Surdas Jayanti 2022: One of the greatest devotees of Lord Krishna, Sant Surdas was born in 1478 CE, according to historians. His place of birth still remains a matter of disagreement as some believe that he was born in Sihi village of Faridabad, Haryana, while others claim that his birthplace is Runkata near Agra.
Surdas Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Saint Surdas. Although he was blind, he wrote and composed hundreds of songs to his tune called Sur Sagar. His fame reached such heights that he was invited to play in the Mughal court of Akbar.
Surdas Jayanti 2022: Date
This year, Surdas Jayanti is falling on May 6. While there is no exact date in the Gregorian calendar, according to the Hindu calendar, his birth anniversary is celebrated on the fifth day of Panchami Tithi or Shukla, in the month of Vaishakh. favour. Counting the days on the Gregorian calendar, Surdas Jayanti is celebrated every year in April or May.
Surdas Jayanti 2022: Significance and Celebrations
Surdas Jayanti is celebrated prominently in northern India as he spent most of his life in this region. Lord Krishna’s formative years were also spent in Vrindavan and Braj, where Surdas spent most of his life.
The festivities include music and poetry sessions, worship and prayer offerings to Lord Krishna, and sometimes fasting as a mark of respect to the poet.
Celebrating Surdas Jayanti is a kind of celebration of Lord Krishna. In the field of literature, Surdas’s work is for Krishna. Depicting the various stages of Lord Krishna’s life, the poems and songs composed by him are still an indelible part of Hindu devotional music.
Surdas became a disciple of Sri Vallabhacharya who taught him unknown facts about Krishna’s birth, his childhood years and many other stories from his personal life and some mentions of Radha.
The day holds a great place in the hearts of the followers of Lord Krishna.
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