Saint Gora Kumbhar

Saint Gora Kumbhar was the most revered saint in the Varakari tradition in Maharashtra, contemporary with Saint Namdev and Saint Dnyaneshwar. He composed many Abhangas and was an ardent devotee of Lord Vitthal. One day, while Gora Kumbhar was busy churning clay with his feet, completely absorbed in singing Abhangas and forgetting his physical surroundings, his child wandered over to him  and tried to cling to him. Engrossed in reciting name of Vitthal, Gora Kumbar didn’t felt presence of his child, and child came under his feet, get stomped with clay and died. His blood, bone and sinews were mixed in clay. But Gora Kumbhar felt nothing in his deep state of prayer. When his wife returned back, she couldn’t found her baby, and frantically searched everywhere. When she reached the spot where Gora Kumbhar was churning clay, she saw the entire area had turned red with blood. Enraged and blaming her husband for their child's disappearance, she began to scold him fiercely