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	'''Rang Avadhoot''', born '''Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame''', (21 November 1898 – 19 November 1968) was a mystic saint-poet belonging to [[Dattatreya\|Datta-panth]] (Gurucharita tradition of [[Dattatreya]]) of [[Hinduism]]. He was a social worker and [[Indian independence movement\|independence activist]] before accepting asceticism. He is credited with the expansion of Datta-panth in [[Gujarat]] state of India. He has written more than 45 works, mostly concerning spirituality and devotion.		'''Rang Avadhoot''', born '''Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame''', (21 November 1898 – 19 November 1968) was a mystic saint-poet belonging to [[Dattatreya\|Datta-panth]] (Gurucharita tradition of [[Dattatreya]]) of [[Hinduism]]. He was a social worker and [[Indian independence movement\|independence activist]] before accepting asceticism. He is credited with the expansion of Datta-panth in [[Gujarat]] state of India. He has written more than 45 works, mostly concerning spirituality and devotion.
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	[[File:Nareshwar1.jpg\|thumb\|Rang Avadhoot Ashram, Nareshwar]]		[[File:Nareshwar1.jpg\|thumb\|Rang Avadhoot Ashram, Nareshwar]]
	Rang Avadhoot was born Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame on 21 November 1898 (Kartika Sud 9 according to [[Hindu calendar]]) in [[Godhra]] in a Marathi ~~Brahmin~~ family of Vitthalpant Jairam Valame and Rukmini ([[née]] Kashi).<ref name=":c" /><ref name="sam" /><ref name=":0">{{cite thesis \|last=Godbole \|first=Gyanesh \|date=2010 \|title=રંગ અવધૂતના સાહિત્યમાં વ્યક્ત થતું ચિંતન \|script-title=gu:Rang Avadhootna Sahityama Vyakta Thatu Chintan\|trans-title=Philosophy emerging in the literature of Rang Avadhoot \|type=PhD \|chapter=4. રંગ અવધૂતની જીવન ઝરમર \|publisher= Department of Education, [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University]] \|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/18022 \|access-date=2019-05-02\|language=gu\|hdl=10603/18022\|pages=85-122}}</ref> His family belonged to Devle village (now in [[Sangameshwar\|Sangameshwar taluka]] of [[Ratnagiri district]] in [[Maharashtra]]). His father moved to Godhra as a caretaker ([[pujari]]) of Viththal temple. His father died in a plague in 1902. He had a brother named Narayan. He ~~had~~ met his spiritual teacher ([[guru]]) [[Vasudevanand Saraswati]] (Tembe Swami) in 1905.<ref name=":0" />		Rang Avadhoot was born Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame on 21 November 1898 (Kartika Sud 9 according to [[Hindu calendar]]) in [[Godhra]] in a Marathi family of Vitthalpant Jairam Valame and Rukmini ([[née]] Kashi).<ref name=":c" /><ref name="sam" /><ref name=":0">{{cite thesis \|last=Godbole \|first=Gyanesh \|date=2010 \|title=રંગ અવધૂતના સાહિત્યમાં વ્યક્ત થતું ચિંતન \|script-title=gu:Rang Avadhootna Sahityama Vyakta Thatu Chintan\|trans-title=Philosophy emerging in the literature of Rang Avadhoot \|type=PhD \|chapter=4. રંગ અવધૂતની જીવન ઝરમર \|publisher= Department of Education, [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University]] \|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/18022 \|access-date=2019-05-02\|language=gu\|hdl=10603/18022\|pages=85-122}}</ref> His family belonged to Devle village (now in [[Sangameshwar\|Sangameshwar taluka]] of [[Ratnagiri district]] in [[Maharashtra]]). His father moved to Godhra as a caretaker ([[pujari]]) of Viththal temple. His father died in a plague in 1902. He had a brother named Narayan. He met his spiritual teacher ([[guru]]) [[Vasudevanand Saraswati]] (Tembe Swami) in 1905.<ref name=":0" />

	He was religiously inclined since his childhood. He received his school education in Godhra and [[matriculated]] in 1917 from Telang Highschool, Godhra. For higher studies, he joined [[Gujarat College]] in [[Ahmedabad]] and completed his first year there. He moved to Baroda College in [[Baroda]] for the second year. Influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], he ~~left~~ studies ~~for the participation~~ in the [[non-cooperation movement]] in 1920. When [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] was founded, he joined and graduated among its first batch of ~~the~~ students in 1921. He befriended Amritlal Modi and Ambalal Vyas there.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" /> In [[Panchmahal district\|Panchmahal]] region, he participated in the independence movement activities with his friends and others.<ref name=":c" /> He briefly worked with [[Swami Anand]] at the [[Navajivan Trust\|Navjivan]] trust. He later joined the Rashtriya Adarsh Vinaymandir school in Ahmedabad as the teacher of Sanskrit in 1921.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" /> In 1922, he decided to never marry and became involved in social work and politics.<ref name="Samraj2004">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0GasoU5dfAC&pg=PA746\|title=The Knee of Listening: The Divine Ordeal of the Avataric Incarnation of Conscious Light : the Spiritual Autobiography of the Ruchira Avatar, Adi Da Samraj\|author=Adi Da Samraj\|publisher=North Atlantic Books\|year=2004\|isbn=978-1-57097-167-9\|pages=746–747}}</ref><ref name=":c" />		He was religiously inclined since his childhood. He received his school education in Godhra and [[matriculated]] in 1917 from Telang Highschool, Godhra. For higher studies, he joined [[Gujarat College]] in [[Ahmedabad]] and completed his first year there. He moved to Baroda College in [[Baroda]] for the second year. Influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], he postponed his studies in order to participate in the [[non-cooperation movement]] in 1920. When [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] was founded, he joined and graduated among its first batch of students in 1921. He befriended Amritlal Modi and Ambalal Vyas there.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" /> In [[Panchmahal district\|Panchmahal]] region, he participated in the independence movement activities with his friends and others.<ref name=":c" /> He briefly worked with [[Swami Anand]] at the [[Navajivan Trust\|Navjivan]] trust. He later joined the Rashtriya Adarsh Vinaymandir school in Ahmedabad as the teacher of Sanskrit in 1921.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" /> In 1922, he decided to never marry and became involved in social work and politics.<ref name="Samraj2004">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0GasoU5dfAC&pg=PA746\|title=The Knee of Listening: The Divine Ordeal of the Avataric Incarnation of Conscious Light : the Spiritual Autobiography of the Ruchira Avatar, Adi Da Samraj\|author=Adi Da Samraj\|publisher=North Atlantic Books\|year=2004\|isbn=978-1-57097-167-9\|pages=746–747}}</ref><ref name=":c" />

	== Spiritual career ==		== Spiritual career ==
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	Rang Avadhoot was fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, English and Sanskrit.<ref name=":c" />		Rang Avadhoot was fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, English and Sanskrit.<ref name=":c" />

	Under pen name of Ganjeri, he started writing columns on ~~the~~ contemporary issues in dailies. Between 1918 and 1925, he wrote and translated several works. He translated [[Ernest Howard Crosby]]'s ''Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster'' as ''Tolstoy Ane Shikshan'' (1924) in Gujarati''.'' ''Upanishadni Vato'' (1924) and ''Vishnupuranni Varta'' (1924) are his works on [[Upanishads]] and [[Vishnu Purana]]. ''Girvahbhasha Pravesh'' 1-2 (1924) is a work on Sanskrit grammar which he prepared for students when he taught Sanskrit in a school. ''Sadbodhshatakam-Balbodhini'' (1924) is a commentary on [[shloka]]s (verses) selected by [[Kaka Kalelkar]] from [[Bhartṛhari]]'s [[Śatakatraya]] and dedicated to the students. He also co-translated [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s ''[[What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy)\|What Shall We Do Then?]]''{{efn-ua\|''[[What Is to Be Done?]]'' is the most common English translation title. ''What Shall We Do Then?'' is another title used.}} as ''Tyare Karishu Shu?'' (1928) in Gujarati with [[Narhari Parikh]]. His other works during this period include ''Rentiyanu Rahasya'', ''Swaraj-Kirtan'', ''Ahinsa Etle Shu?'', columns published under title of ''Bhangno Loto.''<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" />		Under the pen name of Ganjeri, he started writing columns on contemporary issues in dailies. Between 1918 and 1925, he wrote and translated several works. He translated [[Ernest Howard Crosby]]'s ''Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster'' as ''Tolstoy Ane Shikshan'' (1924) in Gujarati''.'' ''Upanishadni Vato'' (1924) and ''Vishnupuranni Varta'' (1924) are his works on the [[Upanishads]] and [[Vishnu Purana]]. ''Girvahbhasha Pravesh'' 1-2 (1924) is a work on Sanskrit grammar which he prepared for students when he taught Sanskrit in a school. ''Sadbodhshatakam-Balbodhini'' (1924) is a commentary on [[shloka]]s (verses) selected by [[Kaka Kalelkar]] from [[Bhartṛhari]]'s [[Śatakatraya]] and dedicated to the students. He also co-translated [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s ''[[What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy)\|What Shall We Do Then?]]''{{efn-ua\|''[[What Is to Be Done?]]'' is the most common English translation title. ''What Shall We Do Then?'' is another title used.}} as ''Tyare Karishu Shu?'' (1928) in Gujarati with [[Narhari Parikh]]. His other works during this period include ''Rentiyanu Rahasya'', ''Swaraj-Kirtan'', ''Ahinsa Etle Shu?'', columns published under title of ''Bhangno Loto.''<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" />

	After accepting asceticism, he wrote about 45 works mostly focused on spirituality and devotion to [[Dattatreya]]. He wrote [[Bhajan]]s (devotional songs) collected under the title ''Avadhooti Anand'' (1931). ''Ranghridayam'' (1932) has [[stotra]]s (hymns) on knowledge and devotion. His ''Shri Guruleelamrit'' (1934–36) contains more than 19,005 [[Doha (poetry)\|dohras]] (couplets) divided in three volumes and 148 chapters. He composed ''Dattabavani'' (1935), a 52 stanza poem dedicated to Dattatreya which is popular in Gujarat. ''Patrageeta'' (1939) is a collection of 16 letters about spirituality addressed to his friend Amrutlal Modi. ''Rangtarang'' (1951) is a collection of Marathi Abhang Bhajans. Amar Adesh (1955) is a collection of his various lectures. ''Shrirang Patramanjusha 1-2'' (1975, 1986) is a collection of letters addressed to friends and relatives. ''Sangeetgeeta'' is original verse translation of [[Bhagavad Gita\|Bhagwad Geeta]] in Gujarati.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" />		After accepting asceticism, he wrote about 45 works mostly focused on spirituality and devotion to [[Dattatreya]]. He wrote [[Bhajan]]s (devotional songs) collected under the title ''Avadhooti Anand'' (1931). ''Ranghridayam'' (1932) has [[stotra]]s (hymns) on knowledge and devotion. His ''Shri Guruleelamrit'' (1934–36) contains more than 19,005 [[Doha (poetry)\|dohras]] (couplets) divided in three volumes and 148 chapters. He composed ''Dattabavani'' (1935), a 52 stanza poem dedicated to Dattatreya which is popular in Gujarat. ''Patrageeta'' (1939) is a collection of 16 letters about spirituality addressed to his friend Amrutlal Modi. ''Rangtarang'' (1951) is a collection of Marathi Abhang Bhajans. Amar Adesh (1955) is a collection of his various lectures. ''Shrirang Patramanjusha 1-2'' (1975, 1986) is a collection of letters addressed to friends and relatives. ''Sangeetgeeta'' is an original verse translation of the [[Bhagavad Gita\|Bhagwad Geeta]] in Gujarati.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" />

	His other major works (some published posthumously) are ''Ranghridayam'' (1932)'','' ''Nareshwar Mahatmya'', ''Shri Vasudevnam-Sudha'', ''Vasudev Saptashati'' (1970), ''Shri Saptashati Gurucharitra'', ''Dattayag-paddhati'' (1973), ''Shri Gurumurti Charitra'', ''Prashnottargeeta'' (1976), ''Datta Namsmaran''.<ref name=":0" />		His other major works (some published posthumously) are ''Ranghridayam'' (1932)'','' ''Nareshwar Mahatmya'', ''Shri Vasudevnam-Sudha'', ''Vasudev Saptashati'' (1970), ''Shri Saptashati Gurucharitra'', ''Dattayag-paddhati'' (1973), ''Shri Gurumurti Charitra'', ''Prashnottargeeta'' (1976), ''Datta Namsmaran''.<ref name=":0" />

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'''Rang Avadhoot''', born '''Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame''', (21 November 1898 – 19 November 1968) was a mystic saint-poet belonging to [[Dattatreya|Datta-panth]] (Gurucharita tradition of [[Dattatreya]]) of [[Hinduism]]. He was a social worker and [[Indian independence movement|independence activist]] before accepting asceticism. He is credited with the expansion of Datta-panth in [[Gujarat]] state of India. He has written more than 45 works, mostly concerning spirituality and devotion.

==Early life==
[[File:Nareshwar1.jpg|thumb|Rang Avadhoot Ashram, Nareshwar]]
Rang Avadhoot was born Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame on 21 November 1898 (Kartika Sud 9 according to [[Hindu calendar]]) in [[Godhra]] in a Marathi Brahmin family of Vitthalpant Jairam Valame and Rukmini ([[née]] Kashi).<ref name=":c" /><ref name="sam" /><ref name=":0">{{cite thesis |last=Godbole |first=Gyanesh |date=2010 |title=રંગ અવધૂતના સાહિત્યમાં વ્યક્ત થતું ચિંતન |script-title=gu:Rang Avadhootna Sahityama Vyakta Thatu Chintan|trans-title=Philosophy emerging in the literature of Rang Avadhoot |type=PhD |chapter=4. રંગ અવધૂતની જીવન ઝરમર |publisher= Department of Education, [[Veer Narmad South Gujarat University]] |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/18022 |access-date=2019-05-02|language=gu|hdl=10603/18022|pages=85-122}}</ref> His family belonged to Devle village (now in [[Sangameshwar|Sangameshwar taluka]] of [[Ratnagiri district]] in [[Maharashtra]]). His father moved to Godhra as a caretaker ([[pujari]]) of Viththal temple. His father died in a plague in 1902. He had a brother named Narayan. He had met his spiritual teacher ([[guru]]) [[Vasudevanand Saraswati]] (Tembe Swami) in 1905.<ref name=":0" />

He was religiously inclined since his childhood. He received his school education in Godhra and [[matriculated]] in 1917 from Telang Highschool, Godhra. For higher studies, he joined [[Gujarat College]] in [[Ahmedabad]] and completed his first year there. He moved to Baroda College in [[Baroda]] for the second year. Influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], he left studies for the participation in the [[non-cooperation movement]] in 1920. When [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] was founded, he joined and graduated among its first batch of the students in 1921. He befriended Amritlal Modi and Ambalal Vyas there.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" /> In [[Panchmahal district|Panchmahal]] region, he participated in the independence movement activities with his friends and others.<ref name=":c" /> He briefly worked with [[Swami Anand]] at the [[Navajivan Trust|Navjivan]] trust. He later joined the Rashtriya Adarsh Vinaymandir school in Ahmedabad as the teacher of Sanskrit in 1921.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" /> In 1922, he decided to never marry and became involved in social work and politics.<ref name="Samraj2004">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W0GasoU5dfAC&pg=PA746|title=The Knee of Listening: The Divine Ordeal of the Avataric Incarnation of Conscious Light : the Spiritual Autobiography of the Ruchira Avatar, Adi Da Samraj|author=Adi Da Samraj|publisher=North Atlantic Books|year=2004|isbn=978-1-57097-167-9|pages=746–747}}</ref><ref name=":c" />

== Spiritual career ==
Due to his spiritual inclination, he left his job and accepted asceticism. After spending some time in Ranapur, in December 1925, he moved to Nareshwar on the bank of [[Narmada river]]. He recited Saraswati's ''Shri Dattapurana'' 108 times there. He completed the [[Narmada Parikrama|Narmada Prarikrama]] (religious circumvention of [[Narmada River|Narmada river]]) in 108 days on foot in 1927. He meditated and undertook [[Tapas (Indian religions)|''tapa'']] (austerities). He again completed the Parikrama in 1930.<ref name=":c">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Dave|first=Indubhai|last2=Dave|first2=Subhashbhai|last3=Parikh|first3=Pravinchandra|publisher=Gujarati Vishvakosh Trust|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|edition=1st|volume=XVII|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|publication-date=April 2003|pages=395–396|language=gu|script-title=gu:[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]]|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopaedia|oclc=551875907}}</ref><ref name="sam">{{Cite web|url=http://sambhaavnews.com/aastha/rang-avdhootji-maharaj/|title=રંગ અવધૂત મહારાજ જયંતી|date=8 November 2016|website=Sambhaav News|language=gu|trans-title=Birth Anniversary of Rang Avadhoot Maharaj|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> His residence Dattakutir was constructed and a trust was formed in 1931. In 1936, when his younger brother died, his mother moved to Nareshwar and lived there till her death in 1967. A hospital was also built there later.<ref name=":0" />

He died on 19 November 1968 (Kartika Vad 30) at [[Haridwar]] (now in [[Uttarakhand]], India) on the bank of the [[Ganga river]]. His body was brought to Nareshwar and cremated two days later on 21 November.<ref name=":c" /><ref name="sam"/><ref name=":0" />

His followers worship him as an incarnation of Dattatreya. He played an important role in spreading Datta-panth (path of [[Dattatreya]]) in [[Gujarat]], India. His [[ashram]] (hermitage) is located at Nareshwar, Gujarat.<ref name=":c" /><ref name="sam"/><ref name=":0" />

==Works==
Rang Avadhoot was fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, English and Sanskrit.<ref name=":c" />

Under pen name of Ganjeri, he started writing columns on the contemporary issues in dailies. Between 1918 and 1925, he wrote and translated several works. He translated [[Ernest Howard Crosby]]'s ''Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster'' as ''Tolstoy Ane Shikshan'' (1924) in Gujarati''.'' ''Upanishadni Vato'' (1924) and ''Vishnupuranni Varta'' (1924) are his works on [[Upanishads]] and [[Vishnu Purana]]. ''Girvahbhasha Pravesh'' 1-2 (1924) is a work on Sanskrit grammar which he prepared for students when he taught Sanskrit in a school. ''Sadbodhshatakam-Balbodhini'' (1924) is a commentary on [[shloka]]s (verses) selected by [[Kaka Kalelkar]] from [[Bhartṛhari]]'s [[Śatakatraya]] and dedicated to the students. He also co-translated [[Leo Tolstoy]]'s ''[[What Is to Be Done? (Tolstoy)|What Shall We Do Then?]]''{{efn-ua|''[[What Is to Be Done?]]'' is the most common English translation title. ''What Shall We Do Then?'' is another title used.}} as ''Tyare Karishu Shu?'' (1928) in Gujarati with [[Narhari Parikh]]. His other works during this period include ''Rentiyanu Rahasya'', ''Swaraj-Kirtan'', ''Ahinsa Etle Shu?'', columns published under title of ''Bhangno Loto.''<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" />

After accepting asceticism, he wrote about 45 works mostly focused on spirituality and devotion to [[Dattatreya]]. He wrote [[Bhajan]]s (devotional songs) collected under the title ''Avadhooti Anand'' (1931). ''Ranghridayam'' (1932) has [[stotra]]s (hymns) on knowledge and devotion. His ''Shri Guruleelamrit'' (1934–36) contains more than 19,005 [[Doha (poetry)|dohras]] (couplets) divided in three volumes and 148 chapters. He composed ''Dattabavani'' (1935), a 52 stanza poem dedicated to Dattatreya which is popular in Gujarat. ''Patrageeta'' (1939) is a collection of 16 letters about spirituality addressed to his friend Amrutlal Modi. ''Rangtarang'' (1951) is a collection of Marathi Abhang Bhajans. Amar Adesh (1955) is a collection of his various lectures. ''Shrirang Patramanjusha 1-2'' (1975, 1986) is a collection of letters addressed to friends and relatives. ''Sangeetgeeta'' is original verse translation of [[Bhagavad Gita|Bhagwad Geeta]] in Gujarati.<ref name=":c" /><ref name=":0" />

His other major works (some published posthumously) are ''Ranghridayam'' (1932)'','' ''Nareshwar Mahatmya'', ''Shri Vasudevnam-Sudha'', ''Vasudev Saptashati'' (1970), ''Shri Saptashati Gurucharitra'', ''Dattayag-paddhati'' (1973), ''Shri Gurumurti Charitra'', ''Prashnottargeeta'' (1976), ''Datta Namsmaran''.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rangavadhoot.us/ Shri Rang Avadhoot Parivar]

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