Govinda family biography poems
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Govinda Das Biography
Govindadasa was a Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna. Living in an atmosphere of Krishna-bhakti preached by Sri Chaitanya(1486–1533), he composed extensively on the Radha-Krishna love legend.
Govinda family biography poems
He is also known as Govinda Das Kaviraja.
Life
Govindadasa, the younger son of Chiranjiva and SulochanA, was born in Teliabudhuri in Murshidabad district, but may have spent some time in his mother's ancestral home in Srikhanda, a village in Bardhaman district which was one of the centers of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
His grandfather (Sulochana's father) Damodar Sen was also a poet, the author of sangIt dAmodar. His brother Ramachandra Sen was a noted philosopher-poet.
According to the Chaitanya Charitamrita, in his early life, Govindadasa was at a shakta, a worshiper of the goddess Shakti, (Durga / Kali).
He and his brother Ramchandra were both initiated into Vaishnavism by Srinivasa Acharya.
Poetry
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