Galatta is your news, entertainment, music fashion website. We provide you with the latest breaking news and videos straight from the entertainment industry. A novices romance with Raga Durga. Remembering Durga, Sangeet Mahakumbh at Patna and Pandit Kumar Gandharva. There are great romantic lovers like Dev Anand renowned for their ways with women. And there are illiterate, bumbling ones no less endearing like Raj Kapoor with Padmini in Jis Desh Mein Ganga Bahti Hai so has been my romance with Raga Durga for over 3. Like anyone with an ear for music who grew up in the 1. I was glued to the radio if I was not doing anything else. My life was programmed around Vividh Bharati, Radio Ceylon, AIR Urdu Service, and by my early twenties I was thoroughly steeped in the music of the 3. I also knew that there was a shastriyasangeet, meant for those who learnt the shastras the kind who did sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa on the tanpura, sitar or the harmonium in the mornings, to some amusement if not irritation of the neighbours. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 0 Final 64 Bit Keys News. Then my life changed in my early twenties when a friend gifted me an LP of Bismillah Khan VG Jog jugalbandi, of which the anchor piece was Raga Durga. Obviously I knew nothing about Raga Durga, nor probably had I heard its name. H6E2gcP0NJE/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Latest Tamil Melody Songs 2012 Mp3' title='Latest Tamil Melody Songs 2012 Mp3' />But this piece mesmerised me, and its tune gripped me in a way that for many days no other song would come to my mind. My mind had become this LP in which Raga Durga played endlessly. Then I started looking for and collecting more and more Durgas and going to concerts. Sangeet mahakumbh at Patna in Durga Puja. Blessed were those who lived in Patna during 1. Durga Puja on Saptami and Ashtami nights, all the Gandharvas, Apsaras and Devas descended. There were all night concerts of classical music and dance at multiple locations where thousands would congregate and enjoy the delight in the open air. There were four major Puja Samitis Patna Junction, Gandhi Maidan, Langartoli and Govind Mitra Road which would get the biggest names. There was no state involvement, it was completely financed, sponsored and organised by private initiative businessmen and people with old money, erstwhile zamindars and princely states. You imagine a sangeet mahakumbh after finishing dinner, the whole of Patna and nearby places, lakhs of people would hit the streets. Walking was the only mode possible, because all the roads and streets would be clogged with people going from one venue to the other. After you have done Sanyukta Panigrahi at Patna Jn, you may walk down to Gandhi Maidan where you might catch Birju Maharaj, then at Langartoli you might get Pt Jasraj and then to Govind Mitra Road to get some Bhimsen Joshi or Kishori Amonkar. And so it would go on for the next night. Suspect Packages Backing British Beats since 1996. TEETH LEDGER LP PREORDER Artist DATKID BAILEYS BROWN Label SPLIT PROPHETS. Fidget Spinner is a toy. Small child is used for entertainment purpose. Mobile toplist for mobile web sites. We have over 2000 registered sites. Tenku notshirotwapyuta Big Miracle 2012 DVDRip READNFO x264SiC Love and Other Drugs. Sierra Games Leisure Suit Larry. Eng DivX On Style17 E07. CATV H264. 480pSHINs Bob. Latest Tamil Melody Songs 2012 Mp3' title='Latest Tamil Melody Songs 2012 Mp3' />Ustad Vilayat Khan at one venue, then MS Gopalakrishnan at the next and you could still be in time for Bismillah Khan and VG Jog at Gandhi Maidan, whom the audience would not let go and it would be about 1. Bhairavi. Every top artiste in the country had a fixed calendar for Durga Puja the whole country knew Patna was their destination. Their time would typically start after mid night. They would be preceded by light music even that would be of the class of Anup Jalota, Bhupendra Mitali, Rajendra Mehta Neena Mehta etc. Alas, this great Patna tradition died a gradual death in the 9. But I was there at its zenith. Thus started my delving into the world of classical music. I developed deep fascination for several other Ragas. Bhimpalasi came next in my pecking order, followed by about a dozen which became my great favourites Desh, Desi, Sur Malhar, Madmat Sarang, Naiki Kanhra, Nat Bihag, Bhairavi, Kafi, Jaunpuri, Maand, Adana, Bageshree, Pahadi, Jaijaiwanti, Jhinjhoti, Yaman etc. To be sure, there were also some which held no appeal to me such as Pooriya, Todi and Shree. Learning music from Guruji. Mohan-Hits.jpg' alt='Latest Tamil Melody Songs 2012 Mp3' title='Latest Tamil Melody Songs 2012 Mp3' />I did not know why I liked some Ragas intensely and some not at all. My ignorance always rankled me. I was told that if you learnt classical music you would enjoy it even more. That opportunity came when my daughters were about 8 1. We engaged a Guruji who came every weekend to teach them. I would try to make a mental note of his lessons sa sa dha pa ga re sa re ga ga re ga pa dha pa for Raga Bhopali and so on. Soon I realised my heart was not in this Eklavya style of learning. I would much rather spend my time listening to music. At the end of the session Guruji would very kindly stay on at my request for some time. I would bring out my favourite LPs and cassettes with great excitement to enjoy the music in the company of the master. There were pieces that would deeply move me, but I found Guruji shaking his head with disapproval. Either The fundamental note was not at its right place or komal gandhar had got mixed with shudh gandhar or Desh had crept into Tilak Kamod. Nothing escaped Gurujis discerning ears. I was mightily impressed, but I concluded learning music was beyond me. I have since remained as illiterate as ever, but that has not dimmed my love for classical music, and romance for Raga Durga in particular. I have not given up my dream of learning music, but I have postponed it for afterlife. For those interested in some introduction to Durga, here is a very good one. Some heavenly Durgas. Meanwhile here are some Durgas, which have fascinated me over the years. I have so many of them in my playlist, it is difficult to leave some one unique thing about Durga is no matter who is the artiste, the very first few notes transport you to a deeply blissful world. Bismilaah Khan and VG Jog jugalbandi Love at first sight. This is the one which started my romance with Durga when I was very young, and as Spencer Tracy reminisced in his long monologue in the climax of Guess Whos Coming To Dinner Tonight about his passion for Katharine Hepburn when they were young, I know exactly how I feel about herold yes, burnt out certainly, but I can tell you the memories are still there, clear, intact, indestructible and they will be there if I live to be 1. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. I am not the only one whom Durga has enchanted this way. I remember Adnan Sami mentioning in a TV reality show that when he first heard Ustad Amjad Ali Khans Raga Durga, it was an experience he could not describe the effect was so deeply moving, his whole concept of music changed. This was exactly how I felt when I first heard Durga. Thanks to Music Today his Durga has acquired an iconic status. Here is a shorter version he is presenting live at a DD Nationals music show. Amjad Ali Khan liveRaga Durga. Adnan Sami and Zakir Hussain. Adnan Sami is a maestro on the keyboard. Playing a classical raga on keyboard has its limitations. But Durga impressed him so much, the first time he teams up with Zakir Hussain on stage at a concert sponsored by Pearl Continental Hotel in Karachi, he chooses this Raga to play. Adnan Sami, Zakir Hussain live at KarachiRaga Durga. Hari Prasad Chaurasia. There is something very special about Durga and its appeal is pervasive. I came across Durga at the unlikeliest place a few months ago when I happened to visit Chandigarh. I stayed near Sukhna lake. I took morning walk around the bank of the lake, and lo and behold I hear Durga on flute wafting through the piped music system from the shrubs at the promenade God bless the Chandigarh Administration. Here is Durga on the flute by Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, which I believe was the one playing at Sukhna lake. Raga Durga at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. Steal This Sound Ebook Download'>Steal This Sound Ebook Download. Pt Bhimsen Joshi. Instrumental music cannot match up to the human voice. Torrentz Search Engine. Torrentz will always love you.