{"id":3319,"date":"2011-01-21T09:51:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T04:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2011-01-22T17:08:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T12:08:37","slug":"musical-instruments-played-during-the-raas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/tourism\/musical-instruments-played-during-the-raas\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical instruments played during the Raas"},"content":{"rendered":"


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While translating Sri Krishna-Karnamritam, the Mahajan-songs, and the lecture series on Leela-smaran, i came across the names of numerous musical instruments – that remained ……just names ! \ud83d\ude41 Yes my sweet friends, often we read so many things about Sri Priya-Pritamju that remain just words. We do not relate to them, the reason why we cannot delve into the innermost quarters of the secluded love-grove. Forget the nikunja, we reach nowhere close to the transcendental \u00a0Braj-dham.\u00a0 Of course, it all depends on the level of the purification of the sub-conscious (chitta); however i felt it would do some good if i could even see a faint shadow of a few of the trees, flowers, fruits, ornaments and musical instruments mentioned in these exotic texts. As a result, now\u00a0 when i visited Udaipur, the city founded by the supreme premi devotee Raja Udai Singhji, i headed straight for the collection of musical instruments played in ancient India. And oh yes !! It was a thrilling experience. i actually got a sphuran of all the sakhis holding ALL of these instruments (they were now very new, colorful and\u00a0lustrous ) – and ALLof them playing together in unison.\u00a0You have got to visualize Sri Kishori-jiu dancing with Navakishor in the centre. Add a few peacock-feather outfits, and your picture would be quite great. \ud83d\ude00 Just think of the effect !!\u00a0 Naturally i couldn’t wait to share with you all.<\/p>\n


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ektara<\/p><\/div>\n


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Ektara is the favorite instrument of the saints.\u00a0 Mirabai and Tukaram are always seen with this single-stringed instrument.\u00a0. Most probably is a hot favorite due to its simplicity and low-cost. Ektara is made from louki or\u00a0bottle gourd.<\/p>\n


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cow-horn and different types of flutes<\/p><\/div>\n


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Nagfani or the Snake-trumpet<\/p><\/div>\n


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trumpet used to announce the various pastimes of Nandalala<\/p><\/div>\n


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Siddha Srila Krishnadas babaji tells us that \u00a0Nanda Bhavan is a multi-storeyed building. On on of the floors Maharaj Nanda\u00a0 has arranged for a permanent orchestra. The musicians sit there and in every “yaam” they announce the leela that Nandalala is playing at present. They do so with a lot of musical lyrics and fanfare. You want a live demonstration ?\u00a0\u00a0Go to Nathdwara – they are still continuing that tradition.The devotees in Nathdwara\u00a0are experts at recreating the Braj-ambience\u00a0\u00a0\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n


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In Krishna-Krnaamritam there is this lovely Mahajn song\u00a0 where\u00a0a sakhi is playing the duff while Govinda is dancing to its rhythm.\u00a0The picture of “duff” \u00a0provided in Sri Krishna-Karnamritam wasn’t\u00a0 clear, so i wasn’t happy. The above picture is nice. Our Bollywood heroes, and sometimes even heroines show a penchant\u00a0for this instrument\u00a0 . Every good thing comes from Radha-Krishna , don’t they\u00a0 ?<\/p>\n


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Every night during the raas dance, the sakhis play all these instruments and more – esraaj, santoor, and there were so many musical names i have never heard. i felt very lucky indeed to get darshan of these instruments in their true forms. Radhe Radhe !!<\/p>\n


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Radhe Radhe ! While translating Sri Krishna-Karnamritam, the Mahajan-songs, and the lecture series on Leela-smaran, i came across the names of numerous musical instruments – that remained ……just names ! \ud83d\ude41 Yes my sweet friends, often we read so many … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3323,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}