In 13th century Maharashtra, Dyaneshwar translated the Bhagavad Gita into the local language. It was a great cultural revolution. He encouraged people to use emotions and feelings to connect with the divine. This was the Bhakti Marg or path of devotion. Here, Dyaneshwar or Gyan-dev is addressed as Sant.

In legends, Dyaneshwar was challenged by one Changa Nath, a Tantrik yogi. Changa Nath came to the village riding a tiger, to intimidate the young poet-saint.  Dyaneshwar caused the wall in the village he was sitting on to move through the air. When Changa Nath saw Dyaneshwar and his siblings travelling through the sky on a wall, he was awestruck and humbled. This story of confrontation between a Tantric Nath-Jogi and a Bhakti Margi Sant is a recurring theme in India’s religious literature.