When is Surdas Jayanti? Why Surdas ji sought the boon of blindness from Krishna, know

Surdas Jayanti 2023: The birth anniversary of Surdas ji, the supreme devotee of Shri Krishna, is celebrated on the fifth day of Shukla Paksha of Vaishakh month. Saint Surdas was a great poet and musician, many of his songs, couplets and poems are famous in the devotion of Kanha. This year Surday Jayanti will be celebrated on 25 April 2023. This day is the 545th birth anniversary of poet Surdas. Let us know the interesting things related to Surdayi ji.

Left home at a young age (Surdas Ji Interesting facts)

In Hindi literature, Mahatma Surdas, a worshiper of Lord Krishna and an important poet of Braj language, was born in 1478 AD in a village named Runkata. On the other hand, the second opinion is that he was born in Sihi village of Haryana. Surdas ji was unable to see since birth, it is said that because of this he did not get affection even from the family. At the young age of six, Surdas left his home and started living at Gaughat near Agra.

From whom did you get the inspiration of devotion to Krishna?

Surdas ji met Shri Vallabhacharya at Gaughat and after that he became his disciple. Guru Vallabhacharya gave him the initiation of Pushtimarg and inspired him to sing for Shri Krishna Leela. Since Surdas ji’s father Ramdas was a singer, he was blessed with the art of singing. After this, Surdas ji got engrossed in Krishna Leela and continued to sing in Shrinath ji’s temple for the rest of his life. Soon he became very famous. Surasavali’, ‘Byhalo’, ‘Sahitya Lahari’, ‘Soorsagar’, ‘Nal Damayanti’ are his main works.

When the eyes returned, whom did they see first?

There are many stories about Surdas’s devotion to Krishna. Once Surdas was so engrossed in the devotion of Krishna that he fell into a well, Lord Krishna saved him by his grace and also gave him darshan in his heart. It is said that Kanha had restored his eyesight and first of all he saw his Lord Shri Krishna. When Lord Krishna, pleased with his devotion, asked him to ask for something as a boon, then Surdas ji said, I do not want to see anyone other than Krishna, so you blind me again.

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