Devotional Song

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Aham Prema: meaning behind the modern yoga chant

Aham Prema is one of the essential mantras recommended for daily practice by many modern yoga schools. Surprisingly, the...
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Vinayagar Agaval: medieval lyrics linking Ganesha with yoga practice

Vinayagar Agaval is a popular sacred hymn of South India praising Ganesh—one of the most worshipped deities in the Hindu...
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Nirvana Shatkam: meaning behind the major chant of non-duality

The Atmashatkam or Nirvāṇaṣatkam is the essential Sanskrit hymn composed around the 8th century AD by the leading Indian...
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Sri Lalitha Sahasranama: 1000-name lyrics praising the beauty of Goddess Shakti

Lalita Sahasranama is a Hindu chant dedicated to the Divine Mother known as Shakti who manifests as the triple goddesses...
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Progressive rhythms and sacred themes of Shyama Shastri songs

Syama Sastri was one of the most influential Indian composers of the 18th century whose extensive contributions to the...
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Vishnu Sahasranama: chant meaning and complete lyrics by Subbulakshmi

Sahasranāma, literally meaning a thousand names in Sanskrit, is a common term for Dharmic religions of the Indian...
MALE VOCAL

First musical steps of Bhimsen Joshi

Bhimsen Joshi was a highly regarded vocalist who organically combined all aspects of Indian classical music, be it...
Poetry

12,000 Annamayya songs discovered in a Hindu temple after 300 years of oblivion

It is believed that Tallapaka Annamacharya—a 15th-century songwriter who lived in South India—wrote over thirty thousand...
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Om Namah Shivaya: chant meaning and lyrics diversity in songs set in Panchakshari Mantra

Om Namah Shivaya mantra has been an essential chant in Hinduism for over three thousand years. It is meant to express...
Jugalbandi

Merging traditions of Indian classic in jugalbandi duets of Balamuralikrishna

Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was an iconic composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist whose contributions to the...
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Ganapati songs and mantras devoted to Ganesha

Many-armed Ganesh is undoubtedly one of the most popular deities of the Indian subcontinent who is honored by all...
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Mantra of Avalokiteshvara: meaning and purpose of popular Buddhist chants

Avalokiteśvara is one of the central figures of Buddhism whose name is often associated with several mantras chanted by...
Poetry

The best Qawwali lyrics performed by prominent singers of the century

Phool Khil Jaaye by Abida Parveen and Asrar Shah Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe Oh maula Mere dil ki banjar zameen pe Mere...
Nadaswaram

Krithi lyrics in Tyagaraja's songs defined South Indian classic tradition of the 18th century

Tyagaraja was a South Indian poet, musician, and composer whose devotional and philosophical songs—written mainly in...
Choir

Europe worshiped this 12th-century prophet for her visions rather than her music talent

Hildegard von Bingen—German abbess and visionary mystic—was one of the most enigmatic personalities of the Middle Ages....
SONGWRITER

Sūrsāgar: ocean of poetry that expanded for five centuries

Sūrdās was a North Indian devotional poet, musician, and saint who lived in the 16th century. His lyrics, addressed...
Poetry

Sufi lyrics expanded all over the world thanks to Qawwali songs

Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia. It is part of a musical tradition that stretches back... 1 comment
FESTIVAL

Neverending musical whirlpool at the sacred oasis of Pushkar

Bordering with the Thar Desert, Pushkar town is set on Pushkar Holy Lake, a revered site for many Hindu followers. ...
SONGWRITER

Rabindra Sangeet have been an essential part of Indian culture for more than a century

A native of Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913—the first Asian person to receive...
Bansuri

Gandhi's devotional song was arranged on Galgibaga beach

Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram is a famous devotional song that was widely popularized by Mahatma Gandhi. While the origins...