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#Narasin_Mehta, also known as Narasin Bhagat, was a 15th century poet-saint of Gujarat, India. Honoured as the first poet or Adi Kavi of Gujarati language, Narasingha became a devotee of Krishna and devoted his life to composing poetic works described as bhakti or Image
devotion to Krishna. His bhajans have been popular in Gujarat and Rajasthan for over 5 centuries. Narasingh was mute till the age of eight. He started speaking only after meeting a holy man who made him chant the phrase "Rade Shyam". Narasin and his wife Manekbai lived in the
house of his elder brother Panshidar, but Panshidar's wife treated them badly. She was a bad woman who mocked and humiliated Narasingh many times. One day, when her taunts and insults were too much for Narasingha, he left the house and went to a nearby forest to seek some peace,
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