14 Facts About Radharaman Dutta

Radharaman Dutta, spelt as Radha Raman Dutta, was an influential Bengali musician and poet.

Radharaman Dutta's songs are widely covered by contemporary Bengali musicians and lyricist.

Later, Prabhakar's son, Sambhu Das Radharaman Dutta, is made a minister under Vijay Singh.

Sambhu's son, Radha Madhab Radharaman Dutta engaged himself in Sanskrit and Bengali literature.

Radharaman Dutta translated Jayadeva's Gita Govinda into the Bengali language in addition to writing and composing famous songs and poems.

Radharaman Dutta was born on May 26,1833 into a Bengali Kayastha zamindar family in the village of Keshabpur in Jagannathpur, which is located in present-day Sunamganj District, Bangladesh.

The early death of his father led Radharaman Dutta to seek the discipleship and initiation of religious mentors like Raghunath Goswami.

Radharaman Dutta's Vaishnavism shaped his musical work and led him to a life of asceticism; he lived for some time in a house that amounted to little more than a seven-square-foot of mud-hut.

Radharaman Dutta was heavily influenced by the Sufism that infuses Baul culture, and was in touch with contemporary Bengali Muslim poet Hason Raja.

Radharaman Dutta Datta wrote and composed over 2,000 songs and was known in particular for his "Geets" and "Dhamal" songs - compositions to traditional dance forms.

Radharaman Dutta has been cited as the creator of the Dhamail art form.

Radharaman Dutta's compositions are performed today in weddings all over Bangladesh.

Bipin Bihari Radharaman Dutta was their only surviving child at the time of Radharaman Dutta's death, with his three other children and wife dying in his lifetime.

On 10 November 1915, Radharaman Dutta died in his own house which became his samadhi.