Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Muslim devotee of Lord Krishna : Raskhan

Raskhan the great Krishna-Bhakt lived in late sixteenth century some where around Delhi and wrote in Brij Bhasha. His following poem is a classic and shows the depth of his absolute devotion for Lord Krishna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raskhan

http://www.archive.org/details/UPant_Brisvaani_RasKhan   <---Listen to the Hindi  Program about Ras Khan on Radio Brisvaani By Uma Pant 

 

Raskhan (born 1548 A.D.) was a poet who was both a Muslim and follower of Lord Krishna. His real name was Sayyad Ibrahim and is known to have lived somewhere near Delhi in India. In his early years, he became a follower of Lord Krishna and learned the religion from Goswami Vitthalnath and began living in Vrindavan and spent his whole life there. He died in 1628 A.D.

 

 

http://www.geeta-kavita.com/indian_poetry_list.asp?author=Raskhan

 

http://www.hindinest.com/bhaktikal/02310.htm

 

http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/raskhan.stm

 

 

 

 

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