Shridhar Swami Nazarekar
Shridhar Swami Nazarekar | |
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| Born | Shridhar Brahmanand Nazarekar 1658 Nazare, Solapur district, Maharashtra |
| Died | 1729 Pandharpur, Solapur district, Maharashtra |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
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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.