Swami Haridas

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Swami Haridas was an Indian musician. He was regarded a musician saint because of his strong influence on North Indian classical music and bhakti for Radha (Krishna). He is said to be the incarnation of Lalita Sakhi who was the dear friend of Radha. He is credited with a large body of devotional compositions including Dhrupad compositions. He is considered to be the Guru of Tansen. Swami Haridas also developed the Haridasi school of mysticism and had many spiritual disciples.

According to one school of thought he was born in 1480 A.D. in Rajpur near Vrindavan. According to another school of thought Haridas' father was a Saraswat Brahmin from Multan. The family migrated to a village called Khairwali Sarak, near Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Haridas was born there in 1512 A.D. and the place is now called Haridaspur.

He was the one to discover the Nidhi Vana that is said to be the garden where Radha and Krishna do rasas with their friends. He made Krishna appear from the land of Nidhi vana in the form of an idol named Bankey Bihari ji which is still worshipped in Vrindavan. Swami Haridas is said to be the follower of Nimbark sampradaya one of the major sampradaya for Bhakti.

His samadhi is still in Seva Kunj, Vrindavan.

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