Stamp on Eknath

The stamp on Sant Eknath was issued on 23 March 2003, in the 470th year of his birth anniversary. It is a multicoloured stamp in the denomination of Rs. 5, perf. 13. It is printed in India Security Press, Nasik, on imported unwatermark adhesive gravure coated stamp paper by photogravure process. Both the stamp and the First Day Cover depict a picture of Eknath at work on his famous Eknathi Bhagavata.

Life of Eknath

Eknath was born in 1533 AD in an illustrious Brahmin family in Paithan (Pratishthaan) in Maharashtra. Suryaji and Rukmini were his parents. His great grandfather, Sant Bhanudas (1448- 1513) was a prominent leader of the Varkari sect of devotees. It is said that it was he who brought back the idol of Lord Panduranga from Vijayanagar to Pandharpur.