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'''Sant Karmamela''' was a fourteenth-century poet saint from [[Maharashtra]]. He was a son of [[Chokhamela]] and [[Sant Soyarabai|Soyarabai]] who belonged [[Mahar]] caste. In his [[Abhang]]s he accused God for forgetting and how his life was made miserable as a low [[caste]].<ref><br />
{{cite book<br />
|last=Zelliot|first=Eleanor<br />
|chapter=Chokhamela, His Family and the Marathi Tradition<br />
|title=From Stigma to Assertion: Untouchability, Identity and Politics in Early and Modern India<br />
|editor1-first=Mikael|editor1-last=Aktor<br />
|editor2-first=Robert|editor2-last=Deliège<br />
|year=2008<br />
|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press<br />
|location=Copenhagen<br />
|isbn=978-8763507752<br />
|pages=76–86<br />
}}</ref> He rebelled against [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] system.<ref><br />
{{cite book<br />
|first=Anna S.|last=King<br />
|chapter=Introduction<br />
|title=The Intimate Other: Love Divine in Indic Religions<br />
|editor1-first=Anna S.|editor1-last=King<br />
|editor2-first=John L.|editor2-last=Brockington<br />
|year=2005<br />
|publisher=Orient Longman<br />
|location=New Delhi<br />
|isbn=8125028013<br />
|page=5<br />
}}</ref><br />
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There is at least one [[Buddhist]] tradition interested in Karamamela, who was a strong and bitter voice, not suffering his social status with content. Kramamela and his family followed the [[Bhakti]] movement. Their [[Abhang]]s comments on that time, on the way to meditate and God's loves for his devotee. These poems resonate with current [[Dalit literature|Dalit poetry]], describing criticism of society and beliefs of religion, disbelief in pure doctrine and pollution, and protest for survival.<ref name=Zelliot><br />
{{cite book<br />
|last=Zelliot|first=Eleanor<br />
|chapter=Sant Sahitya and its Effect on Dalit Movements<br />
|title=Intersections: Socio-cultural Trends in Maharashtra<br />
|editor-first=Meera|editor-last=Kosambi<br />
|year=2000<br />
|publisher=Orient Longman<br />
|location=New Delhi<br />
|isbn=8125018786<br />
|pages=187–192<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Warkari]]<br />
[[Category:14th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi-language poets]]<br />
[[Category:Dalit literature]]<br />
[[Category:Medieval Hindu religious leaders]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:14th-century Indian scholars]]<br />
[[Category:Scholars from Maharashtra]]</div>>JJMC89 bot III