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In this blog we are particularly talking about the saint tradition. Though they were  humans, they didn't seem to be. It is also possible that though they were humans, their pure devotion to the supreme made them achieve godliness. Here we will discuss about saints in Maharashtra. The saints are called as sant  in Marathi language. Since ages, various saints have taken birth in Maharashtra and so Maharashtra is rightly called " the land of saints" or  " santbhumi" as it is called in Marathi.                                       In Maharashtra before the birth of Sant Dnyaneshwar there were many saints like Sant Narhari Sonar. But according to the " Varkari Sampraday"(Community that worships the supreme in the form of Lord Vitthala)   the first saint for them was Sant Dnyaneshwar and the last one was " Sant Tukaram". They say, || ज्ञानदेव रचिला पाया, तुका झालासे कळस ||  - संत बहिणाबाई  Sant Dnyaneshwar, Sant Nivruttinath, Sant Sopandev, Sant