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Archived News: Year 2007
Hari Bol!
Happy New Year’s Day! May one continuously get inspiration for their
spiritual conquest back home, back to Godhead.
By Krsna’s mercy, the site has grown since
Final update this year relates to the news section of the site. All news
of 2007 (including this one here) is being archived in a compiled form called “Year
With your kind blessings, let us embrace 2008 joyously!
Tomorrow, be prepared to see some new site changes! Hari
Bol!
Hare Krsna.
EKADASI PAGE
Two more days until the New Year! With the new year,
I’m sure many of you are buying calendars for the new year. If you do not have
the BBT or a Gaudiya Vaisnava
calendar, you may want to take advantage of our Ekadasi
Page. Please visit KRSNA CULTURE à VAISNAVA CALENDAR à EKADASI to view the advent, the significance, the diet, and the dates of
2008 of Ekadasi observances.
GALLERY OF INSTRUMENTS
The North Indian and South Indian instruments pages are being fused
together to form the kKSongs Gallery of Instruments.
It contains enlarged pictures (preferably the most innovated version, like the
bolt-tabla, flat-back sitar, machine-tuned dilruba) with an audio clip, links to other parts
pertaining to the instrument (example: KKSongs
Instrumental guide links) and links to KKSongs Audio
Clips.
In addition, more clips are being added to add a large frame of
perspective of Indian instruments, both folk and classical.
Hare Krsna.
A minor update has been incorporated into the Bhatkhande
notation (i.e. cells with the swars/bols).
Previously, the Bhatkhande notation for KKSongs.org
comprised of a .jpg file that was pasted onto the page. Now, the format is a MS
Word table that uses the same convention of tala
numbers (red), matra numbers (black), swar/bols and lyrics. The benefit of this format is that it
does not take as long to load a page, and it is much quicker to create and
easily transferable to any presentation.
As of now the KKSongs Talamala
is completed with the updated Bhatkhande notation.
All of the former Bhatkhande notation will be
replaced with the newer Bhatkhande notation by April
2008.
Hari Bol!
Happy Gita Jayanti!
Today is the Moksada Ekadasi
which carries the auspicious day of Gita Jayanti. Gita Jayanti
is the advent of Bhagavad-Gita on earth. Most temples are celebrating it by
reading the entire Gita and reflecting on spiritual
realizations and few verses from it. Please check your temple to see times for
the readings.
If you wish to celebrate this at home, you may visit the KKSongs Bhagavad-Gita page. (AUTHORS AND TEXTS à TEXTS OF THE VAISNAVA
ACARYAS à BHAGAVAD-GITA) The page contain all eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita
with the verses and bulk translations are separated out in the same format as
any song in KKSongs.org, which allows easier reading. If you wish to read the
purport, please click the bottom red link which will transport you to another
site containing the purports.
In addition, KKSongs contain the Gitar Gan, Srila
Prabhupada’s Bengali poetic translation of the Gita. The link to each respective chapter will be found on
respective chapter of the Sanskrit (for example, Chapter
Do not forget that this is an Ekadasi day, so
please fast from grains and beans.
Hari Bol!
Hare Krsna!
Yesterday,
HARMONIUM GUIDE
CONSTRUCTION:
The harmonium guide is under a massive construction project. The chapters
and content will change and certain chapters will result in rearrangement. The
new guide will feature a changed syllabus with sound clips that will serve the Vaisnava community. The corridor should be completed by mid
to late February 2008. Until then, please forgive us for the appearance and any
inconveniences caused.
Hare Krsna!
Continuing with the musical updates…
RAGAMALA AUDIO CLIPS
With the exception of Raga Bhairavi and Raga Syama Kalyana, all of the clips
for each raga are completed and available for online listening and downloading.
KHOL GUIDE AUDIO
UPDATES:
As majority of the guide was revised and changed, new audio clips and
some revisions on older audio clips were done. Audio recordings are available
for Lessons 2, 3, 4, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 13A (practice parts). The
remaining lessons, 5, 14-19 will be completed hopefully by next week. Please
stay tuned to the homepage for more updates.
Hare Krishna!
Few important musical updates:
RAGAMALA
Audio clips for ragas up to the end of P (Raga Purvi)
have been added. The audio clip addition project should be completed by the end
of this month.
KHOL LESSONS REVISIONS:
Revised khol lesson texts are available with
texts and photos only. Here are some new features of the khol
guide:
1)
New Lessons added:
Lesson 6A features tips on how to learn a rhythmic cycle, Lesson 11A features
seven, fourteen, and ten matra talas
as a “extra credit”, Lesson 13 focuses on eight matra cycles in drut lay, while
13A focuses in on drut cycles of six matras. Lesson 14 is split into 14 (playing cycles and
cadences independently), 14A (applying cycles and cadences in eight matra scenarios), and 14B (applying cycles and cadences in
six matra scenarios). Unit 5 has been included to
feature four lessons on accompaniment.
2)
The guide will offer
more practice pages and audio clips to allow listeners and students to practice
along.
The audio clips are under construction. Once they are completed, they
will be posted. The Portuguese translation will contain the old translation,
until the translation project is completed.
Hare Krishna!
Happy Dipavali and Govardhana
Puja celebrations! Before you celebrate this joyous
occasion by circumambulating the Govardhana Hill of prasadam, please meditate on two songs describing the
event, written by Srila Sanatana
Goswami. “Jaya
Vasava Yagajna Pitr Prsta” and “Janitendra
Rusam Sakra Mada” are both from the Krsna
Lila Stava.
Another contribution of Sanatana Goswami for KKSongs is his
commentary (translated in English) for the song “Namamisvaram
Sacidananda Rupam (Sri Damodarastakam)”. The previous scholars in the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition have
written numerous commentaries and purports to scriptures like Bhagavad-Gita and
Srimad-Bhagavatam. This purport is found by clicking
the song link, and scrolling down to “PURPORT.” Another way to access this is
by going to “Authors and Texts”, then “Authors Index”, and then “Sanatana Goswami.” The link to
the purport is found on that page.
Hari Bol!
Two new updates regarding the khol:
KKSONGS KHOL GUIDE
(PORTUGUESE) RELEASED
With the kind help, knowledge, and enthusiasm of David Britto prabhu from
KHOL, KARTAL, AND
HARMONIUM GUIDE REVISIONS
Currently, both the khol and harmonium guides
are in the process of updates and additions. The khol
guide will add more practice exercises, longer audio clips for practice, and
some more additional lessons. The harmonium guide will focus on doing the same.
The kartal guide is under process of changing its
presentation format. Once they are completed, updates will be posted here.
Hari Bol!
Here are a few updates:
GUESTBOOK CLOSED:
If anyone has attempting adding a comment to the KKSongs
Guestbook and not seen it, please accept my apologies. Currently, I have
forty-one legitimate additions, with nine more to go to fill the guestbook.
However, sometime in mid-July, the guestbook was invaded with spam that I was
forced to have all posts come to me for reviewing before it gets posted online.
After cleaning up spam for months, I am not going to accept any more guestbook
entries, temporarily. Once that issue is fixed, then I’ll reopen a new
guestbook.
RAGAMALA AND TALAMALA
UPDATES:
The KKSongs Ragamala
and Talamala databases are undergoing an update for
some new additions. All ragas of the Ragamala had
their ragas recorded for the aroha, avaroha, and svarupa (pakad). I am in the process of cleaning them and adding tanpura in the background. So far, ragas beginning with A
through H have audio clips available. For those who remember the old audio
clips, the quality is better and is in the key of C, so people can follow the
“keyboard diagram” in the notations page.
The Talamala will have my voice saying the bols of the cycle before they are played. Rerecording for
the rhythmic cycles are also underway. Please stay
tuned for that.
PORTUGUESE KHOL GUIDE:
For Portuguese speaking devotees, you can have the opportunity to learn
the khol through KKSongs.org. With the kindness and
the help from a devotee from
Hare Krishna!
Another audio track is uploaded to KKSongs.org. In tribute to the late Sriman George Harrison, I arranged and created for an
Indian classical/New Age style for the song devotees will remember him by, “Govindam Adi Purusam.”
Unlike his version, I included the introductory verse and three more verses
from the Brahma Samhita. The song is Isvara Parama Krsna on the KKSongs Audio
Page. I highly recommend listening to
the high quality version here.
Khol students, please note:
there is no class on
Hari Bol!
A new audio track has been uploaded: Gauranga Bolite Ha’be Pulaka
Sarira. Please visit the KKSongs
Audio Page to hear a sampled track, or click on its respective
“Stream/Download” link to hear a high quality version.
In addition, today is a special day as it is the forty-second anniversary
of the writing of the song “Krsna Tava
Punya Habe Bhai” by Srila Prabhupada. Please read the song and savor the meaning. In
addition, please hear the KKSongs recording of that
to hear how it sung, so you may sing along too.
(Krsna Tava Punya
Bhai lyrics and the song)
Hari Bol!
I hope everyone had a wonderful Janmastami and Vyasa Puja celebration! Annada Ekadasi is coming by on
Friday (based off of
Newly uploaded in the articles page is an article regarding the festivals
that take place in the early portion of the month of Bhadra
called, “Appreciating the
Pastimes of Sri Krsna.” Please click on ARTICLES
to view the article.
Tomorrow (
For students who are taking the Saturday khol
classes in the fall, you will use the course website. This can be
accessed by clicking the WEBMASTER à SATURDAY KHOL STUDENTS (www.kksongs.org/admin/khol).
The flow of the course site will differ slightly from the KKSongs
Khol Guide.
Remember, those attending class bring a mridanga with them. I look forward to seeing you on the
first day of class! Hari Bol!
News Truncating:
Sometimes, many updates will take place in such a short time that viewers
will have to scroll all the way down just to view the alphabetical index.
Therefore, any more news that is lower than the “Webmaster” link on the
navigation bar will have a link saying, “(Click Site News to read more)” where
completed updates are found.
Krsna Culture Page:
To minimize similar categorized links, The KKSongs
Vaisnava Calendar page and the Krsna
Consciousness page are combined to form the Krsna
Culture page. Anything directly related to the lifestyle, philosophy, and
tradition of Krsna Consciouness
(apart from the music, bhajan lyrics, language, and
devotees) will be found on the KKSongs Krsna Culture Page.
Hari Bol!
Just a minor update that affects all of KKSongs.org. In the spirit of changing pages and making new logos, it seemed like it
was time to change the KKSongs.org logo to something with color and more
evident meaning. The logo has color photos of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu (left) and Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu (right) with a central tilak,
which is a theme for most of the KKSongs.org site logos. The khol and kartal represents the
musical aspect of this site and the Hare Krsna mahamantra represents the central theme of this site.
I hope this logo is well enjoyed by all! Hari Bol!
Hari Bol!
New Looks and Redesign
For those who actively view the
The Authors pages are also undergoing similar changes. The Major Authors
Index pages of the authors will disappear now. The links on the Alphabetic
Listing of the Authors page will have the picture of the particular author (if
available), and the links for the purports, songbooks, and the links will be
combined in the particular authors page. This will prevent excessive browsing
through pages.
KKSongs Kartal
Guide
As a project under its works, the KKSongs Kartal Guide is under construction. It will be completed by
the end of the month.
Current Site Audio
Project
The Ragamala, Talamala,
Notations of Vaisnava Songs, and other parts of the
site are having their respective audio counterparts being recorded. They will
be updated periodically.
Hare Krishna!
Few new updates:
Instrumental Guides
For those who look at the KKSongs Sitar, Esraj, and Tanpura pages
frequently, you’ll notice that there is a new look for the main page. The page
will resemble the KKSongs Tabla,
Harmonium, and Khol Page. This is set up for ease in
viewing.
In addition, KKSongs will feature a brand new KKSongs Kartal Page. Even though kartal might not be as “difficult” or intricate as the
other instruments featured on this site, kartals are
an integral part of a kirtan. Therefore, a small
guide will be made to describe how it’s played with respect to the khol and voice.
Vaisnava Song Notations
A few new Vaisnava songs have been uploaded.
The songs “Krsna Jinaka Nama Hai”, “Kadacit
Kalindi Tata”, and “Hari Haraye Namah”
have been included.
Mahabharata Videos
For the KKSongs Mahabharata page, direct links to
the video files of the famous 1988 Mahabharata serial were provided (from
Rajshri.com). However, their direct links to the video files are no longer the
same. Since there are no way to get direct access
links to view the videos, one actually have to go to the site and watch the
videos. While links to the pages where the videos are held will be posted,
please do note that there will be many advertisements throughout (either in
popup or playing before the actual episode plays). Please note that neither Rajshri.com
nor KKSongs.org are responsible in the advertisements.
Direct links from the original song lyrics pages to their appropriate
links in the Indian Scripts page have been included. One can click on the link
which says either BENGALI SCRIPT or DEVANAGARI SCRIPT to see the song written
in the appropriate font.
Hare Krishna!
It’s been a while since I have updated the site. Please forgive me for my
delay in updating this site within the last month.
New Audio
Five new songs have been uploaded to the KKSongs
Audio Page. One of them is from Visions,
“Jaya Jaya Hari Nama.” The four are from the
recordings
Guestbook Changes
Lately, on the KKSongs Guestbook, I’ve been
receiving a great deal of spam. Therefore, I have increased the security
features. Therefore, to make sure no inappropriate or spam-in-nature remarks or
comments are posted, ALL posts on the guestbook will be reviewed by me before
they are posted for web viewing. For those, who wish to post their e-mail
address, I strongly advise you to write your e-mail address as
“abc_at_domain.com.” This way, spam software will not capture your e-mail
addresses.
More Updates
Updates regarding upcoming Fall mridanga classes, linkage for Indian scripts, and newer
songs will be posted soon.
Hari Bol!
Few new things to the site.
In the ARTICLES page, a new article has been posted regarding the
significance of bhajans, the types of bhajans, and importance of singing them.
The LINKS page includes a sitemap which will help one look for links in
KKSongs.org without having to browse through the entire website.
The bigger update is that a new feature called “KKSongs
Indian Scripts” has been added. This page contains Vaisnava
songs that are rewritten in either Devanagari or Bengali
scripts, depending on their original language. As these are in picture files,
there is need to download fonts to view them. This page is found at LANGUAGES
AND PRONUNCIATION à INDIAN SCRIPTS. Currently, fifty songs have been transliterated to their
respective scripts. Right now, their original song lyric pages do not have the
direct link available, although they will be available shortly.
Hari Bol!
Both, Bengali and Devanagari Reading Guides are
completed. The Bengali guide is created with the intent that one has either
completed studying the Devanagari guide or can
already read Devanagari.
The Devanagari Reading Guide can be found at: LANGUAGES AND
PRONUNCIATION à LEARN TO READ DEVANAGARI
The Bengali Reading
Guide can be found at LANGUAGES AND PRONUNCIATION à LEARN TO READ BENGALI
The Navigation bar on the Homepage no longer has a DOWNLOADS link, for
there was no real use of it. The DOWNLOADS link is found on the
Two new song lyrics have been uploaded. “Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna
Jaya Vrndavana (III)” and “Aho Me Moha Vitatim”
are uploaded for online viewing. For listeners of “Dasi:
Prayers by Women”, these are the “Glories of Sri Radhe”
and “Pingala” tracks, respectively.
Lastly, two new song notations on the KKSongs
Notations for Vaisnava Songs
page are uploaded. Notations for Ar Koto Kal and Mama Mana Mandire have been uploaded for online viewing.
Few new updates:
A new update for KKSongs.org visitors!
Have you ever wanted to learn how to read the Bhagavad-Gita without the
help of transliteration? Are you planning to go to
Go to LANGUAGES AND PRONUNCIATION à LEARN TO READ DEVANAGARI
FORTHCOMING TO
KKSONGS.ORG in 2007
Khol and harmonium videos online. (Unknown date)
Upon completion of the Devanagari guide, a
“Learn To Read Bengali” guide will also appear. (August 2007)
Eventually, a good handful of the song lyrics will be transliterated into
Devanagari or Bengali scripts for our web viewers to
enjoy. (September 2007)
Few new updates:
On the audio page, two new recordings are featured. The two songs are Pasana Dhatu Mrd
Daru (a song written by Sanatana
Goswami) and Kadacit Kalindi Tata (Jagannathastakam).
The latter is a lengthy song with a duration past
twelve minutes. In order to allow viewers to sample the song, the quality is
greatly reduced. It is highly recommended that one listens to the streaming
version on the KKSongs Soundclick
account.
Nearly fifty new songs have been uploaded to KKSongs.org. In addition, a
good handful of those songs are by devotees that have never been featured
through KKSongs.org.
Lastly, the KKSongs Authors Listings have been
updated. One will be able to see the newer authors and relish their songs. In
addition, viewers can also look at their favorites
author listings and see if there are any new songs uploaded.
In the KKSongs Audio Page is now updated with a
new feature. With the help of a separate KKSongs
account on Soundclick.com, higher quality MP3s as well as streaming audio is
now available. The MP3s that were on the Audio Page before (the low quality
MP3s) will still be available for downloads. Further information about the MP3
downloading and streaming is found on the KKSongs Audio
Page.
Hare Krishna!
Happy Nrsimha Caturdasi!
Today is the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva. For
information about this particular holiday, please visit the KKSongs
Nrsimha Caturdasi page
found at VAISNAVA CALENDAR à NRSIMHA CATURDASI.
In addition, the KKSongs Articles page features
a new article about bhajans and kirtans
that could be sung on this auspicious day.
KKSONGS MAHABHARATA
PAGE
The KKSongs Mahabharata Page is now featuring
links to videos of the 1988 hit-TV series “Mahabharat.”
The videos of “Mahbharata” are streaming videos from
Rajshri.com. For the diversity of the population that visit
KKSongs.org, only the videos with the English subtitles are presented.
Please note that KKSongs.org is only
presenting links to the videos. These videos are not found on KKSongs.org
server. In addition, KKSongs.org nor Rajshri.com
are not responsible for the content on the videos.
Hare Krishna!
Thirty-three new song lyrics have been uploaded online. A good handful of
song lyrics include English songs from the compilation known as the “Avadhuta Files.” Others are rare song lyrics by very rare Vaisnava acaryas like Ananta Dasa, Jaya
Dasa, and Vamsi Dasa to name a few. More bhajan
lyrics will be uploaded periodically.
In addition, few lyrics have been updates or edited for accuracy. The
song Jaya Narasimha Sri Narasimha has many more verses besides the five we
originally had. Vowels changes to reflect proper pronunciation for “Vamsidhari Krsna Murari” has been done. (Vamsidhari
is not a Bengali bhajan, therefore the vowels and spacing were redone to reflect
the proper pronunciation of Hindi).
Hare Krishna!
Jaya Sri Rama!
Around March 26, the celebration of the appearance of Sri Ramacandra
is being celebrated. Please contact your local temple or Krsna
Conscious center for your local dates. For more information on Rama Navami, please visit KKSongs
Rama Navami Page.
On the Notations page, some new songs have been added. Radha Krsna Prana
Mora and Sundara Bala have
been added. In addition, our recurring theme of adding songs by Vaiyasaki prabhu is still under
progress. All seven songs of Transcendence (1983) has been added (Antara Mandire, Sundara Mora, Jaya Radha Giri Vara
Dhari, Bhaja Hu Re Mana, Om
Namo Bhagavate, Radhe Radhe Syam
Sri Radhe, Jaya Jaya Radha Krsna
Yugala Milan [I]). Five of the seven Caitanya Candra (1986) songs have
been added (Dhule Dhule Goracand, Gauranga Karuna Koro, Nava Gaura Varam, Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu, Je
Anilo Prema Dhana). One song of Bhakti Ratna Mala (1991) (Pranam Tomai Ghanasyam)
and one song of Charan Kamal
(1994) (Vamsidhari Krsna Murari) have been added. Expect to see more songs within
the next few weeks.
Hare Krishna!
Amongst all of the links found on the navigation bar, we have a new
feature that will enable us to serve the Vaisnava
community. The Vaisnava Calendar page is nearly
completed. The KKSongs Vaisnava
Calendar has information about how a Vedic calendar is composed, the months and
day of a calendar, and detailed explanations of Vedic and Vaisnava
holidays.
A few more holidays will be updated in addition to the article on Ekadasi fasting. Please stay tuned to the site to see these
updates!
Hare Krishna!
Hare Krishna!
In addition to the growing resources of KKSongs.org, a Vaisnava Calendar Page will be incorporated. The main purpose
of the Vaisnava Calendar Page is to inform visitors
about the Vaisnava months of the year, the holidays,
and Ekadasis. People interested in getting the exact
days of holidays are able to visit an external link to produce their
custom-made Vaisnava calendars, depending on where
they live and what year is being examined.
This project is still under construction. Hopefully, by Gaura Purnima (the Vaisnava new year), the blue link
will be made available to you on our navigation bar.
A new instrument has been added on the KKSongs
Instrumental Guides page is the KKSongs Sitar
Tutorial. This page will give the basics of the sitar such as tuning, basic
hand techniques, and ornamentation. Featured on these tutorials are videos
hosted by Expert Village with
musicologist Amie Maciszewski
giving sitar demonstrations. Her videos are directly embedded on the page and
are not affiliated in any manner with KKSongs.org.
A new article regarding the KKSongs
Guitar-Sitar Project is found in the articles page. For musicians who are
attempting to make their guitars produce Indian ornamentation, this is a must
read for you! Sound clips are included.
Hare Krishna!
For those who follow up with our Khol Students
that meet on Sundays at
Hare Krishna!
Few updates:
The KKSongs Articles page is updated with two
new articles. The first article entitled “Music with a Higher Taste” sings the
songs that describe Krsna enjoying bhoga and the glories of prasadam.
The second article describes the recordings of KKSongs
of 2006.
WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 2007
New features to expect in 2007 at KKSongs.org are new KKSongs
Khol Videos that will supplement the KKSongs Khol Guide.
A KKSongs Sitar page will be available before
the end of January.
By the end of February 2007 or early March 2007, KKSongs.org will feature
an interactive Vaisnava calendar. Unlike many Vaisanva calendar that merely lists dates, the major Vaisnava holidays will have links explaining the holiday
and its spiritual significance.
New English devotional poems and bhajans will
be uploaded and be available as the site gets updated periodically.
Lastly, KKSongs is requesting assistance for
any devotee who is fluent in written and audio communication of the Serbian
language. We have a few audio clips of bhajans in
Serbian, in which we would need assistance in both transcribing and
translating. Please visit the Contact KKSongs Page if
you are able assist us.
Hare Krishna!
Few updates:
The Authors,
Few new songs have been uploading to the Vaisnava
notations page. Please take a look at new songs Boro Sukher Khabor Gai,
Jaya Radha Giri Vara Dhari,
and Radhe Radhe Syam Sri Radhe (edited).
Lastly, the KKSongs Khol
Guide is now complete and available for online viewing.
Hare Krishna!
On the Vaisnava song notations page, there are notations available
for the songs Jaya Jaya Jagannatha Sacira Nandan, Ami Yamuna Puline (or any song based on Raga Des in Bangla Ektal), He Govinda He Gopala Kesava Madhava Dina Doyal, Jaya Madhava
Madana Murari, and Parama Karuna.
In addition to the above
songs, a KKSongs Visitor requested for harmonium
notations for the songs especially sung by His Grace Vaiyasaki
prabhu. In order to honor this request, we are
starting off with his Transcendence album. We have three songs of this album
uploaded namely Antara Mandire
Jago Jago, Sundara Mora, and Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. Mahamantra tunes are
not included as they are subject to high level of improvisation. Please visit www.kirtan.org. Expect songs from the
remainder of Transcendence, Caitanya Candra, Bhakti Ratna Mala, Carana
Kamal, and Divya Lila
posted.