Identify the poet:

He was a Vaishnavite.

His ideas were based on Bhagavata Purana.

He is credited with developing a new form of music, ‘Borgeet’.

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Narsinh Mehta was a 15th century poet and a devotee of Lord Krishna. He was an exponent of Vaishnava poetry. His bhajan Vaishnav Jan To was Mahatma Gandhi\'s favorite and has become synonymous with him. He penned more than 750 poems, called padd in Gujarat. They mainly deal with devotion to Lord Krishna, gyan (wisdom) vairagya (detachment from worldly affairs). He is regarded as adikavi (the first poet) and bhakta kavi (devout poet) in Gujarati literature.
Chamarasa was a 15th century Virashaiva poet in the Kannada language, during the reign of Vijaynagar Empire. A contemporary and competitor to a noted Brahmin Kannada poet Kumara Vyasa, Chamarasa was patronised by King Deva Raya II.
Srimanta Sankardeva was a Vaishnavite, social and religious reformer during 15th-16th century. He inspired Bhakti Movement in Assam. His ideas were based on Bhagavata Purana. Sankaradev is widely credited for developing new forms of music (Borgeet); theatrical performances (Ankia Naat, Bhaona); dance form (Sattriya), and literary language namely Brajavali.
Ravidas was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement and founder of the Ravidassia religion during the 15th to 16th century CE. His devotional Verses were included in the Sikh scriptures known as Guru Granth Sahib. The Panch Vani text of the Dadupanthi tradition within Hinduism also includes numerous poems of Ravidas.

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Srimanta Sankardeva

Narsinh Mehta was a 15th century poet and a devotee of Lord Krishna. He was an exponent of Vaishnava poetry. His bhajan Vaishnav Jan To was Mahatma Gandhi\'s favorite and has become synonymous with him. He penned more than 750 poems, called padd in Gujarat. They mainly deal with devotion to Lord Krishna, gyan (wisdom) vairagya (detachment from worldly affairs). He is regarded as adikavi (the first poet) and bhakta kavi (devout poet) in Gujarati literature.
Chamarasa was a 15th century Virashaiva poet in the Kannada language, during the reign of Vijaynagar Empire. A contemporary and competitor to a noted Brahmin Kannada poet Kumara Vyasa, Chamarasa was patronised by King Deva Raya II.
Srimanta Sankardeva was a Vaishnavite, social and religious reformer during 15th-16th century. He inspired Bhakti Movement in Assam. His ideas were based on Bhagavata Purana. Sankaradev is widely credited for developing new forms of music (Borgeet); theatrical performances (Ankia Naat, Bhaona); dance form (Sattriya), and literary language namely Brajavali.
Ravidas was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement and founder of the Ravidassia religion during the 15th to 16th century CE. His devotional Verses were included in the Sikh scriptures known as Guru Granth Sahib. The Panch Vani text of the Dadupanthi tradition within Hinduism also includes numerous poems of Ravidas.

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