Surdas (1479-1586) was a Hindu devotional poet, singer, and a saint (sant), who lived during reign of king Akbar (1542-1606). Surdas spent most of his years in Vrindavan and created the epic literary work Sur Sagar, which originally contained 100,000 poems. He was the most influential poet of Braj Bhasha and the 'Bhakti movement' after Tulsidas. Biography What little knowledge that we've of Surdas's life comes from Ain-e-Akbari and Munshiat-e-Abul-Fazl, both written during Akbar's time. Surdas… (More on Surdas)