Surdas
Sign in to saveSurdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1498-00-00
- Died
- 1600-00-00
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sur′s Ocean - Poems from the Early Tradition
- Sur's Ocean
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- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 40
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Key facts
- Religious biography.religion
- Hinduism
- Religious biography.name
- Surdas
- Religious biography.image
- Surdas.jpg
- Religious biography.alt
- Surdas
- Religious biography.caption
- A commemorative postage stamp depicting Surdas issued by India Post on 1 October 1952
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Gram Sihi, Faridabad, Delhi Sultanate
- Religious biography.death_place
- Braj Parsauli, Mughal Empire
- Religious biography.known_for
- Influencing the Bhakti movements, Sant Mat,
- Religious biography.literary_works
- Sur Sagar, Sur Saravali, Sahitya Lahari
- Religious biography.philosophy
- Bhakti
- Religious biography.father
- Ramdas Saraswat
- Religious biography.mother
Key dates
- Born
- 1498
- Died
- 1600
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Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.
Surdas's biography is most often told through the lens of the Vallabha Sampradāya aka the Puṣṭimārga. The Puṣṭimārga regards Surdas as an initiated disciple of Vallabha, and his hagiography is told in the Caurāsī Vaiṣṇavan kī Vārtā by Gokulnāth and Harirāy. Surdas' poems, along with those of other Aṣṭachāp poets, form a central part of Puṣṭimārga liturgical singing-worship. However modern scholars consider the connection between Sūrdās and Vallabha and his sect to be ahistorical.