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	'''Swami Haridas''' (~~1478—1573~~) was a spiritual poet and [[Hindustani classical music\|classical musician]]. Credited with a large body of devotional compositions, especially in the [[Dhrupad]] style, he is 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 movement]]s of [[North India]], especially those devoted to [[Krishna]]'s consort [[Radha]]. Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, Hariram Vyas, [[Rupa Goswami]], Vidyapati, Mahaprabhu [[Vallabhacharya]], Vitthalnath (Gusainji), were his contemporaries.		'''Swami Haridas''' (1480—1573) was an Indian spiritual poet and [[Hindustani classical music\|classical musician]]. Credited with a large body of devotional compositions, especially in the [[Dhrupad]] style, he is 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 movement]]s of [[North India]], especially those devoted to [[Krishna]]'s consort [[Radha]]. Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, Hariram Vyas, [[Rupa Goswami]], Vidyapati, Mahaprabhu [[Vallabhacharya]], Vitthalnath (Gusainji), were his contemporaries.

	It is ~~known that he was the~~ direct ~~student~~ of ~~the~~ father of ~~carnatic music, Sangeetha pitha Maha, Daasa-shreshta, Sri~~ [[Purandara Dasa]] of Karnataka.		Swami Haridas is a direct disciple of father of [[Carnatic Music]] [[Purandara Dasa]] of Karnataka.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Encyclopaedia of South Indian Literature, Volume 2\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6QpAQAAIAAJ\|author=Madhubālā Sinhā\|publisher=Anmol Publications\|year=2009\|isbn = 9788126137404\|quote=The foremost Hindustani Musician Tansen's teacher Swami Haridas was Purnadara Daasa's disciple.}}</ref>

	He had many pupils, [[Tansen]] being one of them and one of ~~Akbar’s~~ nine gems.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Bonnie C. Wade\|author2=Professor of Music Bonnie C Wade\|title=Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India\|url=https://archive.org/details/imagingsoundethn0000wade\|url-access=registration\|date= 1998\|publisher=University of Chicago Press\|isbn=978-0-226-86840-0\|page=[https://archive.org/details/imagingsoundethn0000wade/page/113 113]}}</ref>		He had many pupils, [[Tansen]] being one of them and one of Akbar's nine gems.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Bonnie C. Wade\|author2=Professor of Music Bonnie C Wade\|title=Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India\|url=https://archive.org/details/imagingsoundethn0000wade\|url-access=registration\|date= 1998\|publisher=University of Chicago Press\|isbn=978-0-226-86840-0\|page=[https://archive.org/details/imagingsoundethn0000wade/page/113 113]}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Haridas's father was a [[Saraswat~~]] [[~~Brahmin]] from [[Multan]] and that his mother's name was ~~Ganga Devi~~.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Reginald Massey\|author2=Jamila Massey\|title=The Music of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FSBJWkZofsC\|year=1996\|publisher=Abhinav Publications\|isbn=978-81-7017-332-8\|page=53}}</ref> The family migrated to a village called ~~Khair wali Sarak~~, near [[~~Aligarh~~]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Haridas was born there in ~~1478~~ and the village is now called [[~~Haridaspur, Uttar Pradesh~~\|~~Haridaspur~~]] in his honor. This village holds that he died in ~~1573~~. He was disciple of [[Shri Ashudheer Maharaj]], also his father who followed the [[Nimbarka Sampradaya]], he is said to be the Avatar of Shri [[Lalita]]~~{{dn\|date=June 2021}}~~ Sakhi. He was deeply learned and widely acquainted with the music of his time. Mention is found in his works of stringed instruments such as the [[kinnari]] and [[aghouti]] and of drums such as the [[mridang]] and [[daff]]. He mentions the ''[[raga]]s'' of [[Kedar (raga)\|Kedar]], [[Gauri (raga)]], [[Raga Malhar\|Malhar]] and [[Raga Basant\|Basant]]. Swami Haridas 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 Bawra\|Baiju]].		Haridas's father was a [[Saraswat Brahmin]] from [[Multan]] and that his mother's name was Chitra Mata.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://en.krishnakosh.org/krishna/Swami_Haridas \| title=Swami Haridas }}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|author1=Reginald Massey\|author2=Jamila Massey\|author2-link=Jamila Massey\|title=The Music of India\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FSBJWkZofsC\|year=1996\|publisher=Abhinav Publications\|isbn=978-81-7017-332-8\|page=53}}</ref> The family migrated to a village called Rajpur, near [[Vrindavan]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Haridas was born there in 1480 and the village is now called [[Vrindavan\|Rajpur gram]] in his honor. This village holds that he died in 1575. He was disciple of [[Shri Ashudheer Maharaj]], also his father who followed the [[Nimbarka Sampradaya]], he is said to be the Avatar of Shri [[Lalita (gopi)\|Lalita]] Sakhi. He was deeply learned and widely acquainted with the music of his time. Mention is found in his works of stringed instruments such as the [[kinnari]] and [[aghouti]] and of drums such as the [[mridang]] and [[daf\|daff]]. He mentions the ''[[raga]]s'' of [[Kedar (raga)\|Kedar]], [[Gauri (raga)]], [[Raga Malhar\|Malhar]] and [[Raga Basant\|Basant]]. Swami Haridas 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 Bawra\|Baiju]].

	He later shifted his residence to [[Vrindavan]], the playground of the immortal cowherd [[Krishna]] and Radha. There he built his ''[[ashram]]'' (hermitage) in Nidhivan and sang his songs of the love of Radha-Krishna. Following the example of [[Swami Shribhatta]], Haridas continued to praise the Lord until the Lord manifested himself as Sri Banke ~~Bihariji~~. Swami Haridas' spiritual disciples included [[Vitthal]] and [[Krishna das Babaji\|Krishna Das]] who fostered his tradition of devotional music. Groups (''samaj'', like the ''sankeertan'' of [[Bengal]] and the ''bhajana goshti'' of [[South India]]) of devotees came together and sang of the Lord of [[Vrindavan]].		He later shifted his residence to [[Vrindavan]], the playground of the immortal cowherd [[Krishna]] and Radha. There he built his ''[[ashram]]'' (hermitage) in Nidhivan and sang his songs of the love of Radha-Krishna. Following the example of [[Swami Shribhatta]], Haridas continued to praise the Lord until the Lord manifested himself as Sri Banke Bihari. Swami Haridas' spiritual disciples included [[Vitthal]] and [[Krishna das Babaji\|Krishna Das]] who fostered his tradition of devotional music. Groups (''samaj'', like the ''sankeertan'' of [[Bengal]] and the ''bhajana goshti'' of [[South India]]) of devotees came together and sang of the Lord of [[Vrindavan]].

	His [[Samādhi\|samadhi]] (tomb) is in Nidhivan, Vrindavan.{{citation needed\|date=October 2013}}		His [[Samādhi\|samadhi]] (tomb) is in [[Nidhivan, Vrindavan]].{{citation needed\|date=October 2013}}

	==Songs of Swami Haridas==		==Songs of Swami Haridas==
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	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Commons category\|Swami Haridas}}~~
	*[http://swamiharidasji.com/shrikelimal.html]		*[http://swamiharidasji.com/shrikelimal.html]
	*[http://www.bankeybihari.info Bankey Bhihari Temple, Vrindavan]		*[http://www.bankeybihari.info Bankey Bhihari Temple, Vrindavan]

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{{short description|Vrindavan Saint, musician and poet, linked to Bhakti Movement}}
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[[File:Swami Haridas 1985 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Swami Haridas on a 1985 stamp of India]]
[[File:Akbar and Tansen visit Haridas.jpg|thumb|Swami Haridas teaching [[Tansen]] in the presence of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]].]]

'''Swami Haridas''' (1478—1573) was a spiritual poet and [[Hindustani classical music|classical musician]]. Credited with a large body of devotional compositions, especially in the [[Dhrupad]] style, he is 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 movement]]s of [[North India]], especially those devoted to [[Krishna]]'s consort [[Radha]]. Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, Hariram Vyas, [[Rupa Goswami]], Vidyapati, Mahaprabhu [[Vallabhacharya]], Vitthalnath (Gusainji), were his contemporaries.

It is known that he was the direct student of the father of carnatic music, Sangeetha pitha Maha, Daasa-shreshta, Sri [[Purandara Dasa]] of Karnataka.

He had many pupils, [[Tansen]] being one of them and one of Akbar’s nine gems.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bonnie C. Wade|author2=Professor of Music Bonnie C Wade|title=Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusicological Study of Music, Art, and Culture in Mughal India|url=https://archive.org/details/imagingsoundethn0000wade|url-access=registration|date= 1998|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-86840-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/imagingsoundethn0000wade/page/113 113]}}</ref>

==Biography==
Haridas's father was a [[Saraswat]] [[Brahmin]] from [[Multan]] and that his mother's name was Ganga Devi.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Reginald Massey|author2=Jamila Massey|title=The Music of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FSBJWkZofsC|year=1996|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-332-8|page=53}}</ref> The family migrated to a village called Khair wali Sarak, near [[Aligarh]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Haridas was born there in 1478 and the village is now called [[Haridaspur, Uttar Pradesh|Haridaspur]] in his honor. This village holds that he died in 1573. He was disciple of [[Shri Ashudheer Maharaj]], also his father who followed the [[Nimbarka Sampradaya]], he is said to be the Avatar of Shri [[Lalita]]{{dn|date=June 2021}} Sakhi. He was deeply learned and widely acquainted with the music of his time. Mention is found in his works of stringed instruments such as the [[kinnari]] and [[aghouti]] and of drums such as the [[mridang]] and [[daff]]. He mentions the ''[[raga]]s'' of [[Kedar (raga)|Kedar]], [[Gauri (raga)]], [[Raga Malhar|Malhar]] and [[Raga Basant|Basant]]. Swami Haridas 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 Bawra|Baiju]].

He later shifted his residence to [[Vrindavan]], the playground of the immortal cowherd [[Krishna]] and Radha. There he built his ''[[ashram]]'' (hermitage) in Nidhivan and sang his songs of the love of Radha-Krishna. Following the example of [[Swami Shribhatta]], Haridas continued to praise the Lord until the Lord manifested himself as Sri Banke Bihariji. Swami Haridas' spiritual disciples included [[Vitthal]] and [[Krishna das Babaji|Krishna Das]] who fostered his tradition of devotional music. Groups (''samaj'', like the ''sankeertan'' of [[Bengal]] and the ''bhajana goshti'' of [[South India]]) of devotees came together and sang of the Lord of [[Vrindavan]].

His [[Samādhi|samadhi]] (tomb) is in Nidhivan, Vrindavan.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

==Songs of Swami Haridas==
Haridas's compositions may be classed as [[Vishnupada]]s. Even his ''prabandhas'' that do not refer to [[Krishna]] have come to be known as [[Vishnupada]]s, perhaps because of the [[mysticism|mystic]] source of his music but also because they are musically constructed in a manner similar to [[dhrupad]]s. He is also said to have written ''[[tirvat]]s'', ''[[ragamala (form)|ragamala]]s'' and other forms. There are around 128 compositions attributed to him, of which eighteen are [[philosophy|philosophical]] (''[[siddhanta]] [[pada (foot)|pada]]'') and a hundred and ten devotional (''keli mala'').

He describes Radha and Krishna's sporting:

<blockquote><poem>Two beams of light are playing -
Unique their dance and music.
Ragas and raginis of heavenly beauty are born,
The two have sunk themselves in the ocean of raga.</poem></blockquote>

Swami Haridas belonged to the tradition of ''[[madhura]] [[bhakti]]'' - Adoration expressed in conjugal imagery.

Haridas's [[theology]] embraces not merely the Love of Krishna and Radha but also the witnessing of the Love, a state of mind called [[Rasa (theology)|rasa]]. In an ecstatic condition of trance he sings of the play of Krishna among the bowers of Vrindavan. More than Krishna, Radha was the central personality of all his poems.

He says:

<blockquote><poem>Who knows of the quality of things more than Radha?
If anyone has any knowledge at all, it is by her grace.
None knows the beauty of raga, tala and dance as Radha does.</poem></blockquote>

==Popular culture==
An annual classical music festival, [[Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan]] is held every year in Mumbai since 1952.

==See also==
* [[Music of India]]
* [[Hindustani classical music]]
* [[Achintya Bheda Abheda]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Swami Haridas}}
*[http://swamiharidasji.com/shrikelimal.html]
*[http://www.bankeybihari.info Bankey Bhihari Temple, Vrindavan]
*[http://www.bihariji.org Bankey Bhihari Temple Website]
*[http://www.kamat.com/explore/?tag=postal+stamp&PageNo=4 Postage stamp on Swami Haridas]

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