Bhagavanababa Vanzara community is leading the Saints in Maharashtra. They even had their great influence on society and the state is still Vanzara.
Baba Maharaj was born in a farmers family in Maharashtra, his real name was Abaji.
Once when Ashadhi Ekadashi was approaching and Abaji saw a group of pilgrims walking singing chants praising the gods, he asked them where they were going and when he as told to the Holy city of Pandharpur, he insisted that he would join them. But nobody was ready to take him for he was only but a child. Abaji nevertheless joined the group and walked all the way to Pandharpur. He was so enchanted with the idol of the Lord Vithoba, he forgot even to take food. It was here that Abaji received his "mala" from Gite Maharaj and became a Varkari for life.
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