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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Sadguru]]<br />
| name = Jog Maharaj<br />
| image = Vishnu Narsimha Jog.jpg<br />
| caption = Jog Maharaj<br />
| other_names = Vishnubuva Jog<br />
| birth_name = Vishnu Narsimha Jog<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1867|09|14}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pune|Poona]], [[Bombay Presidency]], British India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1920|02|05|1867|09|14}}<br />
| death_place = [[Alandi]], Bombay Presidency, British India<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Founder of [[Jog Maharaj Warkari Shikshan Sanstha|Warkari Shikshan Sanstha]]|[[kirtankar]]|preacher}}<br />
| mother = Saraswati Devi<br />
| father = Narsimha alias Narsopant<br />
| website = <br />
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'''Vishnu Narsimha Jog''' (14 September 1867 – 5 February 1920)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=वृत्तसेवा |first=प्रभात |date=2022-02-17 |title=जोग महाराज पुण्यतिथी महोत्सवाची सांगता |url=https://www.dainikprabhat.com/conclusion-of-jog-maharaj-punyatithi-mahotsav/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Dainik Prabhat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=सद्गुरू जोग महाराज पुण्यतिथी - |url=https://dnyanbatukaram.com/dinvishesh/punyatithi-of-jog-maharaj-who-started-warkari-shikshan-sanstha/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> popularly known as '''Jog Maharaj''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Offredi |first=Mariola |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m77YAAAAMAAJ&q=jog+maharaj |title=The Banyan Tree: Essays on Early Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages : Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Early Literature in New Indo-Aryan Languages, Venice, 1997 |date=2000 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |isbn=978-81-7304-342-0 |language=en}}</ref> was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] [[Kirtan]]kar and [[preacher]], he established India's first [[Sadguru Jog Maharaj Warkari Shikshan Sanstha|Warkari Shikshan Sanstha]] in [[Alandi]] in 1917.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal Switzerland - इतिहासात ५ फेब्रुवारी |url=https://bruhan-mms.org/Historical-References/12575527 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=bruhan-mms.org}}</ref><br />
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He initiated social awareness campaigns by adopting the thoughts of [[Tukaram|Sant Tukaram]]. To the ignorant and illiterate, he explained the philosophy of [[Warkari]] ''[[Sampradaya]]'' worldview in plain, understandable words. With the intention of bringing Warkari ''Sampradaya'' to the masses in [[Maharashtra]], Jog Maharaj founded Warkari Shikshan Sanstha in [[Alandi]]. He generated hundreds of preachers and [[kirtan]]kars through this institution. As of now, hundreds of kirtankars are evangelizing villages across the world consequently of his vision.<br />
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Jog Maharaj was a propagator of Warkari Sampradaya. He studied many books of [[Marathi people|Marathi]] saints. He was the first to interpret the ''[[Abhang]]a''<nowiki/>'s of [[Tukaram|Tukaram Maharaj]] and create Sarth Gatha. Sarth Amritanubhav, classified saga of Niloba Maharaja and [[Dnyaneshwar|Dnyaneshwar Maharaj]], Sarth Haripath and Changdev Pasashti, six books of Eknathi Bhagavata, Vedantavichara, Veche (Sarth) of Mahipatized [[Dnyaneshwari]] etc. were published by Jog. He remained a [[Brahmacharya|Brahmachari]] throughout his life.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=दिनविशेषः वारकरी संप्रदाय पुढे नेणारे विष्णुबुवा जोग |url=https://marathi.indiatimes.com/astro/religion-festival-news/today-death-anniversary-of-vishnubuva-jog-and-relation-with-varkari-sampradaya/articleshow/73956096.cms |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=[[Maharashtra Times]] |language=mr}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and family ==<br />
Vishnubuva was born on 14 September 1867 in Pune, to Narsimha and Saraswati Devi.<ref name=":1" /> He had four siblings, he was the youngest. His father Narasopant was the teacher of [[Raja]] of [[Sawantwadi State|Sawantwadi]]. He has completed his education up to 4th standard in [[Modi script]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=सद्गुरू जोग महाराज आणि वारकरी शिक्षण संस्था |url=https://www.evivek.com/Encyc/2020/2/18/-Jog-Maharaj-Warkari-Shikshan-Sanstha.html |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.evivek.com |language=en}}</ref> In the Jog Maharaj's family there was a generational [[Pehlwani|Pehlwanaki]]. He had a knack for [[Mallakhamba|Malla-Vidya]] since childhood. His elder brother Pandoba was a renowned [[Mallakhamba|Malla]] of Pune. He was the [[ustad]] of Nagarkar [[Akhara|Talim]] in [[Pune]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Warkari Shikshan Sanstha ==<br />
{{Main article|Jog Maharaj Warkari Shikshan Sanstha}}<br />
Jog Maharaj established the first Warkari Shishan Sanstha in 1917 in [[Alandi]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Want to become a 'kirtankar?' Crack an entrance exam |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-want-to-become-a-kirtankar-crack-an-entrance-exam-1548746 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |language=en}}</ref> Bankatswami, Lakshmanbuwa Igatpurikar, Marutibuwa Gurav, Pandurang Sharma, Lakshmanbuwa Kundkar were disciples of Jog Maharaj who continued the ''Warkari Shikshan Sanstha''.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
[[File:Shree Sadguru Jog Maharaj Mandir.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Shree Sadguru Jog Maharaj Temple at Warkari Shikshan Sanstha.]]<br />
The [[death anniversary]] of Jog Maharaj is celebrated as Punyatithi Utsav starts from Magh Shuddha Navami in Alandi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=जोग महाराज पुण्यतिथी उत्सव:दशरथे महाराजांच्या कीर्तनाने सुवर्ण महोत्सवाची सांगता |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/local/maharashtra/ahmednagar/news/the-golden-festival-concluded-with-the-kirtan-of-dasarthe-maharaj-130891571.html |url-access=registration |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=[[Divya Marathi]]}}</ref> <br />
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The obituary of Jog published in ''[[Kesari (Marathi newspaper)|Kesari]]'' newspaper was written by [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] himself.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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