BHAKTI SAINT NARSINGH MEHTA
- February 25, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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BHAKTI SAINT NARSINGH MEHTA
TOPIC: Art & Culture
Context- Researchers in Gujarat have discovered a new species of spider and named it Narsinhmehtai, in honour of Narsinh Mehta, a 15th century poet who was a devotee of Lord Krishna.
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About Narsingh Mehta:
- Narsinh Mehta, also known as Narsi Mehta or NarsiBhagat, was a 15th-century poet-saint of Gujarat, India, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Vaishnava poetry.
- Mehta is believed to have been born in Talaja in present-day Bhavnagar district in 1410 and died in Junagadh in 1480s.
- Mehta is regarded as adikavi (the first poet) and bhaktakavi (devout poet) in Gujarati literature.
- Mehta penned more than 750 poems, called padd in Gujarat. They mainly deal with devotion to Lord Krishna, gyan (wisdom) vairagya (detachment from worldly affairs).
- His bhajanVaishnav Jan To was Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite and has become synonymous with him.