Listen Vidyapati Maithili Songs on Music Maithili, Maithil Kavi Kokil (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a remarkable polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, and philosopher. Born around 1352 in the village of Bisapī (now Bisfi) in the Mithila region of northern Bihar, India, he hailed from a Maithil Brahmin family. Vidyapati’s influence extended beyond Maithili and Sanskrit literature
