Mahendar Misir

Mahendar Misir (16 March 1865 26 October 1946) was an Indian Bhojpuri poet who is also called "purbiya samrat" (The Master Of Purbi), freedom fighter. He has written Thousands of Purbi Songs.

Early Life & Background Mahendra Misir was born in 16 March 1886 at Mishrawalia, near Jalalpur in the chapra district of present day Bihar, into a Kanyakubja Brahmin family, his ancestors had migrated from Lagunhi-Dharampura present-day kanpur Uttar Pradesh to the Saran region approximately three centuries before his birth.

His father was Shivshankar Misir and his mother was Gayatri Devi. Mahendra Misir was the eldest of six brothers. He grew up in an environment shaped by traditional religious, musical and cultural practices of the Bhojpuri region.

Works Mahendra Mangal Mahendra Manjari Mahendra Binod Mahendra Diwakar Mahendra Prabhakar Mahendra Ratnawali Mahendra Kusumawali Mahendra Mayank Apurva Ramayan Bhagwat Dasam Skandh Krishna Gitawali