Likhati » Sira Pe Dhari Ganga http://www.likhati.com Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:41:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.likhati.com http://www.likhati.com/wp-content/cbnet-favicon/182.JPG Likhati Sira Pe Dhari Ganga http://www.likhati.com/2007/08/10/sira-pe-dhari-ganga/ http://www.likhati.com/2007/08/10/sira-pe-dhari-ganga/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:56:33 +0000 u http://mumbaigirl.net/2007/08/10/sira-pe-dhari-ganga/ One of my favourite ragas is Shankara. One of my favourite singers is Kumar Gandharva. And I love Shankara-Shiva the god, the ascetic. I feel an absolute relationship with the idea of Shiva in a way I never would, for example, with the idea of Rama…

Here is Kumar Gandharva’s own composition which he sings in Raga Shankara, courtesy of Rajan Parrikar, who has also transcribed the words. Gandharva sings “ganga” as “gung” making it a repetitive, rhythmic, alliterative sound. When KG sings about Shiva like this, I am reminded of all the happy things in my life, most of all my “A” -my love…

sira pe dhari Ganga, kamara mruga chhAlA
munDaki galamAla, hatheli soola sAje
Pinaki mahAgyAni, ajaba roopa dhAre
Dulata Dula Ave, Dimaru Dima bAje


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