Meera

Meera, the Rajput princess who renounced earthly glories for divine love, was one of India‘s great saint-poets whose devotional songs to Lord Krishna became an enduring legacy of the Bhakti tradition, featured as part of the Saint-Poets and Poets series of 1952 :

Issued by India

Issued on Oct 1, 1952

Issued for : Saint Poets and Poets series 1952. India‘s First series of stamps by Photogravure.

Design : Adapted from a painting in the House of Kishangarh.

Type : Stamp, Postal Used

Colour : Scarlet

Denomination : 2 Annas

Size : Vertical in design 1.6″ x 0.95″

Perforation : 14

Paper : The stamps have been printed on all over 5 pointed multiple star watermark paper

Set : 160

Printing Process : Photogravure

Name : Meera

Born on 1498 at Kudki, Kingdom of Marwar [now in Rajasthan, India]

Died on 1547 at Dwarka, Gujarat, India

About : 

• A Rajput princess of the 15^th-16^th century. Her devotional songs are a favourite in Indian homes.
  • म्हाणे चाकर राखो जी ।
    चाकर रहसूँ, बाग लगासूँ, नित उठि दरसण पासूँ ।
    बिन्द्रावन की कुँज गलिन में, गोविन्द लीला गासूँ ॥
  • Let me be Thy servant, O’ Lord :
    I shall serve Thee and tend Thy garden
    and (as my reward) see Thy face every day :
    Of Thee, shall I sing in the lanes
    and bowers of Vrindavan.