# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chokhamela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:19:43.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chokhamela"
name: "Chokhamela"
slug: "chokhamela"
description: "Chokhamela was a saint from Maharashtra, India in the 13th–14th century. He belonged to the Mahar caste, which was considered that time one of the low castes in India. He was born at Mehuna Raja, a village in Deulgaon Raja Taluka of Buldhana district. He lived at Mangalvedha in Maharashtra. He wrote many Abhangas. One of his known Abhangas is 'Abir Gulal Udhlit Rang\". Social activist Arvind Prabhakar Kayande Started Celebrating \"Chokhamela Festival\" in Deulgaon Raja. He was one of the first low-caste poets in India."
tagline: "Marathi saint-poet of the Varkari tradition (13th–14th century)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sant_Chokhamela.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             8.965517241379311
  historical:           8.444568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "চোখামেলা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chokhamela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokhamela"
    title: "Chokhamela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "चोखामेळा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "चोखामेला"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%96%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE"
    title: "చోఖామేళా"
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    title: "چوکھا میلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump