Vinoba Bhave
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Vinayak Narahari Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave, was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya, he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. The Gita has been translated into the Marathi language by him with the title Geetai.
Bhave on a 1983 stamp of India
Vinoba Kutir at Sabarmati Ashram
Gandhi and Bhave
Building in the Paunar ashram
Bhagavad Gita
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The Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is part of the epic Mahabharata. It forms the chapters 23–40 of book 6 of the Mahabharata called the Bhishma Parva. The work is dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Bhagavad Gita's revelation: Krishna tells the Gita to Arjuna
A manuscript illustration of the battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata. c. 1700 – c. 1800 CE
A painting of Krishna recounting Gita to Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War, from the Mahabharata. c. 1820 CE
A didactic print that uses the Gita scene as a focal point for general religious instruction. c. 1960 – c. 1970 CE