Krsna Kirtana Songs
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Archived News: Year 2009
December 30, 2009
Hari Bol! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Few updates to note:
INSTRUMENTS PAGE:
Many new instruments are
featured on the KKSongs Gallery of Instruments page.
SONG NOTATION PAGE:
For nearly four years,
KKSongs.org hosted musical notations for various songs of the Vaisnava acaryas, but did not
contain mahamantra tunes. A new feature is added to
KKSongs.org! This contains authentic mahamantra tunes
(no lifts!!) sorted by the raga. It
is in its very early elementary stages, but it will expand as time progresses.
December 21, 2009
Hari Bol! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Few updates to note:
CALENDAR:
December 27th
is Putrada Ekadasi. Please
fast from grains and beans. The breakfast time is 7:23 AM to 10:23 AM on
Monday, December 28th.
The Ekadasi
page is updated for 2010 dates. Please mark your calendars for these dates and
times. The times are valid for Chicago only. If you live away from Chicago,
please check your local temple for exact times and dates.
In addition, the holidays page have been updated for the year 2010.
SCRIPTS PAGE: The scripts page was causing some degree of confusion amongst viewers.
So, the relocation project of the script pages will be postponed for the time
being.
KHOL LESSONS: One of my former students recorded videos for Lessons 2, 3, and 4. Those videos are posted for the khol
guide.
October 25, 2009
Hari Bol! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
I hope all the viewers of
the site had a lovely month of Kartika filled with
many wonderful and colorful holidays and events. This will end on November 3rd.
Forthcoming events for the month of November are as follows.
October 29th – Utthana
Ekadasi (Start of Bhisma Pancaka – the five days honoring the departure of Bhismadeva)
November 2nd – Sri Tulasi-Saligrama
Vivaha (the marriage of Tulasi
Devi to the Salagrama Sila of Lord Krsna)
November 12th – Utpanna
Ekadasi
November 28th – Moksada
Ekadasi; Gita Jayanti
December 5th – Disappearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (fast till
noon)
Please note: November 1st
marks the end of Daylight Savings Time. Please change your clocks on the night
of October 31st.
Your forgiveness is requested
regarding e-mails sent to the site administrator. There will be some delay in
replying back. This should go on till December 11th.
Updates on KKSongs.org
will resume on December 11th. Thank you very much for your patience
and support! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hari Bol!
September 17, 2009
Hari Bol! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada!
Tomorrow is the
forty-fourth solar anniversary of the song Srila Prabhupada wrote: “Boro Krpa Koile
Krsna.” While the lunar
anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s
arrival to Boston was a week ago, we should always be appreciative to Srila Prabhupada for what he did
for all of society. Please read this song to understand his mood of preaching Krsna Consciousness to the West.
September 14th – Indira
Ekadasi
September 28th – Dasera
(Rama Vijayotsava)
September 29th – Pasankusa
Ekadasi
October 4th – Start of Kartika (Damodara)
October 14th – Rama
Ekadasi
October 17th/ 18th – Dipavali/Govardhana Puja
October 21st – Disappearance of Srila Prabhupada
October 29th – Utthana
Ekadasi
Please note that October 4th
is the start of the most sacred month of the Vaisnava
tradition, known as Kartika in the Vedic system, or Damodara in the Vaisnava system.
Please try to improve your devotional lives, especially in the month of Kartika.
Updates on KKSongs.org
will resume on December 11th. Thank you very much for your patience
and support! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hari Bol!
August 26, 2009
Hari Bol!
Tomorrow is the Appearance
Day of Srimati Radharani,
known as Radhastami! Please fast till noon, read, and
sing the glories of Sri Radha!
A future
look into the next month, as far as the holidays go:
August 27th – Radhastami
August 30th – Parsva
Ekadasi
August 31st – Vamana
Dvadasi (Appearance Day of Lord Vamanadeva)
September 1st – Bhaktivinoda Thakura Vyasa Puja (fast till
noon)
September 4th – Srila Prabhupada’s Sannyasa Anniversary
September 11th
– Srila Prabhuapda’s Arrival to the U.S.
September 14th – Indira
Ekadasi
September 28th – Dasera
(Rama Vijayotsava)
September 29th – Pasankusa
Ekadasi
August 14, 2009
Hare Krsna!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,
whose appearance we celebrate today! All glories to Sri Krsna!
Few
updates of KKSongs.org worth noting.
1) Indian scripts page is in the process of expansion. Ultimately, any
song with diacritic markings will be converted to its respective fonts. While
the entire site conversion will take a few years to complete, the links for the
Indian scripts page will link to its future Indian scripts page. From that
point, click the EXIT sign to get to the current Indian scripts page.
2) There are new additions to the Talamala and Ragamala databases. Please take a look at those.
July 30, 2009
Hari Bol!
Friendly reminders of
Upcoming Holidays, as we enter the holy month of Bhadra
(Hrsikesa) filled with holidays (beginning August 5th):
August 1st: Pavitraropana
Ekadasi
August 1 – 5: Jhulana Yatra
August 5th – Balarama Jayanti
August 13th – Krsnastami
August 14th – Srila Prabhupada Vyasa Puja
August 16th – Annada
Ekadasi
August 27th – Radhastami
August 31st – Parsva
Ekadasi
On the Literature page,
the Sri Ksanada Gita Cintamani is under construction. The songs which are
already uploaded onto KKSongs.org have been placed on that page. The other songs
featured from that book will be uploaded gradually.
Hare Krsna!
The main high priority projects for IFP Phase II is completed.
Other additions and
features will be added periodically.
The Krsna
Samhita by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has been
added to KKSongs.org. Please visit AUTHORS AND LITERATURE à LITERATURE INDEX.
July 8, 2009
The Audio Page has been
updated.
Previously, MP3s have been
low quality on the KKSongs Audio Page. The listen to
high quality version of recordings, one would need to exit KKSongs.org into
another site to listen to these songs.
Now, streaming and
downloading MP3s don’t require an external source for high quality recordings.
One can stream the MP3 track without needing to download the entire file. Green
links, which previously meant Low-Q recordings, now imply streaming audio. Blue
links, as always, indicate downloadable items within KKSongs.org.
As of now, 33 of the 56
MP3 files are upgraded to Hi-Q.
Green links on lyrics and music
pages are NOT updated yet, and they do NOT imply streaming yet.
July 7, 2009
The KKSongs.org Glossary
is now complete. Each entry contains the same word written in Devanagari script.
Major changes are being
planned for the KKSongs.org Audio page.
July 4, 2009
INCREASED FUNCTIONALITY PROJECT PART II UPDATES:
Hare Krsna!
The core portions of the
IFP Phase II are nearly complete.
All components of Krsna Culture, Vaisnava Calendar,
Languages Page, Mantra Meditation, Music Center, and the Authors page have been
updated.
Lyrics A through O, Q, and
T through Z are complete. (P, R, and S have yet to be updated).
Glossary components A
through I have been uploaded.
As of now, the lyrics
should all be updated by the end of next week (July 11, 2009)
Other additions (i.e.
synonyms, notations, etc.) will be added accordingly. Small but periodic
changes will occur until August 23, 2009. Changes from that point will proceed
less regularly.
June 26, 2009
INCREASED FUNCTIONALITY PROJECT PART II UPDATES:
Hare Krsna!
As of now, the following
portions of KKSongs.org have been upgraded.
Vaisnava Calendar (all components)
Krsna Culture (all components)
Languages and
Pronunciation (all components)
Authors and Literature
Page (all components)
Notations of the Vaisnava Acaryas
Lyrics (A, B, C, D, E
only)
Music Page
Glossary (A, B, E, I only)
ß Devanagari transliteration is given for each
word
June 16, 2009
INCREASED FUNCTIONALITY PROJECT PART II UPDATES:
Hare Krsna!
As of now, the following
portions of KKSongs.org have been upgraded.
Vaisnava Calendar (all components)
Krsna Culture (all components EXCEPT DEITIES)
Languages and
Pronunciation (all components)
Authors and Literature
Page (all components)
Notations of the Vaisnava Acaryas
Glossary (A, B, E, I only)
ß Devanagari transliteration is given for each
word
Lyrics (A only)
Ragamala, Talamala databases
KHOL LESSONS RENUMBERING:
The Khol
lessons are being renumbered and redone. The audio clips will be in the process
of rerecording. The final chapters will be under reconstruction.
SEARCH ENGINE DEFUNCT TEMPORARILY: The Google Search engine on KKSongs has some
problems which are under repair. Please forgive the appearance. Use the Search
Engine link to get the temporary quick access to the Sitemaps.
Hari Bol everyone!
This is the newer look to
the index page. IFP Phase II will begin on May 11th.
As things change and
progress is made, notifications will provided here.
Hare Krsna!
Few reminders:
April 20th – Ekadasi
May 4th – Ekadasi
May 7th – Nrsimha Caturdasi
May 11th –
Start of IFP II in full force
April 10, 2009
Hari Bol!
Few new links for people
to consider checking:
www.krishnaland.com is a nice website with a large and diverse collection of artwork of
various forms of Lord Krsna by Vishnu-dasa.
www.festivalofindia.org is the homepage of the
organization in charge of managing the Ratha Yatra and countless cultural programs and festivals in
North America. It’s goal is to promote Srila Prabhupada’s teachings as
well as promoting the fine arts and culture of Krsna
Consciousness.
Almost 30 days before IFP
Phase 2 takes full force.
April 4, 2009
Newly uploaded to the site
is a wonderful contribution from the Sri Vaisnavas.
The Nama Ramayana by Sri Laksmanacarya is uploaded for online
viewing. Note that any new or edited song lyrics upload will be integrated to
the IFP Phase II format.
Hare Krsna!
All glories to Sri Rama! Today is Rama Navami, the day celebrating the appearance of Sri Rama.
Please perform a complete fast till sunset, break with Ekadasi,
and chant the names of Lord Rama and hear His glories
in the Ramayana or Canto 9 Chapters 10 and 11 of the Srimad
Bhagavatam. Newly uploaded is a prayer containing
one-hundred-eight names of Lord Ramacandra. (Sri Ramo Ramabhadrasca).
April 5th is Ekadasi.
Hare Krsna!
To prepare for the IFP
project, few early steps are integrated in.
The Literature pages, the Language
Index pages, and Song Index pages have been updated now. Please look at the
individualized pages to see the difference. May 11, 2009, the IFP will take
full force. After today, no new additions or changes will be done to the site
till then.
The Language Index pages
all contain a picture of the flag of the language.
EFFECTIVE May 8, 2009: The
main page will change its look slightly. A new logo is being considered.
Hari Bol! Some new songs have been uploaded online,
including Sanakracarya’s “Gurvastakam”
and King Kulasekhara’s Mukunda
Mala Stotra.
Friendly Reminders: April
3 is the celebration of Lord Ramacandra’s appearance
on earth, known as Rama Navami.
Please fast till sunset, break the fast with Ekadasi prasadam, and read and chant glories of Sri Rama. There is a good handful of songs on KKSongs.org and a
summary study of the Ramayana.
April 5 is Kamada Ekadasi.
In forty-three days, the
IFP Phase II project will begin.
Hare Krsna!
Just a small update: the Authors and Texts page is renamed as the “Authors and
Literature” page. Likewise, the “Texts of the Vaisnava
Acaryas” page is renamed as “Vaisnava
Literature” page.
In the Vaisnava
Literature, Narada Pancaratra
and Gita Govinda are
included. Some more pages will be added as time allows.
Hari Bol!
Today is the Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s
appearance day, also known as Gaura
Purnima. Please perform a complete fast till
sunset (6:58 PM CDT in Chicago) and read, hear, and sing the glories of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. KKSongs.org
is filled with songs glorifying Him or through the Caitanya Caritamrta.
Today also marks the Vaisnava
New Year and the celebration of the festival of colors, Holi.
Hari Bol!
In the middle of May, the site will begin undergoing
its second phase of the IPF project. As a result, certain pages have been
changed or created in order to aid in this process.
AUTHORS
PAGE:
Song Purports and Biography Indexes have been created. Also “Texts of the Vaisnava Acaryas” has been
renamed as “Vaisnava Literature Page.”
The links in the song sitemap has been updated for
this correction.
Hare Krsna!
A new link featuring Riyaaz
Studio is posted on the Links Page.
AUTHORS
PAGE:
The Authors and Texts page now features a Songs Purports
page. Instead of having to search for the individual purports, the entire list
of purports featured on KKSongs.org is right here. AUTHORS
AND TEXTS à
SONG PURPORTS.
Also on the Authors page, there will be major
construction on the TEXTS OF THE VAISNAVA ACARYAS PAGE. As a result, a transfer
link to a temporary page is provided. The temporary page will disappear once
editing of the Texts page is completed.
REMINDERS:
March 7 (next week Saturday) is Amalki
Vrata Ekadasi
DST Begins (March 8 for U.S.A.; March 29 for
European Union)
March 10 (Tuesday)
Anniversary of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s
appearance, known as Gaura Purnima. Also, this is the same
day of Holi.
These dates are correct for Chicago. If you live outside
of the Midwest U.S., please contact your local Vaisanva
temple or center for correct dates and times.
Hare Krsna!
Few small updates:
Errors in the purports of Namamisvaram Saccidananda Rupam (Sri Damodarastakam)
have been fixed.
A small error detected in the Languages section has
also been fixed.
Lastly, a new audio recording is found on the Audio
Page. It is an instrumental of Raga Pahadi in light
Bengali classical-folk style.
Hari Bol!
Even though it is Friday the thirteenth, cast away
all inauspiciousness and chant and be happy!
In response to broken links and errors in the Mantra
Meditation Page (KRSNA CULTURE à MANTRA) of the site, the
links to Srila Prabhupada’s
Mahamantra purports have been fixed. In addition, the
links from the “ISKCON Pranamas” lyrics page are also
corrected.
Please note that on the bottoms of each page, the
UPDATED field has been incorporated to any page (except Archived News, News,
and Homepage) which has been updated post-February 1, 2009. This will allow
frequent web viewers to see if any of their desired pages have been updated,
edited, or changed since their last visit.
Friendly
reminders:
February 20 (next week Friday) is Vijaya Ekadasi.
February 23 (Monday) is Siva Ratri
for those who celebrate this holiday.
March 7 (Saturday) is Amalki
Vrata Ekadasi
DST Begins (March 8 for U.S.A.; March 29 for European
Union)
March 10 (Tuesday)
Anniversary of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s
appearance, known as Gaura Purnima. Also, this is the same
day of Holi.
These dates are correct for Chicago. If you live
outside of the Midwest U.S., please contact your local Vaisanva
temple or center for correct dates and times.
Hare Krsna!
Today is Varaha Dvadasi. Today is the celebration of how the Supreme Lord
came in the form of a Divine Boar who saved the world from drowning by Hiranyaksa. Please read Srila Prabhupada’s purport on the appearance day anniversary of
Lord Sri Varahadeva here.
Happy Nityananda
Trayodasi. Tomorrow is the appearance day anniversary
of Lord Nityananda, the incarnation of Lord Balarama in Kali Yuga as Lord Caitanya’s
brother. He is considered the original spiritual master. It is recommended that
one sings songs of Lord Nityananda such as Nitai
Guna Mani, Nitai
Nama Hate, Nitai
Pada Kamala, and Jaya Jaya Nityananda
Rohini Kumara. Please fast till noon
tomorrow and break the fast with Ekadasi prasadam for the remainder of the day.
Hari Bol!
A friendly reminder that next week that Ekadasi falls on Thursday, February 5th. In
addition, the following Saturday, February 7th, is Sri Nityananda Trayodasi, the
Appearance Day of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s brother, Lord Nityananda.
This day calls for fasting till noon and chanting and reading the glories and
pastimes of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
Effective February 1, 2009, any changes made to any
page of this site will have its updated date on the bottom (except for the home
and the news page). Also, as newer and updated pages are updated, glimpses of
the newer IFP will be implemented.
Hari Bol!
Reminder: Ekadasi on
January 21, 2009 for Chicago residents. Please consult your local temple for
the correct date.
As Winter Update 2008 has been completed with library
of song purports of Srila Prabhupada
posted online, considerations for future tasks for KKSongs.org for the Summer Update 2009 are under way.
IFP
PROJECT 2:
While the IFP of July and August 2008 turned out to
be a very successful one, ideas for extending interconnectivity and
functionality came about at the far end of the winter. (Why do great ideas have
to come so late?) Just as this past summer, starting the second week of May
2009, all pages (except visit the webmaster, contact KKSongs.org, and Archived
News 2006, 2007, and 2008) will contain branched links just below the header of
each page on this site. For instance, a person visiting the lyrics to the song
“Samsara Davanala Lidha Loka” will see the
organization in the format Home à Song Lyrics à S. Without having to click backspace on the
browser, one can skip through all levels of organization to find what they are
looking for.
AUDIO
EMBEDDING:
Instead of having to travel off site to hear high
quality version of the KKSongs original recordings,
these recordings can be heard in high quality streaming with ESnips.com player.
All audio of KKSongs.org will be embedded onto the page in the highest quality
available. Of course, no copyrighted recordings will be posted on KKSongs.org.
The audio pages will be redone to accommodate such changes. Interlinking will
also change as a result (resulting in the loss of green links).
SONG
NOTATIONS:
KKSongs Song Notations Page will
undergo a major change. As of now, the page is filled with notations for primarily
bhajans. Planned for mid-summer 2009, mahamantra melody notations will be posted along with the
guide track with Swarshala generated harmonium/khol/kartal track. The mahamantra
tunes will be identified by the raga name. This page will also be reorganized
to allow ease in accessing these notations. The audio files, by that point,
will be embedded in these pages, with the download link still available.
As always, as new lyrics come, they will be posted
adhering to the newer formats.
With these new and exciting forthcoming ideas to
KKSongs.org, please stay tuned for updates on this constantly growing site! Hari Bol! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
DISCLAIMER: KKSongs.org is not affiliated with ESnips.com in
any way.
Hari Bol!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Many unposted purports by Srila Prabhupada are now posted
on the web for online viewing. You may access these purports by going to his
respective page (AUTHORS AND TEXTS à AUTHORS LIST à A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI) and you will see the list
of the purports he has written for the songs featured on KKSongs.org. As most of Srila Prabhupada’s
purports were lectures or orally spoken as conversations to his disciples, the
original transcripts (if available) were posted with the date and location.
The lyrics have also been updated with the new links.
Effective February 1, 2009, any updates on any page
of this site will contain the most recent edited date. Any page with no date
edited can be assumed to be edited recently by August 25, 2008: the date the
IFP project was completed.
Thank you very much for your continued support
through your e-mails, questions, and ideas! Hari Hari Bol! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Hare Krsna!
By the Lord’s mercy, our song totals have hit up to
1,333 songs! We have many more songs that will be uploaded gradually. Due to
the new IFP system that was implemented throughout late July and August, there
will be some delay in uploading songs and posting songs.
Many songs of Lord Nrsimhadeva
have been posted, many coming from our sampradaya and
others from the Sri Sampradaya. Some Braja Bhasa bhajans
by Mira Bai, and some new Vausdeva
Ghosa and Caitanya Dasa bhajans have been added to
the site.
The Authors Page has redone the Gaudiya
Vaisnava Sampradaya. The
new page is the Four Authorized Successions of Disciples, to include the Sri, Rudra, and Kumara sampradaya, as
they are scripturally bonafide.
UPDATED: January 1, 2010