Swami Haridas was a great classical musician and spiritual
composer and poet and the found of the Haridasi School
Swami Haridas is credited with numerous devotional musical
compositions in the Dhrupad style of music. He was a great saint in the Bhakti
tradition and he spread Bhakti or devotion through devotional songs dedicated
to Sri Krishna and Radha Rani.
He had numerous disciples and Mia Tansen was one of them. It
is said that Akbar himself disguised as a servant arrived at the home of Swami
Haridas to listen to the great musician.
Swami Haridas Jayanti is widely observed in North India , especially in Vrindavan.
Swami Haridas Jayanti is annually observed on the Bhadrapad
Shukla Paksha Ashtami tithi – the eighth day during the waxing phase of moon in
Bhadrapad month as per traditional Hindu lunar calendar followed in North India .