Surdas
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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.
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Surdas was a male poet and writer who practiced Hinduism and the bhakti worldview. He is recognized as a sant and is noted for his role as a centenarian. His literary output was produced during the period around 1600. He composed works in the Braj Bhasha and Awadhi languages.
Surdas lived until his death in Braj. He is described as having been blind. His notable works include *Sur’s Ocean - Poems from the Early Tradition* and *Sur's Ocean*.
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- Sur′s Ocean - Poems from the Early Tradition
- Sur's Ocean
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- Religious biography.religion
- Hinduism
- Religious biography.name
- Surdas
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- Surdas.jpg
- Religious biography.alt
- Surdas
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- 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
- Jamunadas
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Braj
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Awadhi
- Religion
- Hinduism
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- Surdas.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1498-00-00
- date of death
- 1600-00-00
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- Surdas
- subject has role
- centenarian
- floruit
- 1600-00-00
- honorific prefix
- sant
- medical condition
- blindness
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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.
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