Samarth Ramdas :Leadership in Thought and Action

Brief History• Birth :1608 A.D .at Jamb, Jalna District• Died :1681 A.D. at Sajjangad• Titles/ Honours : Sant in Marathi, meaning "Saint"• Literary works:Shri Manāche Shlok, Shrimat Dasbodh

Maruti Stotra• True Inspirer of Shivaji• Renounced marriage hearing “Savdhan!!!”• Great devotee of Lord Hanuman and Lord Rama.

Studies and Penance

• Stayed at Nasik on the banks of the Godavari for 12 years

• Studied Sanskrit and copied in his own hand the Ramayana of Valmiki

• Did Purascharana of the Rama Mantra of thirteen letters Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram thirteen lakhs of times at Tafali, near Nasik

• Restored life of a widow’s husband