1. Durga Narayan Bhagwat, popularly known as Durga Bhagwat, was an Indian scholar, socialist and writer.
14 Facts About Durga Bhagwat
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Durga Bhagwat studied Sanskrit and Buddhist literature and spent time in the jungles of Madhya Pradesh to study tribal life.
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Durga Bhagwat later returned to Mumbai as a researcher and wrote books in Marathi.
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Durga Bhagwat is arguably the foremost female writer in Marathi.
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Durga Bhagwat abstained from accepting such institutional and civilian honours as the Padma Shree and the Jnanapeeth.
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Durga Bhagwat was born in 1910 in a Karhade Brahmin family settled in the then princely state of Baroda.
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The veteran Sanskrit scholar and social activist Rajaram Shastri Bhagwat was the brother of her grandmother.
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Durga Bhagwat's father was a scientist who discovered the procedure of making ghee from oil.
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Durga Bhagwat was elected President of the 51st Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, held in Karad, in 1975.
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Durga Bhagwat was the second woman President of the Sammelan, after Kusumavati Deshpande since its inception in 1878.
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Durga Bhagwat decided not to accept any state-sponsored honours and declined the Jnyan Peeth Award.
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Durga Bhagwat's notable works include a biography of Rajaram Shastri Bhagwat, Pais, a collection of articles based around religions, their literature and practises and Vyas Parva, a book about her study of Mahabharat.
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Durga Bhagwat studied religious literature, particularly Buddhist, works of Marathi saints from Dnyaneshwar to Tukaram, major Sanskrit works of Vyas and Adi Shankaracharya.
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Durga Bhagwat wrote many articles on cooking and crafts and was known as the 'Marathi Saraswatachi Sarswati'.