Artist Profile

Pandit Mahase Maharaj, born in Rousillac, South Trinidad in 1925, was a figure of profound learning and spiritual insight. The youngest of nine siblings, he displayed a remarkable intellectual curiosity from an early age, quickly mastering Hindi and delving deeply into the Hindu scriptures under the tutelage of his esteemed elder brothers, Pandits Keso Maharaj […]

Pandit Mahadeo Maharaj was born to Pandit Seusarran Maharaj  and Shrimatie Ramcoomarie Maharaj on Feb. 16, 1916, in California, Central Trinidad. He spent his early childhood at Grants Trace, Rousillac where he attended the Rousillac Canadian Mission Primary School. In 1928 the family moved to California, where he attended the Esperanza Presbyterian and California Government

Pandit Krishna Harrybatchan was born on January 8th 1945 in Malgretoute Village Princes Town, to Pandit Harrybatchan Jaijahram Maharaj and Tatetri Maharaj. He was the grandson of the late Pandit Rambaran Tiwari (Maharaj) of Woodland, South Trinidad. He came from a very long lineage of Pandits. He was the chela of the very great Pandit Basdeo

Pandit Jankie Persad Sharma was born in 1894 in a small Village in Uttar Pradesh, India to Pandit Sheolal Persad Sharma. When he was 18 years old he came to Trinidad and Tobago as an indentured immigrant on board the ship SUTLEJ. He was assigned to the Willamsville Sugar Estate where he served his 5

Pandit Harripersad Sharma was born in the year 1922 in the Village of La Fortune Woodland, South Trinidad, West Indies, to Pandit Rambaran Tiwari (Maharaj) who immigrated from Basti, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1906 under the Indentureship Program, and Shrimatie Sukraji Tiwari Maharaj; he was the third of ten children. He was also fondly called Harrydass

The respected Pandit Hardath Maharaj was born on July 19th, 1931 to Sreeram Maharaj and Rajpat Maharaj, in Cumoto, Trinidad. He had two other brothers and five sisters. Following in the footsteps of his maternal and paternal grandparents, Panditji  started his journey as a Pandit at a very tender age. He has travelled throughout Trinidad and

Pandit Capildeo Maharajh of Arena Road, Freeport, was born August 23rd, 1935 to Pandit Seusaran Maharaj and Ramcoomarie Maharaj, in California, Central Trinidad. There he attended California Government School and Esperanza CM School, where he sat the Exhibition Exam. He later attended the prestigious Queens Royal College, in Port of Spain for seven years. Whilst attending

Pandit Basdeo Misir, the first Dharmacharya (Hindu Archbishop) of Trinidad and Tobago (SDMS) was the foremost exponent of the treasures enshrined in the Hindu scriptures. He was among the first set of immigrants from India to this land. Trinidad and Tobago has been sanctified and blessed by the presence of this great giant and colossus

Pandit Bal Gangadhar was the second of eight children born to Pandit Sardaram and Shrimatie Sirjudaye Maharaj at Boodoo Trace Junction, Debe in May 1912. He followed in his father’s footsteps  and started studying to be a Pandit at a very tender age under the guidance of his two Gurus – Pandit Basdeo Misir of