Chandra Bharati | |
Birth Date: | 1525 |
Birth Place: | Barpeta |
Language: | Assamese language |
Relatives: | Bhattadeva (Son) |
Chandra Bharati (1525-1578) was a 16th-century poet, litterateur and proficient of Sanskrit grammar [1] from Barpeta, Kamrup.The inscription on a stone slab on the hill in Rajaduar, abutting on the Brahmaputra, claims that the hill was the abode of Chandra Bharati.[2]
His wife's name was Tara Devi. Their son Bhattadeva was known as "father of Assamese prose".[3]