name the disciples of sant hatidas. standard 8 answer
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Swami Haridas was a Leela Paarshad (close associate of Supreme God Radha Krishn from the Spiritual World Nikunj GoLok abode) & a spiritual poet incarnated on this material world and classical musician. Credited with a large body of devotional compositions, especially in the Dhrupad style, he is also the founder of the Haridasi school of mysticism, still found today in North India. His work influenced both the classical music and the Bhakti movements of North India, especially those devoted to Krishna's consort Radha. Hit Harivansh Mahaprabhu, Hariram Vyas, Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami, Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya, Vitthalnath (Gusainji), were his contemporaries.
It is known that he was the direct student of the father of carnatic music, Sangeetha pitha Maha, Daasa-shreshta, Sri Purandara Dasa of Karnataka.
He had many pupils, Tansen being one of them.[1]
Haridas's father was a Saraswat Brahmin from Multan and that his mother's name was Ganga Devi.[2] The family migrated to a village called Khair wali Sarak, near Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Haridas was born there in 1512 and the village is now called Haridaspur in his honor. This school holds that he died in 1607. He was disciple of Shri Ashudheer Maharaj, also his Father who followed the Nimbarka Sampradaya , He is Said to be the Avatar of Shri Lalita Sakhi.He was a disciple of Bhai Mardana ji(a master who played Rabab with Guru Nanak Dev ji). He was deeply learned and widely acquainted with the music of his time. Mention is found in his works of stringed instruments such as the kinnari and aghouti, and of drums such as the mridang and daff. He mentions the ragas of Kedar, Gauri (raga), Malhar and Basant. Swami Haridas is said to have been the teacher of Tansen, one of the 'nine gems` of Akbar's court, and the renowned dhrupad singer and composer Baiju.
He later shifted his residence to Vrindavan, the playground of the immortal cowherd Krishna and Radha. There he built his ashram (hermitage) in Nidhivan and sang his songs of the love of Radha-Krishna. Following the example of Swami Shribhatta, Haridas continued to praise the Lord until the Lord manifested himself as Sri Banke Bihariji. Swami Haridas' spiritual disciples included Vitthal and Krishna Das who fostered his tradition of devotional music. Groups (samaj, like the sankeertan of Bengal and the bhajana goshti of South India) of devotees came together and sang of the Lord of Vrindavan.
His samadhi (tomb) is in Nidhivan, Vrindavan.