Shridhar Swami Nazarekar

Shridhar Swami Nazarekar
BornShridhar Brahmanand Nazarekar
1658
Nazare, Solapur district, Maharashtra
Died1729
Pandharpur, Solapur district, Maharashtra
OccupationPoet
NationalityIndian
Notable works
Relatives
  • Father: Brahmananda Kadke

Shridhar Brahmanand Nazarekar (CE 1658-1729), popularly known as Shridhar Swami Nazarekar or Shridhar Pandit, was a popular Marathi Akhyanaka (narrative) poet and philosopher who wrote several caritra granthas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Shridhara was a puranik, that is one who recite stories from Puranas. Later he began to compose works himself in a simple devotional style, and were not only extremely popular, but were revered and worshipped like sacred texts.