Krsna Kirtana Songs
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News for 2008-2009
NEW SONG LYRICS UPLOADS:
There are a handful of
songs that have been uploaded to the site. The theme of the new songs is songs of
Adi Sankaracarya. While he
preached impersonalism and Mayavada
to the world, in his heart, he was a pure personalist
who was a great devotee of Sri Krsna. Therefore, to
celebrate his devotion, we are featuring his bhajans and
prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In addition, some songs of Bilvamangala Thakura, Sura Dasa, and other Vaisnava acaryas have been posted
here.
INDIAN SCRIPTS PAGE PROJECT:
The process of
converting the Indian script page to Unicode (as opposed to the previously used
JPEGs) is continuing nicely. So far, the most common Bhaktivinoda
Thakura songs have been uploaded for online viewing. Basically,
the target songs are going to be the common songs found in the BBT Songs of the
Vaisnava Acaryas book and
the Nectar Book’s More Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas. Once these songs and the ones featured on the
Scripts page have been converted to Unicode, the JPEGs will be deleted two
months after.
Eventually, the goal is
to convert all songs with diacritic markings to Unicode. Please bear in mind
that by default, all Hindi, Brajabhasa, and Sanskrit
songs are in Devanagari and all Bengali songs are in
Bengali script. If you wish for another conversions, please visit the Contact
KKSongs.org and the customized one will be done for you.
AUTHORS PAGE:
Adi Sanakracarya and Vyasadeva have photos now. Vyasadeva’s
page has a biography attached as well. Most of the other authors have their
song quotas updated.
UPDATED LINKS PAGE:
Special announcement: Next
week, the grand two-day Ratha Yatra
festivities will take place in
Hari Bol!
Few more songs have been
uploaded on KKSongs.org. Some rare songs by Locana Dasa Thakura, Srinivasa
Acarya, Vasudeva Ghosa, Sura Dasa,
and Prabhu Nityananda Dasa have been uploaded. A new collection of songs was
donated to KKSongs.org within the last week and they will be uploaded as the
summer progresses.
On the Notations page
songs till Sundara Mora have been updated with the
audio guides.
The Devanagari/Bengali
Unicode scripts pages are undergoing major construction. They will ultimately
be the page that everyone will be referred to. The JPEG pages will only be kept
for those who have trouble viewing Unicode in Devanagari/Bengali.
If you use Windows XP or higher, you should be able to view
the Devanagari and Bengali Unicode fonts.
Links will be rerouted during this process. Please forgive us for the set backs
and any inconveniences caused.
Hare Krsna!
The KKSongs
Glossary is completed for online viewing. Please keep in mind that as time comes,
more words will be added. This part of the site is diacritic specific. In the
process, efforts to use correct diacritic markings have been used. If there are
any errors, please contact KKSongs.org.
As far as the Notations page
is concerned, harmonium audio clips have been uploaded for songs up to Radhe Radhe Syama
Sri Radhe (edited).
The Glossary is almost
complete! The pages up to S have been uploaded.
May 18, 2008
Hari Bol!
Today is Nrsimha
Caturdasi, the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva, the man-lion incarnation of Krsna, who came to protect Prahlada
Maharaja from Hiranyakasipu. It is recommended that
one fasts till dusk and engages themselves in service
of Lord Nrsimhadeva or chants his
one-hundred eight names and the Nrsimha
kavaca mahamantra.
One may also read the seventh canto of the Bhagavatam
with the pastime and glories of Lord Nrsimha.
There is a new addition
to the Notations Guide. Some of the songs, in the past, had guide links. Major
weaknesses in the old MP3s include the low quality and lack of rhythm. The new
audio guides will serve like a karaoke to allow students to practice singing or
playing the song, or for mridanga students to
accompany simple melodic pieces. For these reasons, the karaokes
features no voice.
So far, all songs
through Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya are
completed. Harmonium and kartals are featured
courtesy of Swarsystems.
KKSongs.org welcomes its
newest feature! Imagine trying to read a nice bhajan,
decide to learn to play it on the harmonium, and read into its translation,
find out about who wrote it, and maybe even learn the rhythm and the raga
details! That’s a nice spectrum from devotional poetry to biography of the
author from the basic harmonium notation to the true music theory of
Without having to look
for a specific page to learn one word, the KKSongs
Glossary can be of big help. The glossary contains words, names, phrases, and
such all of facets of the site. Whether it is spirituality related or musically
related, you can find it in the glossary. As time comes, more words will be
uploaded onto the glossary.
So far, words from A
through K have been uploaded.
Today is Rama
Navami, the anniversary of the appearance of
Lord Ramacandra. Sri Rama
appeared on earth to demonstrate the duty of an ideal man and king. To observe
this holiday, it is recommended that one reads pastimes of Lord through
Ramayana and worship Lord Rama through devotional
songs and chants. You may read a summary of the Ramayana here. In addition, one
may fast until sunset.
While the KKSongs Glossary is still under major construction, the Ramayana
glossary is posted here.
March 21, 2008
Today is Gaura
Purnima, the anniversary of the appearance of
Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu appeared on earth 522 years ago. To
observe this holiday, it is recommended that one reads pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaparabhu from the Caitanya Caritamrta and sing bhajans
of Lord Caitanya and His associates.
The Bhatkhande
updates are completed up to the end of S.
Hari Bol!
Just a reminder
March 6 is the celebration of Siva Ratri. One may fast and offer Krsna
prasadam to Lord Siva that day. To understand Lord
Siva’s position and glories, an article is posted in the ARTICLES page entitled
“Glories of the Greatest Vaisnava.”
March 21 is Gaura Purnima. It is the celebration of the advent of Lord Caitanya. Please fast till moonrise that day, and attend
your local Gaudiya Vaisnava
temple to celebrate His appearance day.
AUDIO PAGE UPDATE:
The KKSongs Audio Page
has a minor update. The audio page has its instruments highlighted. With the
exception of Western instruments (like guitar, synthesizer, etc.), all Indian
classical instruments contain links to their respective pages from the KKSongs Gallery of Instruments Page.
BHATKHANDE NOTATION UPDATES:
Notations for the Vaisnava
Songs, for the past few months, underwent upgrades to the newer version that
requires less memory and space and more efficiency for sharing. So far, all
songs up to the start of S have been upgraded. By the end of this month, all current
songs posted will be using this format.
MANDATORY UNICODE:
The site will no longer operate on Baraha based fonts for the Devanagari
and Bengali texts. Internet Explorer 7.0 will be mandatory for these pages. The
Bahara font pages will be on the site for three
months. Then, they will be removed. This change will only affect the
Indian Texts (Languages & Pronunciation) and Pronunciation Guides
(Languages and Pronunciation)
MANTRA MEDITATION PAGE:
A page dedicated to informing visitors on what the
Hare Krsna mahamantra is
under construction. It will contain purports, references, and explanations to
the mahamantra, in addition to a page dedicated to japa chanting, the ten offenses, and the notations on ways
to chant the mahamantra. More information will be
posted shortly.
GLOSSARY:
The glossary for the site is still under work.
More information will be posted as progress comes about.
Hari Bol!
Quick reminders:
MUSICAL UPGRADES:
The KKSongs
Tabla Guides has been updates with some newer photos
on some of the diagrams and the newer formats of the Bhatkhande
format.
The Bhakthande
format has been uploaded for Notations page up to Mama Mana
Mandire.
The KKSongs
Ragamala has five new ragas added.
NEW SONGS:
Many new (not to
mention, rare) songs lyrics of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura have been posted. In addition, two new Bhaktivinoda Thakura songs have
been posted. Please view their respective additional songs by going through
AUTHORS AND TEXTS à AUTHORS INDEX
NEW CORRIDOR CONSIDERED FOR KKSONGS.ORG:
A new mantra meditation
page, focusing on the chanting of the Hare Krsna mahamantra, is currently in the works. More information
will be posted as ideas progress
Hari Bol!
KKSongs.org went through
small, but important changes.
REMINDER: The
alphabetical index is found on the SONG LYRICS INDEX. Remember search by the
first few words of the song, not the “title” of the song.
BHATKHANDE NOTATION UPDATES:
From the previous
update, the Talamala and Khol
Guides have been updates with newer version of Bhatkhande
notation. This is meant to be much quicker than loading several .JPEG files.
The Notations of Vaisnava Songs are under update.
Songs before Jaya Radha Madhava are updated with the newer Bhatkhande
format.
Please note that the
newer Bhatkhande format will cause some “unevenness”
when fractional matras are placed. Please note that
all between two adjacent number holds the value of one beat, even though the
“size” might contract.
MELAKARTA GUIDE UPDATES:
The Melakarta
Chart has been updated. Instead of seventy-two links, it is one large table.
Audio clips for the Melakartas will be uploaded once
they are recorded. To aid one in Carnatic notation, a
link to the Carnatic keyboard is posted.
NEW REQUIRED RESOURCE FOR THIS SITE:
Excluding the teaching
tutorials, any page of KKSongs.org containing Bengali or Hindi fonts will be
changed. Previously, these pages contained .JPEG files. The process of removing
the JPEGs will continue periodically until completion approximately April 2008.
The required fonts can
be downloaded on the RESOURCES page above.
Hari Bol!
Happy New Year! Welcome
to the not-to-so exciting, but slightly newer version of the website. The newer
version of the homepage has all the links fixed at one spot on top. Therefore,
for small resolution monitors, one would not have to scroll all the day down.
Plus, this allows the news to be longer, as opposed to previously, where it had
been truncated for the sake of space.
Along with the new
format, there is a nice load of updates!
SONG LYRICS RELOCATED:
The alphabetical index
for the songs is found on the Song Lyrics Index page above.
HARMONIUM GUIDE COMPLETED:
After three and half
years, the text for the KKSongs Harmonium Guide is
finally completed. The audio recording project will not be completed until
February 2008.
SEARCH ENGINE:
Now, one can try to
search through the site through the search engine empowered by Google.com.
Please do keep in mind that it only picks up what Google picked up for
KKSongs.org. KKSongs.org is not affiliated with Google.com, and any issues with
their search capabilities should be addressed to them.
AUDIO PAGE UPDATE:
The Audio Page has
updated links to Soundclick.com, as their pages underwent a recent change.
ARCHIVES FOR 2007 NEWS:
All news for 2007 have been archived and is linked in the News Page. The news
page is emptied to allow for 2008 news (like this one) to be posted.