Saraswati Gangadhar

Saraswati Gangadhar (16th century) wrote Shri GuruCharitra, a book on the life of Narasimha Saraswati who is considered to be the second avatar of Dattatreya. Nothing much is known about Gangadhar's life other than through the Shri GuruCharitra. Guru-Charitra means "Guru's Life Story" or "Guru's Biography". Shri Gurucharitra indicates that Gangadhar belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin family of kaundinya gotra. It is not known how many children he had but he frequently mentioned his "poorvaj" (Ancestor) called Sayandev who was one of the four close disciples of Narasimha Saraswati. Gangadhar also mentions the four generations of his family that preceded him.