Kavi dayaram biography in gujarati

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Dayaram

Shri. Dayaram was born in Chanod (then known as Chandpur) in 1833 on Bhadarva Sud 11th , a Saturday, to Prabhuram and Mahalaxmi (Rajkor) Bhatt, Dayaram had one brother and one sister.  By caste this Nagar-Brahmin family’s deity was ‘Hatakeshwar Mahadev’but the family had adapted‘Pushtimarg Sampraday’.

Goswami Shri Devkinandanji gave him ‘Mantra daan’and at the age of 8 years he was given his ‘Yagno Paveet Sanskar’.
But unfortunately at a very young age he lost both his parents, and the destitute Dayaram had to live with his cousin and uncle consecutively. Dayaram thus studied in the small village school.  A little of Sanskrit that he learnt was from his own father, however Dayaram had an excellent voice, a gods gift.  Dayaram had an attractive personality but was also well known for his temperament and over scrupulous behavior.  At the age of 13 years, the KAVI DAYARAM | કવિ દયારામ TEDU