Soordas

by Pushpa Bharati, P.B. Kavadi (Illustrator)

Just because the boy was blind, he became the butt of every unkind prank. Little did his family realize that Soordas could often see more than anyone else. He could direct a shepherd to his lost goat and a father to his missing son. He could describe exactly how the idol of his beloved Lord Krishna was dressed in the temple each day. The Mughal emperor Akbar personally came to invite him to his court. The poet Tulsidas visited him. The powerful, the wise and the ordinary flocked to him for his all-seeing wisdom and his soul-stirring songs of devotion.

Genres: Nonfiction, Comics

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 14, 2004

Reviews

[prakash · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!

Wonderfully told, the devotion of Soordas was shown with much finesse.

Loved every page of the story and also the artwork is much better. Heart touching story of one of the icons of Bhakti-yoga!

It would have been better to include original song and have translation in footnote as per my thinking

[Vyomesh Thakker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awake within

Blind to the world able to see the divine ❤️, I can just humbly offer my obeyssiances to this great Mahatma.

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

wonderful

[Pranav · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book we get to know about the popular blind poet of India Soordas, who lived in the region of present day Uttar Pradesh or Rajasthan( the place of birth is uncertain). When I first read his childhood, it was really painful to see him shunned by his parents and bullied by everyone just because he was blind. I was surprised to see that Soordas had the divine of Sri Krishna even though he could not see the outer world. It was good to see that he had good contacts with Tulasidas, another poet from Uttar Pradesh. The details of his death could have been added. Apart from this, this was an excellent book.