| Makarand Vajeshankar Dave | |
| Nickname: | Sai |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Gondal, Gondal State, British India |
| Death Place: | Valsad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupation: | poet |
| Language: | Gujarati |
| Awards: | Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak 1979 |
Makarand Dave, also referred as Sai Makarand Dave, was a Gujarati poet and author from Gujarat, India.
Dave was born in Gondal (now in Rajkot district, Gujarat) on 13 November 1922 to Vajeshankar Dave. After completing his school education in Gondal, he joined the Dharamsinhji College, Rajkot in 1940. He left studies in 1942 to participate in the Quit India movement of the Indian independence movement.[1] [2] In early life, he came in a contact with his spiritual teacher, Nathalal Joshi.[3] He married an author Kundanika Kapadia in 1968.[4] He moved to Mumbai later.[2] [5] He served as the editor of Kumar (1944–45), Urmi Navrachna (1946), Sangam, Parmarthi magazines and Jai Hind daily.[1] [2]
With his wife, he moved from Mumbai to Dharampur near Valsad in 1987 and established Nandigram, an ashram for the welfare of tribal people as well as a spiritual centre.[1] [2] [4] [5]
He was referred as Sai by Swami Anand.
He died on 31 January 2005 at Nandigram near Vankal village in Valsad district, Gujarat.[5]
Dave wrote poetry, philosophy and on spirituality extensively.[1] [6]
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In Gujarati
In English
Dave was awarded the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1979.[7] He also received the Sahitya Gaurav Puraskar (1997), Narsinh Mehta Award, Aurobindo Award for philosophical and other works.[1] [5] [8]