# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/narsinh-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:31:49.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/narsinh-mehta"
name: "Narsinh Mehta"
slug: "narsinh-mehta"
description: "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."
tagline: "Poet-saint of Gujarat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Narsinh_Mehta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1814"
deathDate: "1881"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             1.391025641025641
  historical:           11.19461066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump