Sant Nirmala
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Sant Nirmala (Marathi: संत निर्मळा) was a poet in 14th century Maharashtra, India. As the younger sister of Chokhamela, she was deemed equally holy with her brother and thus is also deemed a Hindu saint.[1] Nirmala was married to Banka, an Untouchable Mahar caste.[2] Her writings consist largely of abhangs that describe the injustice and inequalities she suffered as a result of the caste system.[3]
Nirmala regretted worldly married life and reveled in the god of Pandharpur. She never mentions her husband, Banka, in her poems.[4]
