Girdhar

Girdhar or Giradhara or Giridharadāsa (1787–1852) was a Gujarati poet.

Works Girdhar best known for his poetic epic Rāmāyaṇa (1835) which is popular in Gujarat. He derived the story primarily from the Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki and the Hanumannāṭaka, with some inspiration from other Puranic texts. His version is lucid and musical as it is in simple language and uses traditional metres and melodies including Dhanāśrī, Vilāvala, Māru, Sāmerī, Sāraga, Soraṭha, Āsāvarī, Bhairava, Dohā, Caupāī, Ghanākṣarī, and others. His poetry Radha Virahna Barmas is influenced by the poetry of Vaishnavism. His Tulasī-Vivāha narrates the wedding of Krishna and Tulsi in 26 lyrics. It resemble the Kadva (cantos) style of medieval Gujarati poetry. He also wrote lyrics on Gopi and Krishna relations and wrote Ashwamedha and Rājasūyayajña. He based a large number of his poems on the Daśamaskandha of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa.