...Vela Dhana Bheel Vela Dhana Bheel sings Bhajans- hindu devotional songs set to the music of Santaar, Manjira and Ghada Ghamela. The Bheels are a tribal community indigenous to many parts of India. Traditionally they were hunters and gatherers and lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle but in the present take up daily wage labor or work as farm hands. They espouse a unique culture of music evolved over years of social bonding and improvising instruments from materials in their immediate ecology. Bhajans are sung to celebrate the lives of famed saints and heroes and are eulogical in nature. Almost every village or community in India has a Bhajan mandali- a group of spiritual singers and instrumentalists. Vela Dhana Bheel belongs to a village called Gadhada, at Khadir Bhachau in Gujarat. He plays the Santaar along with an accompaniment of local percussions and his songs manifest philosophic notions and carry spiritual messages. One of the oft sung compositions revolves around an avowal made by King Ramdev Pir, an incarnation of lord Vishnu, at the time of his Samadhi- attainment of oneness with reality and eventual release from the mortal body. The king warns about evil begetting evil, thereby stressing the need to sow seeds in the form of good deeds. In rural Gujarati and strung to emotive local folk tunes his calling out to the divine is as sonorous as it is warm and simple. Information * Genres: Bhajan, Folk Instrumental * Instruments: Ghada Ghamela, Manjeera, Santaar ...
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... Date : 11.11.2013 The Divisional Officer, ‘C’ Division, West Bengal Fire & Energy Services, L.M. Dey Gardens, Silpara, Kolkata – 700 008. Dear Sirs, Sub : Permission from Fire Service for our 17th Mandala Puja to be held on 7th and 8th December, 2013 at the premises of Shiv Kali Mandir, Fakirpara Road(Near Shaw Public School) Kolkata – 700034. We have decided to celebrate our 17th Mandala Puja (Ayyappa Puja) on 7th and 8th December 2013 at the aforementioned premises. Please do the needful at your end and grant us permission at the earliest possible time. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, For Sri Dharmasaastha Bhajan Samithy (Regd.) (SECRETARY) Sri Dharmasaastha Bhajana Samithy ( Regd.) P-46, Unique Park, Behala, Kolkata – 700 034. Phone: 2446 1268 Date : 18.11.2013 The District Engineer,, CESC Limited, Taratala Office, Kolkata . Dear Sirs, Sub : Temporary connection requiring for our 17th Mandala Puja to be held on 7th and 8th December, 2013 at the premises of Shiv Kali Mandir, Fakirpara Road(Near Shaw Public School) Kolkata – 700034. Our Bhajana Samithy is going to celebrate the 17th Mandala Puja (Ayyappa Puja) on 7th and 8th December 2013 at the abovementioned...
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...Meerabai (c. 1498 – c. 1547 AD) (alternate orthographies: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai) was an aristocratic Hindu mystical singer and devotee of LordKrishna from Rajasthan and one of the most significant figures of the Sant tradition of the Vaishnava bhakti movement. Some 1,200–1,300 prayerful songs or bhajans attributed to her are popular throughout India and have been published in several translations worldwide. In the bhakti tradition, they are in passionate praise of Lord Krishna.In most of her poems she has described her unconditional love for her Lord.She has tried to give the message that krishna bhakthi is the best way to live life as it helps us forget our desires and this inturn helps us attain moksha(or oneness with the Lord). |An article related to | |Hinduism | |[pic] | |Hindu • History | |Deities[show] | |Philosophy[show] | |Scriptures[show] | |Practices[show] | |Philosophers[show] | |Other topics[show] | |[pic] | |Hinduism Portal | |Hindu Mythology Portal | |v | | | |t | | ...
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...1MCMCMC | Welcome------------------------------------------------- Once upon a time in cities far apart (Stanger and Krugerdorp), two souls entered the world destined to be one…years have since passed, their paths have crossed (many times)…, with fleeting glances, their eyes were engrossed…The time has now come to wish these merging souls a life filled with all sorts of happiness…..at the blessing hands of Lord Ganesha. So beautiful is the day, today, when…Pragasen and Shree, enter the blissful world, of holy matrimony…and we are extremely honoured to have you share in the most important chapter yet of their fairytale, the wedding.------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Om Sai Ram everyone (jovial tone)…love and light, love and light…on this beautiful morning. A very very warm welcome, respected elders, Sai brothers and Sisters, endeared friends and family. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- My name is Prevashni, a mutual friend of both Pragasen and Shree. And I will be keeping you informed of the day’s proceedings on behalf of the hosts. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- If everyone could please rise as we welcome the bridal entourage. ------------------------------------------------- Already on stage are Shree’s parents. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Chapter1 Q1. What do ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language?” A1. “Ethnomusicologists use this phrase to bring cultures together. The problems with the metaphor are many. First, music is not a language, at least not in the sense of conveying specific meanings through specific symbols, in standard patterns analogies to syntax, and governed by rules of structure analogies to grammar. While attempts have been made to analyze music in liquistic terms, these ultimately failed because music is a totally different realm. Second, it is questionable whether music really can transcend linguistic barriers and culturally determined behaviors, through some forms of emotional communication, such as crying, are so fundamentally human that irrationally all perceive it the same way. What we see with music does not support the motion that music is a universal language, unfortunately, and we do not believe such a concept to be useful in examining the world’s music.”(3) Q5. In what ways does world music study require an interdisciplinary approach? A5. “World music causes have no such canon, and certainly no list of great composers. The world is too large and there are too many choices consensus to form. Therefore, one must consider not only how to organize such a course but what to include. What should every world music student knew? If the organization is geographical, what genres and particular examples should ‘represent’ a country or...
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...is the relationship of an individual or group with animals or natural objects and elements. They also believe in Animism, the belief that all living things have a spirit. Dreamtime is the cosmology focus of a lot of the artistic activity in the Aboriginal communities. In South Asia, India is separated into north and south regions. The northern culture is called Hindustani. It is influenced by Indo- European invaders. Here are many religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, the Baha'I Faith and Islam. The southern region is mostly Hinduism. The southern culture is called carnatic. Carnatic music and Hinduism go hand in hand. Hinduism is know for instrumental improvisations called Raga. They are normally an hour or more long. In India Bhajans devotional song are similar to Protestant hymns in Christian traditions. They consist of repetitive names of gods. In Southeast Asia, Thailand piphat is the main classical court ensemble. The Ensemble consist of wooden or bamboo – keyed instruments, plucked strings, flutes, double reeds, drums and small rhythmic percussion. The " teacher Greeting Ritual" is cultural and is classified as " action tunes", dance drama, and shadow puppet theater. The teacher greeting ritual is the passing on of knowledge. The teachers knowledge is drawn from animism, Hinduism, and...
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...can it be learnt from teachers. It has to be as natural component of one's daily life in the discharge of one's duties. Discipline is essential from the moment of waking to the time of going to sleep. Discipline is essential in everyday life Discipline is essential for every group, for every society and for every political institution. Without discipline there can be no society or Government. No nation can exist without discipline. It is discipline that unites man to man, and one society to another. Hence discipline is one of the basic insignia of social life. Discipline has to be observed in speech, in sport and in every kind of relationship. For instance, during bhajans, all those singing in chorus have to maintain the same tune. Discordant singing will jar on the ears. Singing in unison in bhajans is a form of discipline. In games, you have an umpire to enforce the rules of the game. Every player has to observe the rules strictly. Sometimes while playing, in their enthusiasm, the players fall to observe the rules. The umpire, however, sees to it that the rules are enforced and the players have to obey him implicitly. Any player who does not obey will be violating the rules of the game. Today it is because people do not observe the rules, whether in sports or elsewhere, life has...
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...24/01/2011 Bhimsen Joshi passes away Pune: Legendary Hindustani vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, 89, passed away here on Monday morning. He was critical and battling for life for over a week at the Sahyadri Hospital here. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi receiving the Bharat Ratna in 2008 The Kirana gharana maestro was on ventilator support for three days. However, his condition deteriorated on Saturday. Bhimsen was known for his unique voice and his mastery over the Kirana gharana style. He had sung many songs in Hindi, Marathi and Kannada. His bhajans too were famous. His rendition in the national integration song was an outstanding piece. Bhimsen was admitted to the hospital following a severe bout of diarrhoea. He was put on respiratory support for about a week. The last of the titans of Hindustani classical music, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was a rare genius who could transcend the mundane and transport his audience to the sublime with his gifted voice that captured both anguish and ecstasy. What made him arguably the most popular Hindustani music vocalist of the current times was his impassioned renditions with a powerful and penetrating voice that showcased the aesthetic majesty of the 'Kirana' gharana of which he was the celebrated exponent, as also the eloquent expression of light classical, devotional and the popular variety. It was an awe-inspiring fusion of intelligence and passion that perhaps separated Joshi from other classical vocalists who dogmatically stuck to their...
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...Indiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times| More[pic] [pic] [pic] [pic]|Log In|Sign Up| ADVERTISEMENT [pic] India Top of Form [pic] Bottom of Form The Times of India Advanced Search » • Home • City • India • World • Business • Tech • Sports • Entertainment • Life & Style • Women • Hotklix • Spirituality • • NRI • Real Estate • Photos • Times Now • Videos • LIVE TV You are here: Home » India Ex-Gujarat minister Amit Shah charged in fake encounter case TNN | Sep 5, 2012, 12.08AM IST [pic]Article[pic] [pic] Comments (79) [pic] inShare [pic] Read More:Tulsiram Prajapati Fake Encounter Case|Sohrabuddin Sheikh|Sohrabuddin Case|Narendra Modi|Andhra Pradesh|Amit Shah|Abdul Rehman 79 [pic] [pic] Ex-Gujarat minister Amit Shah charged in fake encounter case AHMEDABAD: The CBI on Tuesday named former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah and over half a dozen IPS officers, including former CID (crime) chief OP Mathur, as accused in the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case of 2006. They were among the 20 people named in the CBI chargesheet. Considered to be one of the favourite cops of chief minister Narendra Modi, Mathur and former state police chief P C Pande, are accused of derailing the probe in the case. Mathur has been charged with culpable homicide amounting to murder, conspiracy and destruction of evidence among...
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...Bhgavad Vita precisely described the all of the spiritual paths of the Hindu when he said, “Yoga is the journey of the self to the self through the self”. That discovery comes in 4 separate and distinct forms. Common American perception is that the practice of yoga is primarily a physical practice separate and apart from religion. “The word yoga derives from the same root as does the English word yoke; meaning to unite and place under disciplined training”. Americans take this definition literally and only consider the physical aspect of yoga training. This approach leads to a gap in the most enlightening aspects of yoga; spiritual training. Like many of the world’s religions Hinduism has one distinct goal and that is to unite the human spirit with God. Hindu’s believe that there are 4 separate paths to reaching enlightenment and uniting your spirit with God via the spiritual and physical discipline that is yoga. Because of the variety and complexity of the human personality, Hinduism understands that we all approach our spirituality from different points in life. The focus of the four paths is on the strongest aspect of the personality with the ultimate goal of “rendering the surface self-transparent to its underlying divinity; cleansed of its gross impurities”. The four paths of yoga are Jnana Yoga (the path through knowledge), Bhakti Yoga (the path through love), KarmaYoga (the path through work), and Raja Yoga (the path of the psychophysical). Jnana Yoga is considered...
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...establishment of some Buddhist colleges and universities, the remains of one of which still can be found at Paharpur. From the twelfth century, under royal patronage of the Sena rulers, there was the revival of Brahmanical Hinduism; and because of the introduction of Kulinism and torture on the Buddhists and Yogis, the path was made ready for the spread of Islam from the thirteenth century onward. With the elapse of time, Shaktism became very prominent in Bengal; and from the end of the fifteenth century, Vaishnavism also grew to be popular under the leadership of Shri Chaitanya.[1] Centuries after the demise of Chaitanya, Bhakti Vedantaswami Prabhupada made Bengal's Vaishnavism a factor of Krishna consciosuness all over the world. There are many bhajans (devotional prayers to Bhagavan, Supreme Personality of Godheadm Krsna, and his devotees), which are written in Bengali language. [edit] Literature The Bengali language boasts a rich literary heritage. Bengal has a...
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...Comparison between Places of Worship of Islam and Hinduism People do their worships according to the place requirement of their relevant religion. The same case is for the peoples belong to the religion of Islam and Hinduism. The people belongs to Islam are called as Muslims whereas people belongs to Hinduism are called as Hindu. Muslims do their worships in a building called as Mosque and another name of Mosque is Masjid came from original Arabic. Hindus do their worships in a building called as Temple and another name came from original Sanskrit is Mandir. Introduction to Place of Worship The Mosque is the house of God, which is spiritual center of worship for Muslim community and considered as the principal point for the activities of Islam. Mosque merits to be treated with due respect and reverence. There is a place outside every mosque or just inside the entrance, where people have to remove and leave their shoes. The worship place of Hindus is known as Mandir or Temple, which is devoted to particular god or goddess (idol). The Hindus considered Mandir as home of god on earth. The inner shrine, which is called as Garbhargriha, where statue of god or goddess situated considered as the most holy part in the whole Mandir. Comparison between Mosque and Mandir The main hall of Mosque is a plain room largely empty of furniture. There no any kind of statue or picture in the Mosque because Muslims believe that these are irreligious, and there is no image of God, Who is Wholly...
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...When and where does it occur? * In certain parts of India, from a very long time and even till around the time the British had rule over India or during the British Indian Empire (Water takes place in 1938) * Sati is a part of Hindu culture and thought from the Vedic age and even Greek writers who accompanied Alexander have recorded this practice in 326BC. * Not as common anymore, considered a primitive ritual now * Although banned by the Indian government, still occurs behind closed doors * Upper-caste widows may not remarry, so many are abandoned by their families after the death of their husband in Vrindavan, "the City of the Widows", a pain ghetto on southern Delhi Who participates in the ritual/rite-of-passage? * Women or girls of all ages, who have become widows, belonging to an orthodox Hindu family or background * Marriage of young girls to older men is common in India and other traditional parts of the world * Widows=outcasts of Hindu society, no place for them What are some characteristics of the ceremony? * Becoming a widow is considered a “sin” in Hinduism, for her actions in her previous life for which she is making up for or compensating for, (as this supposedly caused the death of her husband) * Widow has three options: 1. Marry your husband’s younger brother 2. Burn with your dead husband (sati) 3. Lead a life of self-denial * When being forced to spend the rest of her life...
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...CHAPTER 2 PARTY SYSTEM IN INDIA Political parties are the most significant mechanisms in a democratic government. They both express and form public opinion. They are the chief mechanism of informing and influencing the electorate. As majority party forms the government in centre, the same is valid for the state legislature. Thus, the political parties become all the most important in analyzing any kind of politics in India. As everyone is free to contest election and form organization of political behavior, different political parties have rooted their stem in Indian politics. Here we will discuss some of the national and state political parties which had a major role to play in state politics in India. The election commission of India recognizes national as well as state political parties, giving them privileges and securing their election logo. A political party shall be treated as a recognized political party in a State, if and only if either the conditions specified is, fulfilled by that party and not otherwise, that is to say- (A) That such party – Has been engaged in political activity for a continuous period of five years; and Has, at the last general election in that State to the House of the People, or, as the case may be, to the Legislative Assembly of the State, returned- Either (i) at least one member to the House of the People for every twenty-five members of that House or any fraction of that number from that State; Or (ii)...
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...Bhajagovindam or Moha Mudgara of Adi Shankaracharya A Layman's Commentary This layman’s commentary on Bhajagovindam is made so that those who have not read the great work of the most revered Jagat Guru Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada would be prompted to do so and study it with the help of an authoritative commentary. Prayer: “Om Sthaapakaaya cha dharmasya sarva dharma swaroopine Avataara varishthaya Ramakrishnaayate namah” ("I bow to Sri Ramakrishna, the most Supreme among all Incarnations of God, who established Dharma (religion) and who is the embodiment of all dharmas") ******************************************************************************************* Let us start with what the great Rajaji (C.Rajagopalachari) said about Bhajagovindam: RAJAJI’S INTRODUCTION “Adi Sankaracharya wrote a number of Vedantic works for imparting knowledge of the Self and the Universal Spirit. He also composed a number of hymns to foster Bhakti in the hearts of men. One of these hymns is the famous Bhajagovindam. The way of devotion is not different from the way of knowledge or Jnana. When intelligence matures and lodges securely in the mind, it becomes wisdom. When wisdom is integrated with life, and issues out in action, it becomes Bhakti. Knowledge, when it becomes fully mature, is Bhakti. If it does not get transformed into Bhakti, such knowledge is useless tinsel. To believe that Jnana and Bhakti, knowledge and devotion, are different from each other, is ignorance...
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