Indurikar Maharaj

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Indurikar Maharaj
Born
Nivrutti Kashinath Deshmukh

(1972-01-09)9 January 1972
Indori, Akole taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra
Other namesNivrutti Maharaj Indurikar
EducationUntil B.Ed
Alma materGokhale Education Society's College of Education,Sangamner, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra
Occupation•Kirtankar

•Social Educator

•Teacher (formerly)
Years active1994
Known for Kirtans(In Marathi)
SpouseShalinitai
Children2

Nivrutti Kashinath Deshmukh (born 9 January 1972) is an Indian Marathi language kirtankar and social educator from Maharashtra, India. His shows typically involve humorous routines that poke fun at societal ills and malpractices. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Indurikar was born on 9 January 1972 to a kirtankar father. [3] [4] [5] He grew up in Indori village in Akole taluka of Ahmednagar district and adopted the demonym Indorikar/Indurikar as part of his stage name. [6] [7] Indurikar earned a B.Ed. degree from the Gokhale Education Society's College of Education in Sangamner, Ahmednagar district. [8] [9] He initially worked as a teacher and started performing Kirtans at the age of 22. [4] [10]

Kirtan style

Indurikar is known for interlacing humorous relatable examples in his kirtans and thus is able to quickly strike a cord with the audience. First cassette of his kirtan was released in 2003 and soon became famous over the social media. [11] Indurikar, along with a group of associates, employ musical instruments Taal and Mridang , but their usage is minimal.

According to Sadanand More, a historian as well as a kirtan writer, Indurikar does not fit within the hierarchy of Sant Parampara and Warkari sampradaya. He added that Indurikar's objectification of women and substandard jokes are indicative of base-level mediocrity. [12] [13] [14]

He has been accused of promoting superstition. [15]

Controversies

Teachers unions in Maharashtra expressed displeasure at swipes taken by Indurikar accusing teachers of being lazy. [10]

Indurikar has made several controversial statements about woman. Some examples of these statements are: [16]

February 2020 case

In February 2020, Indurikar received strong backlash for one of his statements that his made during his sermon in Ozar (budruk) in Ahmednagar. The preacher had reportedly said that "If a woman has intercourse on the even date, a boy is born. If a woman is on an odd date, a girl is born .... If intercourse is done at an inauspicious time, the child that is born would bring a bad name to the family. If the timing (of intercourse) is missed, the quality of output (child) will be sub-standard." [17] [18]

An Anti-superstition NGO Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti sought to file case against Indurikar claiming his remarks on timing of intercourse and gender of child violated the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act as well as the anti Black-Magic Act. [19] [20] His kirtan in Kolhapur was abruptly cancelled. [21] [22] Women's rights activist Trupti Desai threatened to throw ink on his face if a case wasn't filed against him soon. [23]

Indurikar apologized in a handwritten note saying he was tendering an apology if anyone's sentiments were hurt by his remarks. [24] [25] [26] [27] He added that some people unhappy with his work were causing additional trouble for him. [28] While answering a notice from the health department, Indurikar flip-flopped claiming that he made no such statements and there was no event held on dates in question. [29]

State minister Bachchu Kadu announced that there will be no charges filed against Indurikar. [30] [31]

On 19 June 2020, a First information report was registered in a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Sangamner, Ahmednagar. [17] [27] He was summoned to be present in court in August. [32]

Personal life

Indurikar lives in Ozar (Bk) in Sangamner taluka in Ahmednagar district with his wife Shalinitai Deshmukh and two children. [4] He is the founding president of Dnyaneshwar Mauil Bahu-uddesiya Sevabhavi Sanstha in Ozar (Bk), Sangamner. [5] [24] [33] He runs a school in the village and is a known philanthropist in his region. [33] [34]

In 2019, there was a brief speculation that he may join politics with the Bharatiya Janta Party, [35] but he quickly clarified that he won't ever contest in elections. [36] [37]

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