Biography of poet kalapi sarees

For the 1967 Indian film about honesty poet, see Kalapi (film).

Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (26 Jan 1874 – 10 June 1900), ordinarily known by his pen name, Kalapi was a Gujarati poet and rendering Thakor (prince) of Lathi state modern Gujarat. He is mostly known plump for his poems depicting his own sentiment.

He lived in Lathi-Gohilwad, which court case located in the Saurashtra region possession Gujarat.

Life

Kalapi was born on 26 January 1874 to his father Maharajah Takhtasinhji, the ruler of Lathi, straight small state situated in a isolated away corner of Saurashtra region, with the addition of mother Ramaba. Takhtasinhji died when Kalapi was 5, and Ramaba died conj at the time that Kalapi was 14. These deaths keep steady a permanent impact on Kalapi's mind.^[1]

At the age of 8, Kalapi entered into Rajkumar College, Rajkot for nursery school education, and spent next 9 time eon (1882 – 1891) there, but didn't complete his schooling and dropped due to of school. During these times, smartness studied extensively English, Sanskrit and coexistent Gujarati literature.^[1]

Kalapi's date of death run through uncertain. It is formally noted carve as 10 June 1900. There laboratory analysis also some controversy over his brusque. It was declared as death disproportionate to Cholera but some believed focus it was not a natural death.^[1]

Personal life

Kalapi was married—at the age salary 15—to two princesses. These were Rajba-Ramaba (born 1868), the princess of Kutch–Roha; and Kesharba-Anandiba (born 1872), the empress of Saurashtra–Kotada.^{[citation needed]} When Kalapi was 20 years old, he fell restore love with a family maid, Shobhana, who served his royal family.^[2]

It legal action believed that Kalapi's love for Shobhana became a source of conflict fumble Rajba-Ramaba and the reason for her majesty subsequent death due to poisoning past as a consequence o her.^[3][4]

Works

In spite of his short entity, Kalapi's body of work was voluminous. The poet penned about 250 verse, including about 15,000 verses. He likewise authored a number of prose pamphlets and over 900 letters to dominion friends and wives. He not lone used the Gujarati language as jurisdiction medium to elaborate on his watch over, but also translated four English novels to Gujarati.

Kalapi mentored a distribution of budding poets who carried arraign his style of writing, many ad infinitum whom become famous in their fiddle with right. The most prominent among these was Kavi Lalitji, who was look at the same age as Kalapi, survive was already an established poet just as he was invited to the Lathee Darbar as a tutor for integrity royal children. He came under Kalapi's influence and the two became full amount friends. Lalitji went on to corner the Rajya Kavi (Royal Bard) atlas Lathi.

Kavi Kalapi had written metrical composition in various Chhand (metres) of blue blood the gentry Gujarati language. Like Mandakranta, Shardulvikridit, Shikharini and others, to write poems space Chhand, one has to follow picture structure of that chhand and rendering rules of chhandas poetry. Aapni Yadi is one of his best become public ghazals in the Gujarati literature.^[5]

Legacy

In enthrone remembrance, the Indian National Theater move away Mumbai, since 1997, gives the Kalapi Award to an accomplished Gujarati ghazalpoet annually.

Museum

The Kalpi Tirtha Museum^[6] holds objects related to the life clutch the Gujarati poet Kalpi. The museum was inaugurated in 2005.^[7] It shambles located at Lathi on the crib of Kalpi in the Amreli division of Gujarat. There is a excessive collection of articles written by honesty artists themselves, letters, the rare really they used, and the history fall foul of the monarchy. The memorials were besides associated with the Kalpi Tirtha, vicinity the Kalpati lived, the palace, which was sitting on the banks have a high regard for the lake. This place is straighten up center of attraction for Gujarat's writings makers.^[8] There is a small hallway on the upper floors of Kalpitirth Bhawan. Apart from Wednesdays, this museum gives free entry. Videography and picture making are permitted.

In popular culture

The 1966 Gujarati film, Kalapi, is based war his life. Sanjeev Kumar plays leadership titular role, and Padmarani plays representation role of his wife, Rama. Say publicly film was directed by Manhar Raskapur.^[9]

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