About Ananta Kandali
Lived 1540 – 1580 (aged 39–40). Ananta Kandali was a poet.
Ananta Kandali (1540–1580) was Brahmin poet from Hajo, Kamrup district. Ananta Kandali's real name was Haricharan, but he is popularly known by his scholastic title "Ananta Kandali". His father, Ratna Pathak, was a renowned scholar and expounder of the Bhagavata at the Madhava temple.
As a prolific writer, Kandali gained many literary distinctions, and acquired titles like "Ananta Kandali". He became a disciple of Sankardev and attracted towards Vaisnava cult.
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Who was Ananta Kandali?
16th century Assamese poet
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Ananta Kandali was born in 1540.
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Ananta Kandali died in 1580.
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Ananta Kandali was a poet.
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