Soyarabai Bhosale (née Mohite) was the second wife of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha empire in western India. She was the mother of Shivaji Maharaj's second son, Rajaram. She was the younger sister of the Maratha army chief, Hambirrao Mohite.

Soyarabai Bhonsle (née Mohite) (died 1681) was one of the wives of Shivaji, the founder of Maratha Kingdom in western India. She was the younger sister of Maratha army chief Hambirrao Mohite. [1] She was married to Shivaji at a very young age in 1642.

Soyarabai was a saint from the Mahar caste in 14th-century Maharashtra, India. She was a disciple of her husband, Chokhamela. [1] [2] Soyarabai framed large literature using blank verse of her own devising. She wrote much but only about 62 works are known. [1]

Soyarabai Bhosale (née Mohite) was the second wife of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha empire in western India. She was the mother of Shivaji Maharaj's second son, Rajaram. She was the younger sister of the Maratha army chief, Hambirrao Mohite.

Sant Soyarabai was a Dalit poet-saint of the Varkari tradition, which allowed a transcendence of caste and gender hierarchies.

In this post, we will discuss a few facts about Soyarabai Mohite, Shivaji's eighth wife and the mother of second Son Rajaram Chhatrapati Maharaj. History Biographies

Mar 21, 2018 · In the late thirteenth century, the saint poetess Soyarabai lived near Pandharpur. She belonged to the Varkari tradition of saint-poets who belonged to many different castes. She was the wife of a relatively better known poet Chokhamela.

Jan 19, 2025 · Soyarabai is one of the foremost and probably the first known female sant of the Varkari tradition who belonged to the untouchable caste. She was the wife of a relatively better known sant of the Varkari Sampraday, Chokhamela.

Mar 6, 2012 · Soyarabai (end of 13th and beginning of 14th century C.E.) was the devoted wife of Chokamela, a great devotee of Lord Vitthala. The couple lived in Mangalvedhe a few kilometres away from Pandharpur. Attracted by Vitthala and the bhakti movement, they later spent most of their life in Pandharpur.

Soyarabai (and other women saints of Maharashtra), unlike Meerabai, do not have passionate love and devotion for Krishna, nor is there a rejection of marriage and defiance towards societal norms.