Swarupa Daamodar Das

Swarupa Daamodar Das, born in 1969, is a self styled kirtaniya who started singing at the age of 7. He comes from a small town called Khopoli in the Raigad district of Maharashtra INDIA.

His devotional service began in 1977 when he was just 8 years old, when He and his entire family had the most blessed fortune of having the personal darshan of His Divne Grace Srila Prabhupada in Sri Vrindavan dham. Post this they became regular visitors of the ISKCON temple in Mumbai between 1977 -1992. He formally joined the brahmachari ashram in the Kartik of 1992. He took initiation in Srila Prabhupada’s family from His Holiness Radhanath Swami Maharaj in 1995 and pursued his spiritual career under his guidance for 6 years at Iskcon Chowpatty Mumbai and Iskcon Pune.

Swarupa Daamodar Das is loved by the devotee community worldwide for his melodious Bhajans and Kirtans. He is mostly seen in all the major Kirtan Festivals held around the globe. Some of his most popular Bhajan albums which have been widely appreciated are Hari Vandana, Geet Govind, Mangalashtakam, Namamrta, Manah Shiksha, He ! Gopinath and others.

He has also composed many heart melting melodies for some famous bhajans by our Vaishnavas Acharyas, like Yadi Gaur Na Hoito, Kadacit Kalindi, Boro Kripa Koile Krishna etc Currently, since almost a decade He has been active as a full time Grihastha Preacher and Music Teacher. He has been training students from all over UAE and also other countries like the USA, Canada, UK, Singapore and India. His classes have proven to be very successful and have inspired many devotees and kids to take to the wonderful service of Sankirtan in Lord Caitanya’s mission. His style of teaching as per most of his students is very easy to understand and anyone can begin playing and singing within a few weeks of guidance. He focusses mainly on developing the true bhaav in singing devotional kirtans. His own style of singing, vividly reflects this feature of heart melting devotion to all his listeners.