Kanhopatra

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title: Kanhopatra
text: Kanhopatra was a 15th-century Marathi saint-poet, venerated by the Varkari sect of Hinduism. Little is known about Kanhopatra. According to most traditional accounts, Kanhopatra was a courtesan and dancer.These accounts typically concentrate on her death when she chose to surrender to the Hindu god Vithoba—the patron god of the Varkaris—rather than becoming a concubine of the Badshah (king) of Bidar. She died in the central shrine of Vithoba in Pandharpur. She is the only person whose samadhi (m
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description: 15th-century Marathi saint-poet of the Hindu Varkari sect
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanhopatra
date created: 2009-01-09T05:29:05Z
date modified: 2024-08-29T20:52:28Z
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