Born in a small farmer family at Khadewadi in Sangli district, he completed his graduation from Shivaji University class first in Sanskrit. He also secured first rank in MA Sanskrit & Marathi and furthermore he went on doing PhD in Sanskrit. He worked as a Head of department in a college in Satara. He was one of the National scholarship holders. He was art faculty dean at the Shivaji University, Kolhapur. There he was member of academic council. He is also awarded as Rashtrabhasha Pandit. Wrote nearly 31 books so far.