Saint Muktabai

The divine devotee, Muktabai, was born to the renowned couple Rukmini Bai and Shri Viththalpant Kulkarni. She was sister to extraordinary personalities Nivruttinath, Dnyaneshwar, and Sopanadev. Muktabai was born on the auspicious day of Friday, the first day of the Ashwin Shuddha Pratipada, in the Pramathi Samvat year 1201 (1279 CE). Despite being very young, Muktabai and her siblings faced orphan hood and neglect, enduring severe emotional distress and ostracism from society. However, they found strength in each other, overcoming every hardship together. Muktabai possessed extraordinary intelligence from a young age. Even as a child, she exhibited a motherly concern for her elder siblings. She became the mentor of  Changdev Maharaj who was at the age of 1400, and had been in a state of confusion and lacked self-awareness for 1400 years. Muktabai explained to him the meaning of text written in "Changdev Pasashti." The tradition of invaluable Varakari Sampradaya (pilgrimage tradition) has been inherited by the Maharashtra region, among which numerous female saints have emerged, whose devotion has left an indelible mark. Among them, Muktabai's name is revered with great respect.

After the saint Dnyandev attained samadhi, her elder brother Nivruttinath took her with him on a pilgrimage. On May 12, 1297, as they approached the Tapi River, suddenly, a lightning struck, and in that intense light, Muktabai disappeared instantly. Muktabai's samadhi is located in Kothali, Jalgaon district