Kubir Sarkar

Kubir Sarkar also known as Kubir Goshai was a prominent Bengali philosopher, author, Baul saint, mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker in Bengal of British India. He was popular as a poet and kaviyal; and alongside he was also known as a famous theorist of Bengal's Secularism. He was a lyricist and composer of songs from the Sahebdhani minor religious sect of Bengal. Some of his notable songs include
''Dub dub dub rupshagore amar mon/ Tolatol patal khujle pabi re prem rotnodhon.''

Early life

Kubir Sarkar was born in 1787 into a weaver family in the village of
Madhupur in the district of Nadia, West Bengal. He became a disciple of Guru Charan Pal of the village
Brittihuda, in Nadia and that is where he met his demise. Then he became Kubir Goshai.

Personal life

He had numbers of the leading students. Among of them, Jadubindu is an important disciple of Kubir Goshai. He was also a famous lyricist and composer of songs from the Sahebdhani minor religious sect of Bengal. Kubir Goshai died in Nadia in 1879.

Works and legacy

Kubir Goshai’s philosophy was mainly based on the Vaisnava Sahajiya.According to Sahajiya philosophy, along with an external form; every object also has an internal form. On his birth anniversary, his followers and students have preserved his diary full of songs beside his tomb. Kubir Goshai composed over 1,203 songs.