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Saints and Poets
He was a devotee of Shiva, and he wrote the songs that taught Bengal how to weep for Krishna.
He was a devotee of Shiva. He wrote the songs that taught Bengal how to weep for Krishna. Both of those are true, and the distance between them is the most interesting thing about Vidyapati Thakur.
He was born around 1352 at Bisapi, a village in Mithila, in what is now the Madhubani district of Bihar.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.