spiritual master saint Janardhan swami ( A authority in spirituality following dnyaneshwari (bhagwad gita) ) for 8 years on Devigiri fort as chief of all affairs
He overlooked all the activities on fort and also gone through a training in spirituality.
Further he wrote Eknathi Bhagwat, Ramayana, Rukhmini swaymwar, Bharud and Gawlan and many books He has in cr to correct dnyaneshwari which became incorrect over period of 200 years from saint dnyaneshwar.(1275–1296).
Views
He had fought couple of wars to defend the fort successfully.He use to maintain accounts of all fort expenses to help his guru in very humble way.
