The sacred portals of Badrinath will be reopened for devotees on May 18 this year. The gates of the famous Himalayan temple located in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district are closed every year with the onset of winter during which it remains snowbound. The temple will be reopened for devotees at 4.15 am on May 18, a Chardham Devasthanam Board official said. The auspicious hour and date for the reopening of the Himalayan temple was decided at a ceremony held on the occasion of Basant Panchami on Tuesday at Narendra Nagar palace, the residence of the erstwhile Tehri royals, he said. The oil containing pitcher (Gadu Ghada) which is sent from the palace to the temple ahead of the opening of its gates will leave for its journey to Badrinath on April 29. !function(e,t,c,a){if(...
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Basant Panchami Special : Raag Bageshree, ‘Ritu Basant tum apney umang so’ by Pandit Madhup Mudgal
ऋतु बसंत तुम अपने उमंग सोंपी ढूंढन मैं निकसी घर सों आओ जी लाला घर बिठलाऊं फाग बंधाओ पीरी सरसों (राग बागेश्री) Ritu Basant tum apney umang so… Pandit Madhup Mudgal’s (पंडित मधुप मुदगल) Hindustani classical vocal in Raag Bageshree. This particular raag is said to be the combination of now obsolete two raagas- Dhanashri and Kanda. Bageshree was said to have been first sung by none other than Miyan Tansen himself, the celebrated court singer of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, among his nine jewels. This particular bandish (rendition) by probably Khwaja Nizamuddin Aulia is about welcoming the youthfulness of the season of spring! https://youtu.be/UNzOsh3hZEE It is also referred to as Raag Bageshri Bahar, as in Jaipur Atrauli Gharana sing the same bandish, with the similar structure in Vi...
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