Swami Haridas

Swami Haridas

Swami Haridas was a spiritual poet and classical musician. Credited with a large body of devotional compositions, especially in the Dhrupad style. Also the founder of the Haridasi school of mysticism, still found today in North India.

About Swami Haridas in brief

Summary Swami HaridasSwami Haridas was a spiritual poet and classical musician. Credited with a large body of devotional compositions, especially in the Dhrupad style. Also the founder of the Haridasi school of mysticism, still found today in North India. His work influenced both the classical music and the Bhakti movements of North India, especially those devoted to Krishna’s consort Radha.

There are around 128 compositions attributed to him, of which eighteen are philosophical and a hundred and ten devotional. He is said to have been the teacher of Tansen, one of the ‘nine gems` of Akbar’s court, and the renowned dhrupad singer and composer Baiju. His samadhi is in Nidhivan, Vrindavan.