Editing Dnyaneshwar (section)

===Travel and demise===
After Dnyaneshwar had written Amrutanubhav, the siblings visited [[Pandharpur]] where they met Namdev, who became a close friend of Dnyaneshwar. Dnyaneshwar and Namadev embarked on a pilgrimage to various holy centers across India where they initiated many people into the Varkari sect;{{sfn|Ranade|1933|p=34}} Dnyaneshwar's devotional compositions called [[Abhang]]as are believed to have been formulated during this period.{{sfn|Bobde|1987|p=xxii}} On their return to Pandharpur, Dnyaneshwar and Namadev were honored with a feast in which, according to Bahirat, many contemporary saints such as "Goroba the potter, Sanvata the gardener, Chokhoba the untouchable and Parisa Bhagwat the Brahmin" participated.{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|pp=46–7}} Some scholars accept the traditional view that Namdev and Dnyaneshwar were contemporaries; however, others such as W. B. Patwardhan, R. G. Bhandarkar and R. Bharadvaj disagree with this view and date Namdev to the late 14th century instead.{{sfn|Schomer|McLeod|1987|p=218}}

After the feast, Dnyaneshwar desired to go into ''[[samadhi|sanjeevan samadhi]]'',{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|pp=46–7}} a practice to voluntarily leave one's mortal body after entering into a deep meditative state, as practiced in Ashtanga Yoga of ancient India.{{sfn|Sharma|1979|p=13}} Preparations for the Sanjeevan Samadhi were made by Namdev's sons.{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|pp=46–7}} Regarding Sanjeevan Samadhi, Dnyaneshwar himself had emphatically talked about the relationship between higher awareness and light or pure energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yogapoint.com/info/samadhi.htm|title=Samadhi - State of self realization, enlightenment|website=Yogapoint.com|access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> On the 13th day of the dark half of the [[Kartik (month)|Kartik]] month of the [[Hindu Calendar]], in Alandi, Dnyaneshwar, who was then twenty-one years old, entered into ''Sanjeevan samadhi''.{{sfn|Ranade|1933|p=34}} His ''[[Samadhi (shrine)|samadhi]]'' lies in the Siddhesvara Temple complex in Alandi.{{sfn|Ranade|1933|p=35}} Namdev and other bystanders grieved his death. According to tradition, Dnyaneshwar was brought back to life to meet Namdev when the latter prayed to [[Vithoba]] for his return. Dallmayr writes that this testifies to "the immortality of genuine friendship and companionship of noble and loving hearts".{{sfn|Dallmayr|2007|pp=46–7}} Many Varkari devotees believe that Dnyaneshwar is still alive.{{sfn|Novetzke|2009|p=218}}{{sfn|Glushkova|2014|p=116}}