Bhajan
Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any of the languages from the Indian subcontinent. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means reverence and originates from the root word bhaj (Sanskrit: भज्), which means to revere, as in 'Bhaja Govindam' (Revere Govinda). The term bhajana also means sharing.
The term 'bhajan' is also commonly used to refer a group event, with one or more lead singers, accompanied with music, and sometimes dancing. Minimally there is a percussion accompaniment such as tabla, dholak or a tambourine. Handheld small cymbals (kartals) are commonly used to maintain the beat, rhythm. A bhajan may be sung in a temple, in a home, under a tree in the open, near a river bank or a place of historic significance.
As a bhajan has no prescribed form, or set rules, it is in free form, normally lyrical and based on melodic ragas. It belongs to a genre of music and arts that developed with the Bhakti movement. It is found in the various traditions of Hinduism as well as Jainism. Within Hinduism, it is particularly prevalent in Vaishnavism.
Ideas from scriptures, legendary epics, the teachings of saints and loving devotion to a deity are the typical subjects of bhajans.
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi | Bhajan
Feel the resonance of evening ragas....Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music. Bhimsen Joshi belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music.
Malabika Kanan | Bhajan
Feel the resonance of evening ragas.....Malabika Kanan was an Indian classical vocalist. Her first music rendering was in raga Ramkali on the All India Radio when she was 15 years old.
Vani Jairam | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas....Vani Jairam, also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over four decades. She has done playback for over thousand Indian movies recording over 20,000 songs.
Visalam Venkatachalam | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas.... was an Indian journalist and writer belonging to the Hindu nationalist movement was an Indian journalist and writer belonging to the Hindu nationalist movement.
Shubha Mudgal | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas.....Shubha Mudgal is an Indian singer of Hindustani classical music. Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, dadra, and Indian pop.
Meeta Pandit | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas...Dr. Meeta Pandit is a Hindustani Classical vocalist and a leading exponent of the Gwalior Gharana. She is the granddaughter and disciple of Krishnarao Shankar Pandit and daughter of Laxman Krishnarao Pandit.
Vani Jairam | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas....Vani Jairam, also credited as Vani Jayaram, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in South Indian cinema. Vani's career started in 1971 and has spanned over four decades. She has done playback for over thousand Indian movies recording over 20,000 songs.
Pt. Dinanath Mishra | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas.....Visalam Venkatachalam, a Carnatic Vocalist, Instrumentalist and Teacher.
Pt. Uday Bhawalkar | Bhajan
Suprabhat "Meditation with morning ragas" Pandit Uday Bhawalkar is an Indian classical vocalist. He is an exponent of the dhrupad genre. Uday Bhawalkar is among the foremost Dhrupad vocalists and has been a strong force in its growing recognition, popularity and resurgence, worldwide. Uday believes that when immersed in the note and raga, the self disappears and music takes on its own existence; the principle of ‘darshan’ in Indian philosophy.
Pt. Dinanath Mishra | Bhajan
Meditation with morning ragas.....
