Shree Samarth Ramdas was a noted 17th-century saint and spiritual poet of Maharashtra. He is most remembered for his Advaita Vedantist text, the Dasbodh. Ramdas was a devotee of Hanuman and Rama.Shree Samarth was very much distressed with the plight of the people and decided to do what he could to succor the people.Samartha also had a follower named Kalyan who helped to write Manache Shlok