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Pa.Pu.Shri Nana Maharaj Taranekar (Shri chaitanyanand sarswati) ,(Marathi: श्री चैतन्य आनंद सरस्वती)(13 Aug 1896 – 16 Apr 1993) (Indore) was a great disciple of Lord Shri Dattatray and Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati alias Shri Tembe swami Maharaj. Born in Tarane (Madhya Pradesh) Nana Maharaj spent his whole life in doing bhakti of lord dutt , Tirthayatra(Travelling god’s places) , inspiring and directing his disciples to do bhakti of lord datta by means of namasmaran(Chanting), bhajan(Singing and listening to the devotional songs), kirtan(Listening or explaning importance of god), pravachan(Listening vedant and stories of god ), Sharavan(Listening to the guru as well as spiritual and religious books). For Adhikari Bhaktas(Disciple who is capable of performing a particular thing) Shri Nana Maharaj also directed them to do Yoga. Shri Nana Maharaj was a Bhakta, Yogi, Dhyani and was consisting of all spiritual power that runs and controls this universe. Nowadays ‘Shri Nana Maharaj Sansthan Indore’ which is Shri.Nana Maharaj`s home and place of value to all his disciples, is main centre of ‘Akhil Bhartiya Tripdi Parivar’. Pa.Pu.Dr.Babasaheb Taranekar, who is the grandson of Shri Nana Maharaj heads the ‘Akhil Bhartiya Tripdi Parivar’ which has more than 350 branches throughout India and abroad ‘Martand Mahima’ is a biography (Charitra) of Shri.Nana Maharaj written by Shri.Vijay Page, one of the disciples of Shri.Nana which consists of events in his life till 1970. Now, Pa.Pu.Dr.Babasaheb and Sou.Jayashri Taranekar are creating various literature of teachings of Shri Nana Maharaj , which is proving to be a very fruitful activity for disciples of Shri Nana Maharaj all over the globe.