Maluk Das, also called Sant Baba Malukdas lovingly by his devotees, was a devotional poet-saint. He was born in Kada, near Prayagraj in a Kakkar Khatri family in Uttar Pradesh. He joined his family business of selling blankets and other clothing, but it is said that he sold less and gave away goods free of cost to the needy and poor. He received his education in the village school and was married at an early age, but his wife died at the time of her first delivery. He lived a divine and pious life and died in 1682 CE. As per his followers, devotees, scholars and historians, Maluk Das had several Gurus or teachers including Guru Murari Swami, Devanathaji, Vitthal Dravida, Purushottama and Keel. Mathuradasa, his nephew, mentions in Parichayi, a poetical biography of Sant Baba Malukdas, that Purushottama, the son of Devanatha was his guru. Maluk Das confirms this in his book, Sukhasagara. Maluk Das was a reputed sage during the 17th century CE. His message reached as far as Nepal an