Remembering Dadathakur- Sarat Chandra Pandit

 

   Most of us know about Dadathakur Sarat Chandra Pandit, who was a great literary master. His wit is remembered by all. Many of his compositions are popular till now. 

We all have watched the famous Black and White film- Dadathakur (1962), where the legendary actor Chhabi Biswas played the role of Dadathakur. 

As today is the birthday of this great composer as well as the day he passed away, I am trying to watch the film again. Do try to watch it or try to read about him from internet or from books. 

I also came across a documentary on Dadathakur on YouTube recently, where the narration is done by Satinath Mukhopadhyay. I will try to watch that too. 

There are also many videos about Dadathaur on YouTube- about his wit, about his songs, and yes now I remember that the great artist Ramkumar Chattopadhyay sang many of his famous songs during his musical performances.. 

These are some of the ways through which we can pay respect to great genius. 

With best wishes for all.

Jai Shri Krishna.

Shri Vallabhacharya Jayanti

 

  Today is the birthday of the famous devotee and saint Shri Vallabhacharya. He is the founder of Pushtimarg  of Vaishnavism. I know very little about his theories but will try to know more about it in future from my friends who are followers of this philosophy.

One of his popular composition is the Madhurashtakam (Adharam Madhuram). I really love it. The poem is filled with devotion. 

Today on his birthday, I will listen to it again and feel the devotion. 

Do listen to Madhurashtakam whenever you find time. 

This way we can remember and pay respect to one of the most prominent devotees of Shri Krishna (Shrinathji).

With lots of wishes.

Jai Shri Krishna. 

Shri Hanuman Jayanti- 2022

Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated with great vigour in our country. Hanumaanji is the epitome of all the paths of Saadhna, that is Gyan, Karm and Bhakti. In Him, we find all these qualities. He is the remover of all obstacles as we find in the Sankatmochan Hanumaan Ashtak. He is the Ansh Avtaar of Mahadev. We also witness the respect for each other by Shri Vishnu and Mahadev through the interactions of Shri Ram and Bajrangbali in Ramayan.

Do listen to the famous Hanumaan chalisa and Sankatmochan Hanumaan Ashtak on this day.

With lots of wishes to all of you

Jai Bajrangbali!

Bangla Nav Varsh 1429 Wishes

Lots of wishes to all of you on this occasion of Bangla Nav Varsh 1429. A time to look at life from a new perspective. Finding new purposes. A new beginning. Special puja for Lakshmi, Ganesh and Hal khata puja- these are some of the activities done on Poila Boishakh. Also people use Alpona to decorate their house, Mango leaves and various flowers to decorate the main door of the house. Special Bengali items are made for meals on this auspicious day.  And also without music, literature, Bengali culture is incomplete. So, 

--> play Nav Varsh songs Playlist and also Nobo Borsher Adda/ Boithok from YouTube

--> Read some classic Bengali literature or any recent/ old Pujabarshiki 

--> Watch any classic or recent Bengali Film.

Thus have a great day with all of these.

 May the blessings of the Lord shower upon all of us.

Jai Shri Krishna.

Ram Navmi 2022

  

   On this auspicious day when we meditate on Shri Ram, I am sharing the names of some beautiful bhajans by the students of the famous master Shri Kuldeep M Pai. He is delivering soulful music through his students for many years. Today I am sharing four songs by his little students-

Ram Ram Bhajan

Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram naam tarakam

Ramchandraye Mangalam

Pibare Ram Rasam

And also two stotra by Sooryagayatri in the direction of Mr Pai-

Shri Ram Raksha Stotra

Rama Ashtakam

All these songs are there in the YouTube channel of Shri Kuldeep M Pai. He is doing amazing work in preserving as well as spreading the traditional Bhakti ras of our country.

And if you want to listen to some Bengali songs then the song -Mon jop naam, Shri Raghupati Ram- writeen by Kazi Nazrul Islam comes to mind for the peace it generates along with devotion. I like the rendition of this song by Shri Anup Jalota.

May Ramji's blessings shower on all of us

Jai Shri Ram!

Navratri Thoughts- April 2022

    Wishes to all of you on this auspicious time of Navratri. This time is filled with great power of the Divine Mother. Doing any sadhana during Navratri benefits the saadhak in so many ways. In our society, we are having Keertan of Ma Aadi Shakti almost every day, where all the ladies sing bhajans of Ma together. Thus praying to the Mother and expressing their love and respect for the Mother. This process has a purifying effect on the minds of all who participate in the Keertan. Also, chanting the name of the Almighty purifies the whole environmental of the society. Truly blessed days we are experiencing.

With lots of best with to all of you

Jai Shri Maa.