PANDITARAJA JAGANNATHA'S
                    (With the Commentary by Sri Sadashiva and
                         English Translation By Irma Schotsman
Jagannatha (1572 -1625) was a famous Sanskrit poet residing at the Delhi Darbar where Emperor Sah Jahan bestowed on him the honorable title of Panbditaraja. He fell in love with a Muslim woman at the court and was consequently excommunicated buy the Brahmin community. Thereafter he went to Varanasi, where composed the poem known as Gangalahari, verses entreating Goddess Ganga for purification.