# Narsinh Mehta

> Narsinh Mehta (1414–1488), also known as Narsinh Bhagat, was a 15th-century poet-saint of Gujarat, India, honored as the first poet, or Adi Kavi, of the Gujarati language. Narsinh became a devotee of Krishna, and dedicated his life to composing poetic works expressing his bhakti towards Krishna. His bhajans have remained popular in Gujarat and Rajasthan for over five centuries. Most notably, his composition "Vaishnava Jana To" was Mahatma Gandhi's favorite and became popular with freedom fighters across India.

*Poet-saint of Gujarat*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/narsinh-mehta

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1814
- **Died:** 1881
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 11.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2043840)
- [নরসিংহ মেহতা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE)
- [Narsinh Mehta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsinh_Mehta)
- [Narasimha Maheta](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha_Maheta)
- [નરસિંહ મહેતા](https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%B9_%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BE)
- [नरसी मेहता](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE)
- [നരസിംഹ് മേത്ത](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4)
- [नरसिंह मेहता](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE)
- [ਨਰਸੀ ਮਹਿਤਾ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE)
- [नरसिंह महेता](https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE)
- [நரசிங் மேத்தா](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE)
- [నరసింహ మెహతా](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%B9_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE)
- [นรสิงห์ มเหตา](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2)
- [Wikiquote](https://gu.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%B9_%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BE)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8f393315-2cb9-419d-a7b4-366ad5d43020)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2723574)

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