Bahinabai Chaudhari

Poet

(1880 – 1951) · South Asia

Twentieth-century Marathi poet from Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, celebrated for her oral poetry that captured rural life, the natural world, and the inner experience of women in agricultural communities. Illiterate throughout her life, she composed her poems while working in the fields, and they were written down by her son after her death. Her images combine earthy directness with philosophical depth rooted in everyday observation.