Krsna Kirtana Songs
est. 2001 www.kksongs.org
Archived News: Year
2006
December 31, 2006
Hari Bol!
Happy New Years Eve celebration and Happy New Years Day from KKSongs!
This year, 2006, was a very special year, as we unveiled this project to our
web community of enthusiastic Vaisnavas and
musicians. By Krsna’s mercy, we have 1,200 song
lyrics posted, a unique library of devotional, spiritual, and musical
knowledge, that by Krsna’s desire, and your constant
support, it will keep growing into 2007! Thank you very much for helping
KKSongs!
Just a few small updates. From January 2006 to present, we have posted and updated this index
page. Whatever changes took place here were found on the Site News page.
Because that page is filled up with 2006 material, all of the 2006 news
(including this one) will be found on our NEWS ARCHIVES. On the top of the News
Page, a link for 2006 news will be found. If anyone is interested in tracking
our site history, they may be able to find it on that page.
On our KKSongs Audio page, few old and few new selections have been
posted. Namely, Udilo Aruna
(2004), Jiv Jago (2004), Bol Hari Bol
(2006), Bhupali Dhun
(2006), Morning Meditation (2006), and Vandanam
(2006) are posted and available for online listening or downloading. Remember,
KKSongs Audio page links are reduced quality so you may be able to download
them. If you would like higher quality (CD Quality = 44,100 kHz 16 bit 128
Kbps), please visit CONTACT KKSONGS. Please be very detailed on which audio
link and your e-mail that address that can accept large files.
Let’s welcome 2007! Hare Krishna!!
December 23, 2006
Hare Krishna!
Few notes to bring out:
First, I want to wish all our viewers a very merry Christmas celebration.
Srila Prabhupada had respected Jesus Christ as a pure
devotee of God who preached God Consciousness, according to time, place, and
circumstance. Srila Prabhupada had written an article
glorifying him. Hence, in this non-sectarian spirit, Hare Krishna and Merry
Christmas!
On the Synonyms page, there are many errors as far as original song links
are concerned. While the overall content is correct, the link to the original
song lyrics is incorrect. This is under the process of correction. In addition,
the original song lyrics page will contain a “bonus” link for synonyms, just as
these pages have such links for purports, audio clips, and Vaisnava
songs. Please excuse any inconveniences that this may cause.
KKSongs Audio page has four new songs, namely Boro
Sukher Khabor Gai (2000), Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu (2000), Jaya Radha Madhava
(2000), and Krsna Tava Punya Bhai (2007). The first
three mentioned were from Gaura Mangala
recorded in 2000. They were edited for keys, noise, and sound. Boro Krpa Koile
Krsna (2007) will come out soon.
December 14, 2006
Hari Bol!
All Glories to the Sankirtana Movement:
It is today where the fifth birthday is celebrated for the advent for the
concept and the foundation of KKSongs. Five years ago, to home countless Vaisnava bhajans on one webpage
was the goal of the short yet simple songbook. It eventually grew to hold
four-hundred songs. It wasn’t until 2003, when ideas for an independent site
were conceived. It was finally released for the public’s view on January 15,
2006. From a mere songbook, KKSongs developed into a great online center for
Vedic devotional and musical arts.
Please continue to shower your blessings on this great project!
Hari Bol!
December 2, 2006
Hare Krishna!
As we enter the last month of 2006, we enter two significant dates for
KKSongs. The first is December 14, 2006, the five year anniversary of the
service. January 15, 2007 is the debut date for KKSongs.org! The news that was collected
within 2006 in the “SITE NEWS” page will be archived in a specialized page.
TABLA AND HARMONIUM
GUIDES IN HTML
The Harmonium Guide for all units before the final song is uploaded.
Uploading the song pictures will take a good degree of time. In addition,
making audio files for the tabla and harmonium pages
will take some time too. In the meantime, you may access the harmonium guide:
MUSIC à INSTRUMENTAL GUIDES à HARMONIUM GUIDE (link updated)
For the tabla guide: MUSIC CENTER à INSTRUMENTAL GUIDES à TABLA GUIDE (link updated).
SYNONYM PAGE AVAILABLE
As promised many months ago, a KKSongs Synonym Page is available. This
page is not complete, as we have tons of songs to post. However, this is a
start to get a feel of how the format is. Each synonym page will contain a
hyperlink to the original song. Eventually, the original song pages will
contain appropriate links to their respective synonym page.
To access Synonym page: LANGUAGES AD PRONUNCIATION à SONG SYNONYM GUIDE (link)
November 26, 2006
Hari Bol!
The tabla guide in HTML is available for online
viewing now. While the audio clips, for the most part, are still in the works,
the HTML should improve functionality and usage for the tabla
guide. Each chapter has its own HTML file with jpg pictures for easy
downloading. So far, almost all of the thekas have
audio clips posted online.
For the tabla guide: MUSIC CENTER à INSTRUMENTAL GUIDES à TABLA GUIDE (link updated).
November 23, 2006
Hare Krishna!
Happy Thanksgiving day! Let us all thank our
Divine Couple, Sri Sri Radha
Krsna, spiritual master, our friends and companions,
parents, and well-wishers of our lives to help us get back home, back to
Godhead. There is a beautiful song that best fits this mood of grace and
gratitude. The devotional song is in Spanish: Gracias Govinda Y Radhika.
Please forgive me for not updating this site for a while. The site is
undergoing some slow and steady progress. The newer khol
page has up to lesson 9 updated. The tabla and
harmonium page are in construction, as audio files are slowly being recorded to
make these guides useful.
October 9, 2006
Students who are part of the Sunday Khol
Classes offered at the Kisor-Kisori temple at Chicago
may access course material from the following route: WEBMASTER à SUNDAY KHOL STUDENTS.
Click here for direct access.
For anyone who is interested in the online khol
tutorial (under construction now), please access this new page through the
following route: MUSIC CENTER à KHOL LESSONS or MUSIC CENTER à INSTRUMENTAL GUIDES à KHOL (photo).
Click here for direct access.
September 25, 2006
For those who are attending the weekly Sunday khol
classes offered at ISKCON Chicago, you may access the course website at the following link. For those who
either were a part of the course last semester or for persons not part of the
actual class, but visited the site for learning material will be able to see a
newer version of the class website. A new khol site
will be under construction, so that material won’t be lost or confused with the
class site. This is a subproject of converting the guides into HTML formats.
Our Talamala page is almost completed. Many
newer talas, as well as some rarer talas, have been included with audio files, through Swarshala.
September 9, 2006
As the song count on KKSongs has reached a nice peak, KKSongs is working
towards other parts of the website. The Ragamala and Talamala sections were primary focuses of the last three
weeks.
The Talamala is now updated with many talas, including a great majority of pakhawaj
tradition talas, and obscure tabla
talas. All Talamala files
include sound clips of the tala either on tabla or khol, empowered by Swarshala.
The Ragamala is also updated with more ragas.
So far, the A ragas contain sound clips. As time progresses, more sound clips
will come for the rest of the ragas.
KKSongs Site Goals for the remainder for the year are as follows:
1) Considering the great amount of material that exists on KKSongs, and
is too much to fit on the Navigation bar, a Grand Sitemap will be available, so
anyone will see all of the links, present on the site.
2) KKSongs Instrumental Guides will be converted to HTML formats.
Therefore, there won’t be any need to have to download .doc files, although
they will still be available for downloads.
3) In the Language and Pronunciation section, a synonyms section will be
available, where people can find the literal translations of the words that
make up a song.
September 3, 2006
Happy belated Radhastami! Jaya
Sri Radhe!
Few new things on KKSongs to look forward to!
On the navigation bar the words “PRONUNCIATION GUIDE” has been expanded
to be known as “LANGUAGES AND PRONUNCIATION.” This page will contain the
Sanskrit, Bengali, and Braja Bhasa
pronunciations, in addition to a hypertext on the languages found on KKSongs.
The newer feature is the audio clips on the Sanskrit, Bengali, and Braja Bhasa Pronunciation Guides.
Also on the Languages and Pronunciation page is a “SONG SYNONYMS PAGE” which
will be available later in November 2006.
Half of the songs found on the Notations of the Vaisnava
Songs have audio clips with voice and harmonium to follow along.
The “Ragamala” section has more ragas to offer
a more wholesome list. In addition, the “A” ragas have audio clips with voice
and harmonium clips singing the aroha, avaroha, and the svarupa of the raga.
The “Talamala” section will feature more talas, as a part of its construction.
August 25, 2006
It’s finally here!
The Gitar Gan and
Bhagavad-Gita is now online for online viewing! How can
the chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita (“The song of the Lord”) not be considered
songs to put on KKSongs? Likewise, how can Srila Prabhupada’s Bengali poetic translation of the
Bhagavad-Gita (Gitar Gan)
not be included?
The Bhagavad-Gita verses can be found either alphabetically (First words
of the verse. The uvaca lines are not considered the
first lines of the verse) or through the AUTHORS AND TEXTS page. Please go to
TEXTS OF THE VAISNAVAS and click Bhagavad-Gita for the original Sanskrit verses
and translations, or click Gitar Gan
for the Bengali translation by Srila Prabhupada and
translation. Links for purports are also available there.
On Srila Prabhupada’s
Vyasa Puja, KKSongs had
given a special offering glorifying Srila Prabhupada
and his songs, as well as songs that glorify him. Please click here for
the article, in case you missed this.
August 17, 2006
Jaya Sri Krsna
Janmastami! Here is a song to glorify Janmastami (Pitr
Prag Janma Kathaka)
Jaya Srila
Prabhupada Vyasa Puja!
To commemorate Prabhuapda’s Vyasa
Puja, KKSongs has given a special offering glorifying
Srila Prabhupada and his songs, as well as songs that
glorify him. Please click here for
the article.
August 8, 2006
Glories to Lord Balarama, on His appearance day
celebration tomorrow (Wednesday)! For glorification of Sri Balarama,
here is a good bhajan to sing: Namaste
Halagraha.
Few new things to take place on KKSongs:
A new audio link has been posted for the song “Srimac
Caitanya Deva Tvam with Kirtan” found on the
audio link.
In addition, some new song lyrics pages have been uploaded. Songs include the final selections from Krsna Lila Stava by Sanatana Goswami and two Portuguese bhajans.
Please visit our “Texts by Vaisnava Acaryas” page, as this page includes new entries to offer a
more holistic approach to Krsna Conscious literature.
This includes Brahma Samhita, Bhakti
Rasamrta Sindhu, Gopala Campu, Isopanisad,
Krsna Lila Stava, Krsna Vijaya, and Upadesamrta. More will be uploaded through time. To visit
this page, please visit AUTHORS AND TEXTS à TEXTS BY VAISNAVA ACARYAS.
FORTHCOMING TO KKSONGS
(SITE CORRIDORS)
1) Some nice surprises will be made available to you on Janmastami and Vyasa Puja. You got a week to wait, to stay tuned! ;-) (mid-August 2006)
2) The instrumental guides on KKSongs will be converted into HTML files.
Therefore, there will be no need to download those big DOC files, especially if
one wanted to read particular section. In addition, multimedia will be
incorporated to this. (October 2006)
3) Ever wondered what does the songs that you hear in the temple literally mean? No need to worry, as
the songs that do have word-for-word synonyms available to us will be uploaded
and appropriately linked to the page. (November 2006)
July 29, 2006
The Krsna Lila Stava
has been uploaded. The KKSongs “Krsna Lila Stava” has been uploaded.
On the KKSongs Audio page, each of the songs have
been converted to MP3 files, to allow a slightly higher quality file to be
present on KKSongs. While they are considered “Radio quality” (22kHz: Mono: 24 kBps), some of the
files are found on Coolgoose.com in high quality CD quality. Please forgive us
for any inconveniences.
In the meantime, for your listening pleasure the KKSongs Audio page is
featuring four recordings, two devotional songs and three instrumentals.
As a reminder, August 9 is Balarama Jayanti (the Appearance Day of Lord Balarama),
August 16 is Sri Krsnastami (commonly known as Janmastami, Appearance Day of Lord Krsna),
and August 17 is the dual festival of Nandostava (the
celebration held by Nanda Maharaja, father of Krsna, in celebration of His appearance), and the Vyasa Puja of Srila
Prabhupada (appearance day of the founder of ISKCON). Special surprises by
KKSongs will be presented on August 16! Stay tuned!
In the meantime, thank you very much for your support for KKSongs!
July 10, 2006
The songs of Gopala Campu,
some songs of “Dasi”, songs from “Bhakti
Kusum,” and 25% of Krsna
Lila Stava have been uploaded to KKSongs for online
viewing.
Here is some new news regarding Ragamala and Talamala sections of KKSongs.
Unlike the song lyrics, the number of ragas, talas,
and authors will probably not exceed two-hundred in number. Just as the authors
page was set up as one big index-listing page, the tala
and raga page will no longer need an alphabetical index and will have
index-listing pages. People who have bookmarked any specific raga or tala pages will not need to worry, as this change will not
affect these pages. However, those who bookmarked any alphabetical index pages
will need to change their bookmarks and link listings. This step is taken only
because there was no need to spread the ragas and tala
out like that. Once the raga, tala, or author numbers
exceed two-hundred, then the respective portion will convert back to
alphabetical.
When KKSongs (then the Maha-Songbook) was
started in late 2001, the alphabetical listing of the songs looked like the
current “Authors and Texts” Author’s Index Page. That motif was carried through
until mid-October 2002, when KKSongs received 377 songs. It was converted to
the motif seen here.
Other re-construction plans will be posted as time comes.
July 6, 2006
Hare Krishna!
The July upgrade is still under progress. I apologize for the delay in updating
the site. Nonetheless, there is a lot of new things to
mention on KKSongs.org!
TALAMALA AUDIO FILES
UPDATED:
Are you a tabla student
wanting to learn the basics of the talas used in Indian and Bengali classical music? If so,
the newer upgrade of Talamala can be of assistance to
you. Every tala uploaded on Talamala
will now contain an audio file playing four cycles of the rhythm. These files
are in CD quality MP3 produced using custom made tabla
and khol samples through the medium of Swarshala.
Are you planning to record your own song and want to use tabla? Do you want to have a tanpura
file to practice with but cannot afford one? Your worries are now over, as the NEW
KKSongs Downloads Center has links of downloadable CD quality MP3s of tanpura tunings in the key of C and tabla
talas, in such a way that you can loop them and
practice music and add these files into your favorite multi-track software.
NEW SONGS:
Songs featured in this month include tracks from Karnamrita
DD’s CD “Dasi” excluding “Aota
Mori Galiyana Mein Giridhari, “Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna
Jaya Vrndavana (III)” and “Aho Me Moha Vitatam”
as these tracks are currently in the works.
Songs from Gopala Campu
by Jiva Goswami is also
uploaded. In addition, Sanatana Goswami’s “Krsna Lila Stava” will be
included progressively.
NEW MUSICAL NOTATIONS
AND NEW FORMAT:
As of July 1, 2006, many new Vaisnava musical
notations found home on KKSongs. Songs such as “Namamisvaram
Sacidananda Rupam, “Namaste Narasimhaya,” “Sri Guru Carana Padma Kevala
Bhakati Sadma,” and “Radha Krsna Bol”
are uploaded, to name a few.
To better assist the visitor who may not be familiar with a particular
song, the lyrics are pasted on the notation page itself. The different melodic
forms within a song are now color-coded. The color code will be shown on the
lyrics to show which melodies are sung at what part of the song.
June 29, 2006:
Hare Krishna!
It is only five days left until the KKSongs July upgrade. To ensure accuracy
and great material and new on KKSongs to always be available, a tri-monthly
upgrade is conducted to examine old material, include new material and
reconstruct whatever is appropriate.
LINKS FOR TRANSLATED
SONGS
There is a new feature for song pages with a translation in another
language. For original songs containing such translations, a direct link to
that page is provided. Thus, all of the translations to a particular song is
centralized and can be easily accessed from the original song page. It is under
the field: “FOREIGN TRANSLATIONS”
TURKISH
TRANSLATORS?
Speaking of foreign translations, there are two devotional songs in
corridor for KKSongs that are in the Turkish language. If anyone who can
translate Turkish very well and is willing to help KKSongs, please click the
contact KKSongs link. If no one replied by July 15, 2006, the corridor songs
will be posted online with no translation. Still, if anyone wishes to
translate, please click the Contact KKSongs.
NEWER SONGS FOR SONG
NOTATIONS:
Please stay tuned for the Vaisnava Songs page.
A whole new batch of devotional song notations will be available by August.
June 24, 2006:
Hare Krishna!
Few new updates to share on KKSongs!
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
BHAJANS
A new article describing the languages of devotional songs is featured in
the ARTICLES page of KKSongs. This examines the languages in devotional songs.
This also includes links of certain songs to relish the different foreign
languages as well as understanding the sounds.
SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY
It has been a little over six months since the launch of KKSongs on its
own webpage. Before the launch and after the launch, KKSongs has received great
support and great suggestions from many dedicated visitors. Thank you very for
making KKSongs what it is.
Few new features to look forward to:
Direct links to translation pages from original songs:
KKSongs Glossary:
June 13, 2006:
Hare Krishna!
Few more Srila Prabhupada’s
purports are available at his specialized page, available at “Authors and Texts”,
then “Major Authors” and then “A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami.”
Also, on the song pages, if a purport is available, the link to the
purport will be provided, so one can easily read the purport without having to
go back and forth to search for the purport. Likewise, the purport pages have
the link to the song.
Soon, the link to songs with translations (original Vaisnava
songs which were translated into other languages) as well as links to how to
play the Vaisnava song (MUSIC CENTER à NOTATION TO VAISNAVA
SONGS) will be available. Please visit KKSongs to see updates on that.
April 22, 2006:
Hare Krishna!
The KKSongs Authors page is renamed as “Authors and Texts” to accommodate
more information to viewers!
An index for authors is made available. Every author featured on KKSongs
has their own page. For major authors (such as Srila
Prabhupada or Bhaktivinoda Thakura),
have special pages on the Major Authors page.
To further expand the authors page, the text
page is included. The text page has a listing of various Vaisnava
texts. Recently, links for the two famous epics of Vedic
culture, Ramayana (the pastimes of Lord Ramacandra),
and Mahabharata (the history of India, the fall of civilization right before
Kali Yuga). They contain summaries of both epics. No authorized
translation of the Ramayana or Mahabharata is available on the web for
interested readers.
April 5, 2006:
Hare Krishna!
In celebration of Rama Navami,
here is a link to visit in glories of Lord Ramacandra.
Click here for the Ramayana
summary. Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksmana Bhakta
Hanuman ki Jaya!
March 24, 2006:
Hare
Krishna!
Three
new features are being introduced to KKSongs.
MELAKARTA CHART:
For
Carnatic music students or enthusiasts, a melakarta chart, or the chart of the seven-two
scientifically derived scales, is available for the suddha
madhyamam ragas only. The prati
madhyamam ragas will be included shortly. To visit
the melakarta chart, go to
MUSIC CENTER à CARNATIC MUSIC à
MELAKARTA CHART
AUTHORS LIST:
The
authors page now has the alphabetical listing of the
authors of KKSongs. If you click a particular author, you will see the
alphabetical listing of the songs they have that are found on KKSongs. For
authors with organized songbooks (i.e. Bhaktivinoda Thakura with Gitavali, Narottama Das Thakura
with Prarthana, etc.), a link will appear directing
the viewer to the respective authors’s page or text mapout. Alphabetical authors up to Mira Bai
are available. To visit the Authors List, go to:
AUTHORS à AUTHOR LIST
HOW TO PLAY VAISNAVA SONGS ON
HARMONIUM:
Ever
wanted to learn how to how to play a song you heard at the temple? A new
feature on KKSongs will allow that. A new sections
called “Notations of Vaisnava Songs” will contain
Indian musical notation of how to play common Vaisnava
songs. A brief tutorial on how to read Indian will be available. Audio clips
will be available by next week. To visit “Notations of Vaisnava
Songs”, go to:
MUSIC CENTER à NOTATIONS OF VAISNAVA SONGS
March 16, 2006:
Hare
Krishna!
As
of today, we crossed the 1008 mark! We are at 1010 songs in total! From fours
years of this site being online, it is all Krsna’s
mercy that we are able to collect so many devotional songs, bhajans,
chants, and hymns all in glories of the Lord, His forms, His philosophy, and
His devotees! Thank you very much to everyone who contributed, and please
continually check every week this month of March to check for any new songs.
Also,
the North Indian Music Page, South
Indian Music Page, and Instrumental Guides will now be found on the new
page put on KKSongs called the KKSongs
Music Center. This also has direct links to mridanga (khol) lessons which are conducted every
week on Saturday. As the course completes, the mridanga
lessons will be redone to give a more wholesome look.
March 10, 2006:
Hare
Krishna!
A
lot of new updates have taken place.
SITE FOUND ON GOOGLE.COM
Our
site name is available on google.com. With increased popularity, KKSongs.org
will be able to make a stronger stand in the Internet community.
FEW MORE TILL ONE-THOUSANDS SONGS
We
have over two hundred new songs posted here from A through Z. Many more new
songs are still in the process of being updated online. Please stay tuned. We have
a little more than sixty more songs left till we hit the grand “1008 songs”
mark at KKSongs. Thank you everyone who has contributed and given support to
KKSongs through its glorious four years.
SPANISH DEVOTIONAL SONGS
Approximately
fifty-six devotional songs in Spanish have been included to KKSongs. KKSongs is
the home of devotional songs glorifying Lord Krsna,
His forms, and His devotees, regardless of language. Most of these Spanish
devotionals are by Sripada Atulananda
Acarya from the Vrinda
Institute in Colombia. Most of those are poetic translations of the original
Bengali or Sanskrit devotional song. The Remarks/Extra Information field will
link to the original song from where the poetic translation was derived from.
For the most part, you can sing the song in the same tune and rhythm and
replace the words as follows. Few songs are original prayers and compositions
by Atulananda Acarya.
Translations for all Spanish devotional songs are available. List of Spanish
songs on KKSongs is found in Pronunciation Guide.
AUTHORS PAGE UPDATE
In
the authors page, Kalyana Kalpataru’s text mapout is
available. In addition, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura’s Stavamrta Lahari is ready. Srila Rupa Goswami
and Srila Raghunatha Das Goswami’s major author pages
are ready along with mapouts for Stavamala
and Stavavali. To summarize all text-mapouts available, a text mapout
page is found in the Authors page.
Hare
Krishna!
February 17, 2006:
Hare
Krishna!
A
few new updates have taken place.
First,
the ragas in the Ragamala section have been updated
to a newer look to complement with the Talamala and
Song lyrics format.
Next,
I created a special subpage for Krsna
Consciousness alone. Previously, the “Krsna Consciouness” link on the left was a Frequently Asked
Questions format. Now, the Krsna Consciousness page
is a subpage like our Authors, North, and South
Indian music pages. In the Krsna Consciousness page
are the Frequently Asked Questions and Deities link that used to appear on the
left navigation bar.
The
new feature on the Krsna Consciousness page is the
Temple Bhajans. This is a guide to the devotional
songs that are sung commonly in the temple setting.
Hare
Krishna!
February 15, 2006:
Hare
Krishna!
Thank
you very much for your great feedback and support given since the release date
one month ago! It is greatly appreciated and very inspiring in many ways! Thank
you!
As
the song upgrades continue, as of today (February 15, 2006), we have new
additions to the listing from songs A through M.
Newer
Srila Prabhupada purports have been uploaded. Please
visit Srila Prabhupada’s
page found on the Author’s page to see the newer uploads.
For
visitors who read the tabla and khol
guides, newer color photos of khol and tabla bols will be included
shortly.
Hare
Krishna!
February 1, 2006:
Hare
Krishna!
Newer
song additions have been added for letters A through G. Also more Srila Prabhupada purports have been uploaded.
Any
news that is older that is fifteen days will be placed in the new “Site News”
link on the navigation bar. All news, old or new, will be found there.
For
Students studying khol and tabla
on Saturday evenings, please visit Webmaster à Saturday Khol Students or Saturday Tabla
Students.
January 22, 2006:
One
week has passed and KKSongs feedback has been very informative. With many ideas
sent to KKSongs, there will be more new material which will be posted as time
progresses. New updates will be found here on this front page! Hare Krishna!
January 15, 2006:
Welcome
to the long awaited webpage, Krsna Kirtana Songs, or KKSongs for short. This webpage is more
than just a database of songs like in the previous geocities site. With over
nine-hundred devotional songs in glorification of Lord Krsna,
His various forms, and His devotees in many languages, each page will have the
name of the song, the author, the name as it is referred to in the original
text, the language, and the source.
To
understand beyond the words and translations, four special pages have been
created to supplement the songs. The first page is the Author’s page which
contains biographies of major authors on this site, maps of their texts for
easy reference, and database of all of the authors which have songs on this
site. There is a page about Krsna Consciousness which
contains basic points of the Krsna Consciousness
philosophy. To carry the Krsna Consciousness page
further, the Deities page is there. Lastly, the pronunciation guide is there to
help one to pronounce Sanskrit, Braja-bhasa, and
Bengali letters correctly. In addition, a small guide is there to teach how to
reach Devanagari and Bengali.
For
some good listening while browsing the site, there is an audio page filled with
bhajans, kirtans, and
instrumental pieces in classical ragas. Within that, you can click to the song,
raga, or tala it is being rendered in.
For
people interested in studying and understanding the music of India, this site
is for you! There are two pages devoted to North Indian (Hindustani) and South
Indian (Carnatic) music. Within the North Indian music
page, there are two more special databases known as the Ragamala
and the Talamala. Do you have a harmonium or a tabla you wish you could play? There are three full-length
instrumental guides and two tutorials for five classical musical instruments.
There
is more to see within this webpage. Please browse around and keep visiting this
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