Sant Nirmala

Sant Nirmala was a 14th-century poet from 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, of the 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]

Sant Nirmala
Born	14th Century
Years active	14th Century
Spouse	Sant Banka

Nirmala regretted worldly married life and reveled in the god of Pandharpur. She never mentions her husband, Banka, in her poems.^[4]